ATG 72: From College Dropout to CEO: My conversation with Adam Contos

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The only thing that never changes is how much things are always changing. So how do you navigate constant transitions and still reach your goals? Adam Contos is the former Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director of RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. He’s also a former SWAT team commander, Marine, two-time college dropout, and author.

He’s rebuilt his life and his career from the ground up time multiple times and his experience has left him with a lifetime of wisdom on personal growth and leadership. He joins me for a conversation about building systems for success, dealing with major life changes, and leading with impact. For more from Adam, check out his book Start With a Win: Tools and Lessons to Create Personal and Business Success.

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Atomic Habits by James Clear
The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes People podcast, the best place in the entire
0:07.6	world, including all of Canada to learn how to build new thoughts, new actions and new
0:12.5	results.
0:14.0	I'm your host John Acuff and today I'm joined by Adam Conface, who's that I'm so glad
0:29.2	you asked.
0:30.2	Adam Conface is the former CEO of remax.
0:33.9	You've probably seen remax, real estate signs all over the country, massive, massive,
0:39.8	massive company, and he recently stepped down like this is only a couple of weeks old.
0:45.1	We talk a ton about transition and new goals.
0:49.1	He's a podcast host, he's a bestselling author.
0:52.0	He's been in leadership for two decades.
0:54.5	He was a SWAT commander.
0:56.8	He was a Marine.
0:58.4	He's done a million things and he provides a really unique perspective on the most effective
1:04.0	and important qualities for a leader.
1:07.3	And I was actually on his podcast, start with a win during my kind of soundtracks podcast,
1:13.1	release tour, if you will.
1:14.9	And as soon as I was on his podcast, I was like, oh, I need to have this guy on my podcast
1:18.9	because he's fascinating.
1:20.6	I could just tell like anytime you bump into a fellow gold nerd or somebody who is really
1:26.2	obsessed with self-performance, self-improvement, trying new things.
1:32.9	Anytime you bump into somebody like that, you're like, okay, I've got a podcast I actually
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