This 29-year-old millionaire says work-life balance is ‘just a myth’ if you want to achieve extraordinary things

Timothy Armoo became a multi-millionaire after selling his influencer marketing firm for an eight-figure sum when he was 27 years old, but he says that being extraordinary is no easy feat.

Armoo, the co-founder and former CEO of Fanbytes, grew up in a public housing development in an impoverished area of south London. He says that his remarkable success came with sacrifices like giving up on what he considered a healthy work-life balance.

"I believe in working extremely hard … I absolutely disagree with the idea of work-life balance," Armoo said in an interview with CNBC Make It.

"I think anyone who has achieved anything of significance has not done it by being balanced. It's just a myth."

Armoo explained that "there is a season for everything," which he said were time periods when you have to work extremely hard. He said these periods might look different for different people and they could be three months, three years or even 10 years in length.

"There is a season where you say, 'I want to achieve this goal and I want to get different results to other people. I want to get extraordinary results.' The way you achieve those extraordinary results is by doing extraordinary things, which literally means doing things that are not ordinary," he said.

This means instead of being balanced, you put in extra effort which "increase your odds of success."

Armoo reiterated his point on having "seasons," saying this could mean leaning into work when it's time to hustle — and then prioritizing family, health, and personal life during other seasons.

"You should also not have work-life balance when you're in your family season. You should just be so intensely focused about creating the best family that you can," he said.

Armoo was only 14 years