Episode 54: The Chronicles of Todd Simmons

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Recorded25 Oct 2021

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Todd Simmons is the Chief Vision Officer and Founder of Courageous Leadership Alliance, a retired Chief Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force with over 25 years of service, author, coach, business consultant, and public speaker. During this episode, Todd opens up about his remarkable journey from 4thand 9th grade and struggling to read at a young age to eventually becoming the senior enlisted leader for all education for the United States Air Force as the Air University Command Chief. He also is very candid about his suicidal tendencies early in his career, the importance of normalizing mental health, and how one person investing in him helped turn his career around. Todd discusses how COVID impacted his business, what does Courageous Leadership Alliance do, and how his life has gone full circle from his early struggles reading to becoming a published author. Check out this episode and all past episodes of the Shadows Podcast at https://linktr.ee/ShadowsPodcast or www.theshadowspodcast.com Find out more about Courageous Leadership Alliance at https://courageouslead.com/ Grab a copy of his book, Why Not Me? Born to Fail Destined to Succeed at https://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Me-Todd-Simmons/dp/1645438805

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