CNLP 603 | Michael Todd on The Spit Incident (When the Spit Hit the Fan), Losing 50lbs and The Impact of His Fitness Journey, and Why He Actively Sends His Church Members to Other Churches
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast
Carey Nieuwhof
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2023
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Pastor Michael Todd opens up about the spit incident that made national news, his reluctant fitness journey, and the impact losing 50 lbs has had on his leadership. Mike and Carey also discuss leading an online church and why Mike actively sends Transformation Church members to other churches.
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| 0:00.0 | The Art of Leadership Network. |
| 0:07.0 | Welcome to the Carrey Newhoff Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | It's Carrey here and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership |
| 0:15.0 | and my goodness do I love open, transparent conversations. |
| 0:19.0 | And today we go there. We go all over the place. |
| 0:22.0 | With Michael Todd from Transformation Church and you're not going to want to miss this one, |
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| 0:58.0 | Well, one of the reasons I love having Mike Todd on the podcast is because very few people |
| 1:03.0 | have the impact that he does and are so open and so transparent. |
| 1:07.0 | So we break down the spin incident. If you were around during COVID, you remember that one? |
| 1:16.0 | It made TMZ, CNN, The New York Times, National News, when Mike spit into someone's eyes during a sermon. |
| 1:24.0 | And we talked about that. Was that like, why did he do it? What happened? How do you respond when you make news in that way? |
| 1:31.0 | We also spend a lot of time. This is not, you might like, if you're not a fitness person, you might be, oh, the first 30 minutes. |
| 1:37.0 | We really break down his fitness journey and it is so informative. We're going to go into that. |
| 1:44.0 | And then talk about so many things including why he actively sends transformation church members to other churches |
| 1:50.0 | and that barely scratches the surface. So Michael Todd is the number one New York Times best-selling author of damage, |
| 1:57.0 | but not destroyed, relationship goals and crazy faith. |
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