The Life of Someone Extraordinary

The Life of Someone Extraordinary is a global interview series built on one idea: extraordinary can come from anywhere. Hosted by Tiyon L. Simpson, each episode features honest conversations with creators, entrepreneurs, and professionals from around the world - exploring how they think, grow, and build. Expect real stories, psychological depth, and practical insights you can apply to your own journey.

The Life of Someone Extraordinary is a society podcast hosted by Tiyon L. Simpson, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tiyon L. Simpson hosts The Life of Someone Extraordinary, a society show with 21 episodes published.

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  Hugo Maynard & Shannon Roy: What Happens When Achievement Isn't Enough?

  Aug 20, 20261h 35m

  American based former Olympian, entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach Hugo Maynard , and criminal defence attorney and judge Shannon Roy , join The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about achievement, identity, family, legacy, and what it really means to build a successful life. Hugo grew up with a powerful drive toward achievement, went on to compete at the Olympics, build businesses, and experience extraordinary moments of success - including surviving a kidnapping in Mexico with an AK-47 held to his head. Shannon built a career defending people facing some of the most serious charges imaginable, while becoming a judge and mother along the way. In this conversation, we explore what happens when professional success begins to compete with family, how childhood experiences shape the adults we become, and why titles, money and recognition can never fully answer the question of who we are. Shannon also shares the legacy exercise she uses with high achievers to reveal the difference between the legacy they think they are building and the one their families may actually remember. This is a conversation about success, fatherhood, marriage, authenticity, generational patterns, and the uncomfortable question of what your achievements are ultimately worth.

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  Phyllis Rosen: Why Your Job Shouldn't Define Who You Are

  Aug 13, 20261h 8m

  American career and executive coach Phyllis Rosen joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about identity, purpose, career transitions, and what happens when the work that has defined you for years suddenly changes. After nearly two decades on Wall Street, Phyllis experienced one of the most dramatic transitions of her own life when she lost her career, her marriage, and her home on the same day. Sitting alone in an empty apartment during a New York blizzard, she realised she had never really stopped to ask who she was outside of her work. That question ultimately led her away from Wall Street and into a 30-year career helping professionals, executives, and leaders navigate the transitions that come with career change, leadership, disengagement, and retirement. In this conversation, we explore why people can become so deeply attached to their job titles, why workplace disengagement is about far more than simply disliking your job, and what happens when retirement removes the structure, community, status, and sense of purpose that work once provided. Phyllis also shares the story of a COO who initially resisted retirement but eventually discovered a new chapter he couldn't wait to begin. This is a conversation about reinvention, identity, purpose, and the uncomfortable but important question at the heart of every major transition: Who do you want to become next?

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  Kadeem Leslie: Financially Free at 24 - Here's What It Actually Cost

  Aug 6, 20261h 1m

  Jamaican entrepreneur, author, real estate investor, and full-time traveller Kadeem Leslie joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about ownership, sacrifice, freedom, and what it really takes to build a life on your own terms. After losing his mother to cancer at fifteen, Kadeem made a decision that would shape the next decade of his life: he would become financially free by the age of thirty. He achieved that goal six years early. Along the way, he slept on a couch so Airbnb guests could rent his bedroom, built a successful real estate business while studying at university, read more than five hundred books, and eventually retired at twenty-four - only to discover that freedom alone wasn't enough. In this conversation, we explore the mindset behind ownership, the hidden cost of success, the storytelling principles that fuel his content, and why building something meaningful always begins with a decision long before anyone else believes in it. This is a conversation about resilience, discipline, purpose, and choosing to build an extraordinary life when no one is coming to build it for you.

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  Jess Kyle: What It Costs You When You Don't Say The Hard Thing

  Jul 30, 20261h 8m

  American entrepreneur Jess Kyle joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about difficult conversations, chronic shame, self-awareness, and what it really takes to become someone you can be proud of when life gets uncomfortable. After spending more than thirteen years in data analytics and engineering, Jess found herself at the intersection of leadership, culture, and communication inside organisations. What she repeatedly witnessed wasn't a lack of intelligence or capability, but people's inability to have the conversations they knew they needed to have. Two life-changing performance reviews, a serious concussion, and years of personal development ultimately led her to leave corporate life and found Human First. In this conversation, we explore the psychology behind why difficult conversations feel so threatening, why our brains often mistake social rejection for physical danger, and how avoiding hard moments quietly shapes our confidence, relationships, and leadership. We also discuss perfectionism, fear of rejection, self-compassion, feedback, identity, and the surprising moment that helped Jess realise, "I actually like myself." This is a conversation about courage, communication, healing, and learning to put people first—starting with yourself.

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  Stewart Crown: The Truth About Crypto Nobody Tells You

  Jul 23, 20261h 8m

  Australian cryptocurrency educator, trading coach, investor, and mentor Stewart Crown joins The Life of Someone Extraordinary for a conversation about money, self-worth, freedom, and what it takes to rebuild when everything you thought you knew gets challenged. Stewart entered the cryptocurrency space in 2013, long before Bitcoin became mainstream. After watching his portfolio grow significantly, he experienced the other side of the market when $250,000 became $23,000. Instead of walking away, he spent three years studying, learning, and rebuilding his understanding of markets, money, and wealth from the ground up. In this conversation, we explore the lessons behind that loss, why most people misunderstand cryptocurrency before they ever invest, and why knowledge has to come before financial success. We also discuss Stewart’s journey from a high school dropout who left school at sixteen to becoming a respected educator helping others navigate one of the world's most misunderstood industries. Beyond crypto, this is a story about identity, resilience, and transformation. Stewart shares how growing up without financial security, watching wealth arrive and disappear, facing a life-threatening illness as a teenager, and becoming a father shaped his approach to success and responsibility. This is a conversation about money, mindset, integrity, and refusing to accept the limitations other people place on you.

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