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By Stephen Joyola

Bull Run

In the summer of 2001, just before 9/11 changed the…

GRITTY & UNGLAMOUROUS

Fresh out of the Kelly School of Business, my first job was…

TYPHOID FEVER

My wife Katie and I set off for a blissful getaway to Costa…

HELL YEARS

After a year at Cintas, I decided to quit my job and..

CUBAN NIGHTMARE I

My friend called. “I met this guy,” he said. “For a…

SWIMMING WITH SHARKS

Selling my company was supposed to be the pinnacle…

CUBAN NIGHTMARE II

The second trip to Cuba, we brought our wives. The girls…

KILL THE DEAL

Despite the enticing offer in 2018 and its promising pay…

NOT INHERENTLY EVIL

An early adopter of Al, my company began leveraging…

DUE DILIGENCE

In January of 2018 after being bought by a new private…

Ultimate Network

In 2018, a friend texted me: “Meet me in Moscow. I’m going to the …

Situational Awareness

A week after Moscow the WhatsApp thread still buzzed. A friend …

North Korea

In 2019 I hatched a plan to sneak into North Korea. I flew …

ULTIMATE PIVOT

After two consecutive months of breaking our all-time…

SEEING MY SOUL

As I approached my 40th birthday, a friend shared a…

Pinched C6/C7 Nerve

After finishing KOKORO in 2021, I felt invincible. Those that…

The Process

It took me over a year to rehab my pinched C6/C7, and I spent all…

TIME TO WALK

At 40 years old, I retired from the company I founded and…

BEST IN THE WORLD

Training with former heavyweight champion…

Burning Man

Attending Burning Man was a transformative experience…

CHAOS

Taking over Healthcare
Chaos Management (HCM) was a…

STINGRAY

17 years of non-stop grinding left me without hobbies or…

SHEEPDOG

Training with retired Navy SEALs in the SEALFIT…

Friends In High Places

After the magic of Russia, I decided to chase it again in 2019 at …

Comfort Zones

In the summer of 2024, I met Andrew Kwon, one of the hottest…

Leadership 101

In the summer of 2025, I organized a trip for twelve CEOs and…

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