Long Shot Leaders with Michael Stein

How a skate punk built a furniture empire with Edgar Blazona Edgar Blazona is a modernist American furniture designer and founder of wildly popular DTC sofa brand BenchMade Modern. A high school dropout, turned graffiti artist, turned serial entrepreneur, Edgar got his start in the furniture industry because of need: he was young and broke, and his first apartment didn't have any furniture. And, necessity became invention. Along with starting several (!) of his own companies, including Modular Dwellings – a prefab backyard shelter company, Edgar also sharpened his skills in the corporate world at Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware. As he saw customers accustomed to waiting three months (and more!) for sofas and sectionals that realistically take only a few weeks to make, he realized there must be a better way and founded BenchMade Modern in 2015 to disrupt this norm. BenchMade Modern offers sofas and sectionals in 5" increments and custom configurations, depths, fabrics and more. Custom furniture arrives at your doorstep within weeks, not months.

How to scale your business and make it run well with master CEO Jerry Macnamara. For twenty-five years, Jerry's fearlessly positive approach to business led to massive success. He's run five companies in five industries in both B2B and B2C and made the Franchise 500, Inc 500, and Best Places to Work. He's been recognized as a 40 under 40 and an Ultimate CEO. Jerry runs Proven Chaos - a company driven to help CEOs create compelling companies that outperform...and still make it home for dinner.

How to create a system for anything with the master of success systems Tara Nicholle Kirke Tara-Nicholle Kirke, MA, ESQ. is a transformational business expert, spiritual strategist and founder of SoulTour. She's also the former CMO of MyFitnessPal and Ten Percent Happier, and a mentor trusted by the likes of Simon Sinek. Tara helps brilliant folk heal their Inner Critic and has taught over 50,000 people stop holding themselves back. Tara also wrote the authoritative book on transformational business and has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and The New York Times. She was named the #1 woman Silicon Valley tech companies should add to their boards by Business Insider. Fun fact: She also owns a kickboxing gym in Oakland and was called The Buddhist Black Church Lady of Silicon Valley.

Climbing the tallest mountains in the world, overcoming a colleague's death, and fighting forward with climbing legend Tamara Lunger. Tamara Lunger Is a dreamer in love with the mountains" Bio Tamara Lunger "Every moment spent in the mountains makes me more aware of who I am and more thankful to life." Since she was a child, she has practiced a lot of different sports, even athletics - she was twice vice Italian national champion -, but her true passion for the mountains remained untouched! This is why, in 2002, she started with ski mountaineering racing. She became a member of the Italian National Team and won many important races: twice Italian National Champion in 2006 and 2008, vice champion in 2007, she won the Pierra Menta in 2007 and 2008 and achieved the World Champion title on the long distance in 2008. Born in Bozen in 1986, she is the daughter of a famous Italian ski mountaineer, and has lived all her life in the mountains. This is probably why it was inevitable that the mountains went onto have such a strong influence in her life, becoming her passion. In 2014 she reached the summit of K2 becoming the second Italian woman to do so. After the ski mountaineering experience she was looking for new, extreme challenges in the high mountains. Since she was 14 years old, she dreamt of climbing an 8000m peak and through the years she always had had a certain idea of how she would have felt being there. And then in 2009, her first big mountaineering experience in Nepal, she could say that her expectations were satisfied. Since this first experience, things are clear to Tamara: "this is the life I want, and nothing else!" Achievements Sky Mountaineering Races since 2003: 2 times Italian Champion 2008 - World Champion (under 23) 2 times winner of Pierra Menta (FRA) High Altitude Mountaineering since 2009: 2009 - Island Peak (6189 m) 2010 - youngest woman on Lhotse (23 years old) with oxygen 2010 - Cho Oyu (8210 m) no summit 2011 - 2012 - 2012 - 2013 - 2012 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016 - Khan Tengri (7010 m) Muztgah Ata (7546 m) Broad Peak (8047 m) no summit Pik Lenin (7134 m) Broad Peak (8047 m) no summit K2 (8611 m) without oxygen Manaslu Winter Expedition with Simone Moro (without success) Nanga Parbat Winter Expedition with Simone Moro (stopped 70 m below the summit). It was the first time a woman was above 8000m in first winter ascent on a 8000m peak. 2017 - 2018 - 2019/2020 - Gasherbrum Winterexpedition with Simone Moro (no success due to crevasse accident) 2020/2021- K2 Winterexpedition with Alex Gavan/ JP Mohr. I reached camp3 (7300m) and we lost 5 friends (also JP Mohr). Ultra Trail Running Races since 2013: 2013 2° place at the Transalpinerun with Annemarie Gross Kanchenjunga Skylie Expedition with Simone Moro (no success) Pik Pobeda, Siberia, with Simone Moro. First Winter ascent. 2014 1° place at the Transalpinerun with Annemarie Gross 2015 1° place at the Südtirol Ultrarace (team) Special Project 2013 - 2020 - 2021 - 2021 - „The great crossing" - ski mountaineering traverse in Pakistan with the summit of 2 unclimbed & nameless peaks (6345 m & 6489 m) „Tamara Tour Italia" - A multi sport road trip (mountaineering, climbing, running, biking, paragliding, kayaking). I traveled all over Italy with the camper van, climbing the highest peak of every region. „Climbing for a reason" - social project in northern Pakistan, Shigar Valley. We reached to climb muslim girls from 5 to 17 years. Furthermore we built an artificial climbing wall and set up a climbing spot with 19 routes on the rocks of Shigar Fort. „Tamara Tour Spain" - A multi sport road trip (mountaineering, climbing, running, biking, paragliding, kayaking). I traveled all over Spain with the camper van, climbing the 18 highest and most important 3000m peaks of Spain. "In women sports there are still many opportunities for me because there are just a few women in the world who dare facing up the awkward demands of an expedition to the highest peaks of the world. Though, it's not about the competition or measuring with other athletes, it is all about proving myself – to myself! What will I be able to achieve? How difficult can things become? Which levels of mental and physical demands will I be able to cope with?"

How to turn your passion into a career with rock star Pro Bass Fisherman John Crews 20+ year professional bass angler that started a fishing lure company 10 years ago and both are still going strong.

How to take the leap and get what you really want in life with success leader Misha Rubin Misha Rubin is CEO of Leap By Design and mastermind of The Career Leap method. He works with mid-career professionals, executives and leaders who are interested in initiating and implementing meaningful and intentional career changes and/or expanding their leadership impact. Until not long ago he was a Partner at a Big Four management consulting & accounting firm, where he spent 15 fruitful years of his career. His corporate experience, personal quest for meaning and work with hundreds of professionals, birthed the The Career Leap method, a guided actionable inquiry that is structured for you to discover and pursue your next career move as well as expand your impact as a leader. Born and raised in Ukraine, Misha is on the board of Worldwide Orphans (WWO), a non-profit that supports children at risk globally, and he recently setup up the first WWO Office in Ukraine. Additionally, Misha is an adoptive parent of 3. He is a recorded artist; Are We Ready, an album of his original songs, was released in 2013 under the artist name Misha Lyuve. More about him at https://MishaRubin.com

Long Shot Leaders Podcast Update with Michael Stein Michael shares some exciting news about the future plans of the podcast and a new Bolotor outdoor podcast, coming in 2023.

How to become an outdoor adventure celebrity with Steven West Steve West, host of The Adventure Series (TV Program) host of Steve's Outdoor Adventures TV, founder of Steve's Outdoor Adventures, Two Saints Films, and Entrepreneur in the Outdoor Industry.

Straight out of Haiti, and being a boss, podcaster and author Marthe Cherubin Author of the new Children's Book, "Mommy, Your Skin is Brown and Mine is Green!" Podcast Host & Creator of Things Nobody Tells You About, and a Licensed Therapist for over a decade. When this Haitian American author is not writing books, podcasting, and providing counseling, she is busy at home with her husband taking care of their soon to be family of four. Mommy, Your Skin is Brown and Mine is Green! Paperback and E-book are currently available for purchase on Amazon.

How Espen Fadnes became a world champion wingsuit flyer In His Words: My profession is wingsuit pilot. Life is hugely affected by one clear goal: Figure out how good I can get at flying my body. I tried to have a "normal" in the 2000s, but escaped to a life as a wingsuiter after several years serving for the Norwegian armed forces in Afghanistan. I was worried over there, I am not when jumping off a mountain. I sincerely believe I am safer in freefall than in traffic. Its all about being prepared. I straight down love what I do for a living. Euforia happen on a weekly basis. Married to Amber Forte. 43 years.