051: Karim Jaude | Kidnapped and Tortured, Then Rebuilt Life On $17

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2015

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

After successful real estate businesses in Lebanon and Iran, Karim Jaude arrived in Los Angeles in 1979 with only $17 in his pocket and not a friend within a thousand miles. By merely being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he lost almost everything … twice. He was kidnapped, tortured and forced to flee the country, but, in an extraordinary display of resilience, he got up and thrived again and again. Jaude’s determination started early in life and pushed him through the rough spots, of which there were many. He recounts his extraordinary journey in this podcast. http://www.spartanuppodcast.com/051

Lessons:

1.There will never be justice in the world but we have the ability to reduce people’s suffering and not add to it.
2.Adversity teaches you to float over the small hassles in life.
3.What happens to you doesn’t matter as much as how you react to it.
4. Help one person every day.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Spartan Up Podcast. We're going to interview somebody every week from
0:04.4	all over the world and see what they did in their life to become successful no matter
0:08.9	how they define it.
0:11.9	Hey here we are at Spartan Up Podcast.com. We're in the barn and the
0:16.7	Amy barn at Pittsfield Vermont. I'm surrounded by greatness. I have Colonel
0:20.4	Tim Nye. I have Sefra, Chirp Chirp. And I have Marion behind the camera. You don't get to
0:29.6	see Marion, but we do and it's quite a sight, but more importantly
0:33.0	importantly she makes us look good she puts this whole thing together so that's the five of us and but this episode
0:41.0	unbelievable so karem Jowd his story starts in Lebanon obviously going to hear the story
0:46.4	it's not going to tell much about it but we've got kidnapping we've got
0:49.2	torture we've got international success we've got starting again.
0:53.1	The show of Iran.
0:54.2	Yeah, yeah, we bring Iran in.
0:55.8	And I mean, this is an unbelievable story.
0:57.3	But the thing that really got me about this story
0:59.3	is every time you think you've heard the end of it,
1:01.0	you think it's the most incredible story you've ever heard, it starts again, like just another thing happens to this guy.
1:06.3	We are here in Los Angeles, it's Spartan up the podcast.
1:09.8	Is it Spartanup podcast.com?
1:12.3	It's Spartanup podcast. For those of you that don't know I'm with
1:15.4	Kareem is that how you can announce it Jowdy kareme and you're from Lebanon
1:20.8	originally correct pretty calm Pretty calm place. Beautiful place. But it was
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