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  Everyone Wants to Be a CEO - Until They Realize It’s Not Just Suits and Stock Options Everyone loves a good rags-to-riches story - until you realize your “rags” are $94K in student debt and your “riches” are a free tote bag from a networking event hosted in a Holiday Inn conference room. The path to becoming a CEO might seem reserved for unicorns raised in boardrooms or those who drink their green juice while riding a Peloton - but here’s the truth no TED Talk will tell you: The modern CEO is rarely the person with the perfect resume. They’re the one who had a meltdown during tax season, cried over their Shopify dashboard at 2 a.m., and then got up the next morning and learned how to read a balance sheet like their business depended on it - because it did. Most CEOs don’t get handed power - they drag themselves up the career mountain with calloused hands, Google searches like “how to write a business plan that doesn’t suck,” and the quiet fear that maybe, just maybe, they peaked ...