Archive for September 2025
Turning Lessons Into a Parable
“It’s not that a lesson is different. It’s that the story that makes it memorable.” Years ago, I worked as a park ranger. Every day brought people with different needs. There were lost hikers, noisy campers, curious kids with more questions than I could answer. No matter how often I rattled off rules, no one…
Read MoreWhy I Became a Park Ranger
“Sometimes the most meaningful path isn’t the one that looks right on paper. It’s the one that makes you feel most alive.” When David Bossert turned the tables and asked me three questions I didn’t expect to retrace my professional steps. But it was a lot of fun looking back at how much life has…
Read MoreYour Career is an Education
“Anytime somebody asked me to do something, I always said yes, and then I went to figure it out.” When I look back at my own career, it’s easy to see the moments when I treated work like a job and the moments when I treated it like an education. The difference is dramatic. I…
Read MoreThree Lessons From My First Mentor
“If someone has taken the time to teach you, take the time to teach someone else.” When I first became a park ranger, I didn’t have the background most people expected. I came from banking. My world was numbers, spreadsheets, and interest rate risks. There was one park manager took a chance on me. His…
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