Fight For It

Growing up, school was not for me. But for fun. I tried several times.  Back then, it was preached. If you didn't have a college degree, you would never find a good job and you would never work for a good company. This led me down a path looking for the outliers—the ones who avoided traditional education and created their own map instead. I became passionate about learning more about why their life adventure was different than most. What drove them to the unknown? Why didn’t the person give up? What did these rebels have In common? Ultimately, I sought the answers to the above questions so I could apply them to my life. This was the beginning of a lifelong learner’s quest to understand other people’s journeys. Today, I’m still a student as much as I am a teacher. I deeply care about sitting down with all walks of life and ages to learn. I believe our elders can teach us wisdom, midlifers can share valuable knowledge, youth can share wild ideas, and children can teach us not to take ourselves so seriously. The