Mark Bezos: A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter
http://www.ted.com Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn't go quite as expected -- but that taught him a big lesson: Don't wait to be a hero. TEDTalks...
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Back in New York, I am the head of developmentfor a non-profit called Robin Hood.When I'm not fighting poverty, I'm fighting firesas the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company.Now in our town,where the volunteers supplement a highly skilled career staff,you have to get to the fire scene pretty earlyto get in on any action.I remember my first fire.I was the second volunteer on the scene,so there was a pretty good chance I was going to get in.But still it was a real footrace against the other volunteersto get to the captain in chargeto find out what our assignments would be.When I found the captain,he was having a very engaging conversationwith the homeowner,who was surely having one of the worst days of her life.Here it was, the middle of the nigh...
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Back in New York, I am the head of developmentfor a non-profit called Robin Hood.When I'm not fighting poverty, I'm fighting firesas the assistant captain of a volunteer fire company.Now in our town,where the volunteers supplement a highly skilled career staff,you have to get to the fire scene pretty earlyto get in on any action.I remember my first fire.I was the second volunteer on the scene,so there was a pretty good chance I was going to get in.But still it was a real footrace against the other volunteersto get to the captain in chargeto find out what our assignments would be.When I found the captain,he was having a very engaging conversationwith the homeowner,who was surely having one of the worst days of her life.Here it was, the middle of the nigh...
