Episode notes
Imagine that you just got hired for the dream job, but here's the conditions for the first year: Everything you do, I mean every minute of the day, is being evaluated. Can you picture in your mind the stress and anxiety of knowing for an entire year everything you do is being scrutinized?
That’s what it was like for my guest, Mark Nygard. Mark is a fire lieutenant at the Tacoma Fire Department and a former elite special operations soldier.
In this interview, Mark talks about:
His tough transition from military life to civilian life
How demanding it is just to become a firefighter and what skills you need to be successful
The daily physical and mental challenges a firefighter faces and strategies for how to push through