Sylvester Neal is a past president of Kiwanis International who spent his career in public service as a firefighter, airport security chief, and state fire marshal.

In this episode of A Congruent Life, Sylvester shares interesting stories from his well-lived life, including:

attending an integrated high school in the 1950s, and how he never got into a fight,

what he learned when a restaurant would not allow him to eat with his teammates,

how his dreams of going to college evaporated after one poor football game,

the effect that a house fire had on his dreams and the trajectory of his work,

how having confidence in his intuition boosted his early career as a firefighter,

having the discipline to earn a college degree over ten years of night school,

being open to discovering unexpected blessings in disguise,

having the courage to turn down a job that simply wanted to fill its minority quotas,

how fainting in an airport led to clarity about living a life of service, and

what he is learning from raising his young grandsons while in his 70s.

Links

Sylvester's website

Sylvester Neal on Facebook

The Man in the Mirror