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Embracing Challenges and "Riding the Tiger"

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The presentation Embracing Challenges and "Riding trhe Tiger" is an invited presentation that is part of a symposium targeting young professionals.  It uses the metaphor "ride the tiger" to illustrate how one might cope with the opportunities offered by life -- not by running away from or avoiding them, but by digging in and getting the most from the experience. The presentation also points out that there will be successes and disapointments along the way as implied by "riding the tiger".

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The presentationm is part of an Invited Symposium: Career.  It focuses on responding to opportunity as a way to identify one's professional calling and to move one along a path to success.  Examples from the author's experience are presented.

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Kentula, M. Embracing Challenges and "Riding the Tiger". Society of Wetland Scientists Virtual Annual Meeting, NA, June 01 - 10, 2021.
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Last updated on July 26, 2021
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