Keep the Promise Podcast - Building Resilient and Well-rounded Firefighters
Keep the Promise
84 episodes
1 week ago
...to 2025 and hello to 2026! This year either made you better or it made you bitter. In this episode, we close out the year by pulling the real lessons from 2025 and turning them into a simple plan for 2026. We talk standards, health, and your crew—because this job will take from you unless you choose who you’re going to be. What You’ll Learn: How to set one standard and actually live it when you’re tiredHow to teach the standard to the next generation without turning into a grouchHow to pro...
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...to 2025 and hello to 2026! This year either made you better or it made you bitter. In this episode, we close out the year by pulling the real lessons from 2025 and turning them into a simple plan for 2026. We talk standards, health, and your crew—because this job will take from you unless you choose who you’re going to be. What You’ll Learn: How to set one standard and actually live it when you’re tiredHow to teach the standard to the next generation without turning into a grouchHow to pro...
071. Senior Man Is a Title You Have to Earn: Frontline Optics [Part 1]
Keep the Promise Podcast - Building Resilient and Well-rounded Firefighters
33 minutes
6 months ago
071. Senior Man Is a Title You Have to Earn: Frontline Optics [Part 1]
You can love the job and still build the next chapter. In Part 1, former firefighter-paramedic Mike Ettenberg tells us how a kid who chased sirens on a bike turned his party-bus side hustle into Frontline Optics. From the EMT grind to 30 failed applications, Mike shows why the firefighter mindset, solve problems and never quit, works in business too. What You’ll Learn: How to stay hungry after 30 “no’s” and finally land the jobWhy small-department mandatories can push you to create Plan...
Keep the Promise Podcast - Building Resilient and Well-rounded Firefighters
...to 2025 and hello to 2026! This year either made you better or it made you bitter. In this episode, we close out the year by pulling the real lessons from 2025 and turning them into a simple plan for 2026. We talk standards, health, and your crew—because this job will take from you unless you choose who you’re going to be. What You’ll Learn: How to set one standard and actually live it when you’re tiredHow to teach the standard to the next generation without turning into a grouchHow to pro...