Your calling is not just one

thing; it’s a few things. The trick

is to not be a jack-of-all-trades

but to become a master of some.

In college, Jody Maberry studied finance and marketing.

Anxious to leave school and get into the business world, he
looked forward to the day he could start wearing a shirt and
tie every day. But during his last year of school at Illinois
State University, he discovered their Outdoor Adventure
program. He began taking classes and trips with the
department, and one trip in particular to Yellowstone
National Park left an impression on him. “I can’t tell you
how cold it got in Yellowstone,” he recalled, “because my
thermometer broke at twenty below. It was miserable and

wonderful. When I returned, it was all I could think about.”^1
After graduating from ISU, Jody took to the road. He
believed he would end up living and working the rest of his
life in central Illinois, but due to the Yellowstone incident
and the mark it left on him, he was determined to see what