Having candid conversations with other people about life, experiences, and knowledge is critical to individual growth. Understanding another individual’s journey and how they got to where they are today is a great way to learn and carve a path toward your own success. For this reason, Power Digital decided to create the Soapbox Series. The purpose of this series is to have conversations with informed, impactful individuals across all industries to learn about their lives, gain insight into important lessons, and ask questions.
In just one hour, we learned about Daryn’s background, both personally and professionally. There are far too many learnings to post, but our team summarized a few:
- Surround yourself by things you know nothing about.
- Continue to pay it forward and build a culture of service
- Always be uncomfortable with a challenge and potential of failure.
Daryn is an individual of many callings, that now resides as Director of Development at Varsity B (athletics Program) at Boise State. Daryn was once a Boise St. Bronco Football Player, as well as Former NFL Offensive Lineman where he became a Superbowl Champion with the Green Bay Packers, and continued on to play with the Arizona Cardinals, and Miami Dolphins.
After retiring from the NFL, Daryn enlisted in the Idaho Army National Guard, where he served as a helicopter crew chief, and was even deployed to Afghanistan. Just a few months ago, The Packers chose Daryn as their NFL Salute to Service Nominee.
Alongside his most recent endeavor in Boise St.’s Athletics, Daryn also owns a restaurant near the University, called The James. Please join us for this awesome opportunity to learn from Daryn and hear his story!