# A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Mark Bezos
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn't go quite as expected -- but that taught him a big lesson: Don't wait to be a hero.

## Lectures

1. [A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter/e54632d523fd), 4 min (TED's player)