At the end of the day it's not about me. It's what can somebody do with the lessons that I learned. If there's part of my story that I can share — … - Carey Lohrenz

I'm like, 'OK, what are your resources? What are your threats?' And then in big jumbo sidewalk chalk I drew this strategic plan for him in under 10 minutes. And he ran in, got a camera and took a picture, Lohrenz says. And next thing you know I'm starting a strategic planning consulting career.

People think that fighter pilots aren’t afraid of anything, and yet that’s not true,” she says. “It’s that we’ve learned and developed the ability to work through fear, and flip it, and make it actionable, so that it works for us, and not against us.”

I wanted to fly fighters because those pilots were the cream of the crop,” she says. “I thought to myself, Well, it takes about two years to get through this program. So maybe by the time I’m done, they will have lifted the law.”