Watch Richard Rosendale's TEDx Talk on Leaving the Greenbrier Resort, Making Life Changes

Bocuse d'Or's USA team leader Richard Rosendale resigned earlier this summer from his position at West Virginia's Greenbrier Resort, a major career change that fuels his recent TEDx Talk. "Recently, I resigned from a very prestigious position in the chef industry," Rosendale says. "Many of my peers, people from the outside looking in, say, 'Rich, what are you crazy? You've got a prestigious position, a lot of responsibility, great compensation: It's the pinnacle of one's career.' Well, for me, I would reply and say, 'I'm running out of runway. I have some other things that are meaningful to me.'"

In the talk, about identifying what's important now, Rosendale advocates for changing parts of your life to allow for some risk-taking: "What I'm saying is, If you don't take the shot in life, you're guaranteed to miss it." Go, watch:

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