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The Opportunities You Can't Predict

by Klark Brown, Scott Rutkowski, Toby Clem
Apr 22, 2025
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🎙️ This Week on Disaster Podcaster:

 

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Episode: My Favorite Guest This Week
Guest: Scott Retkowski, President of Operations @ Restoration HQ

We talked about moving across the country, taking risks, building leadership in real time—and what happens when you just keep showing up.


🔎 This weeks Blog is TL;DR
- The Opportunities You Can’t Predict -

TL;DR - means this is a condensed version. Link to full version below. 

Scott Retkowski didn’t map out a perfect path to leadership.

He just kept saying yes.

Yes to uncomfortable decisions.
Yes to unfamiliar places.
Yes to the work nobody sees.

Now he’s President of Ops at a major restoration company—and his journey is a blueprint for anyone asking, “How do I grow as a leader?”

Here’s what his story reminds us:

  • You don’t need the perfect plan—just the next right step.

  • Growth lives in discomfort.

  • Clarity follows action, not the other way around.

  • Saying yes builds momentum.

  • The best leaders keep their word—and keep showing up.

Scott’s story proves that leadership isn’t a title.
It’s a long walk in the same direction.
And it starts with a simple decision:

Say yes.

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