Ted Bozarth - Sparks Mentorship Program Blog from SetFire Foundation

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Mental Health

The Comparison Trap: How to Stop Losing a Race You Never Signed Up For

Someone in your major just landed a big offer. Someone else has 2,000 LinkedIn followers. Here's why their scoreboard is destroying your game.

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Mental Health

The Loneliness Nobody Warns You About in September

You're surrounded by thousands of people and somehow feel completely alone. That's not a personal failure — it's the exact experience millions of students don't talk about.

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Career & Purpose

The Career Fair Is Approaching. Here's What Actually Moves the Needle.

Callbacks go to the students who showed up with a plan. Here it is.

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Learning & Growth

Set Up Your Fall Semester Before It Sets You Up

What you decide now runs on autopilot until December.

Ted Bozarth, founder of SetFire Foundation

Career & Purpose

Why Every Student Needs a Mentor

Our founder is the guest on the newest episode of Count Me In, the podcast of the Institute of Management Accountants. Twenty-nine minutes on why this moment is the one that needs a mentor.