In my junior year of high school, I led the planning, design, and construction of a boardwalk trail over community wetlands. Of the numerous collaborative efforts Scouting has afforded me, this Eagle Scout Service Project was the most complex and gratifying. In addition to construction management, I learned three things from collaborating with the individuals involved: each person brings a particular approach to problem-solving, each person brings strength of expertise in different areas, and each person may bring a different view of the world that might restrict using “apparent” direct solutions to problems. One situation where I learned to be adaptable and draw on the strengths of others ideas was when building the components of the boardwalk.