Three Career Lessons from Being on “Jeopardy!” (and Meeting Alex Trebek)

America’s favorite TV quiz show “Jeopardy!” made headlines in 2019, its 35th season. First, there was host Alex Trebek’s announcement that he was battling stage 4 cancer. Then came James Holzhauer’s revolutionary $2 million run. I followed these stories eagerly, because I’ve been a fan for virtually all of my life. The show has been nightly appointment viewing since the first grade, when it was on TV at dinnertime. After two decades of playing along from home, I tried out for the show — and made it. I appeared on three episodes and…