I’m kicking off a new season of blog posts, on the subject of COURAGE. And I’d like to ask for … Read More
The Courage to Change
life skills
Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
To round off my series of lessons learned on the ocean (which started on February 11th with The Retrospective Perspective) … Read More
Be Your Own Best Friend
There were many days on the ocean – just about all of them, in fact – when I disappointed myself. … Read More
Making It Hard To Quit
One of the really great things about rowing across oceans is that it is logistically very difficult to quit. Once … Read More
Authoring Your Own Life
I took my first adventure – a 3-month trip to Peru – when I was 34 years old, and I … Read More
Seeing The Bigger Picture
On my way across the Pacific from San Francisco to Papua New Guinea I had to cross the Equator, which … Read More
Getting Honest About What’s Going On
I was determined, when I set out on the Atlantic, not to be one of those whingeing explorers who bangs … Read More
Be True To Your Own Definition Of Success
I hadn’t really wanted to be in the Atlantic Rowing Race. But I fell in love with a particular boat … Read More
Self-Righting Boats – And People
My ocean rowing boat was more than just a way to get across an ocean. For months at a time, … Read More