blog – November 10, 2020
'The best executives are made, not born.' This particular takeaway from Stephen A. Schwarzman's recent book, 'What It Takes', brought up an interesting point of discussion between Cindy and me about success and IQ. In this podcast episode, we discuss 6 of my core takeaways from this book.
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blog – October 26, 2020
Jim Brown got his start designing and building sailing trimarans from friend and mentor, Arthur Piver, near Sausilito, CA in the late 1950's. Jim's foray into his career as 'trimaran test pilot' is well documented in his entertaining book, 'Among The Multihulls: Volume I'. In this Dream 10X podcast episode, however, we learn more about the story of Jim's early childhood leading up to the story in this book. I think this as-of-yet untold story of his early youth is just as fantastic and entertaining as his book!
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blog – October 19, 2020
The oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay has declined roughly 99% since the late nineteenth century. Chris Hopkinson, the Chief Strategy Officer at Ready Education, undertook a 9 day adventure to stand-up paddle board (SUP) the entire length of the Chesapeake Bay to raise awareness for this clear-and-present danger facing the Country.
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blog – October 13, 2020
'Knob Caple, are you motivated?!?!' A 'knob' is a derogatory term for a freshman at The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina. I must have heard that question a hundred times a day my Freshman year. 'Sir, motivated, motivated, motivated, sir, F-Troop!!!' was always my programmed response. F-Troop was the best damn company in the Corps of Cadets whilst I attended this fine institution, but perhaps I digress...
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blog – October 05, 2020
Sailor, photographer, techpreneur, artisan, leather craftsman, adventurer and overall renaissance man from Australia, Nick Jaffe, shares some deep insights into adventure as art and living an authentic life.
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