Top Highlights

• “Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise!”
• about not only the importance of making friends but the negative impact of making enemies and what damage drinking could do.
• “Son, you be sure to set your goals so high that you can’t possibly accomplish them in one lifetime. That way you’ll always have something ahead of you. I made the mistake of setting my goals too low and now I’m having a hard time coming up with new ones.”
• Working through these challenges, I learned a lesson that would stick with me throughout my career. When the chips are down and the pressure is on, it’s amazing to see how creative people can be.
• being out on the open ocean, the teamwork, the preparation, the challenges—everything. It really was a lot like running a business. You had to recruit a good crew and you had to be able to motivate them. From my early misadventures I realized that when conditions were good, you couldn’t tell how strong your crew was. Heading out and singing chantey...