I thought, “What a terrific opportunity to share with business people the invaluable skills that can be derived from an adventure like mine.”

In her newsletter she invited her audience to visit the post, saying: 

“Ever imagine what it would be like to check out of your life /work for a while and set sail across the ocean? Would you do it for seven years? What do you think you’d learn?

Today, my good friend and author Wendy Hinman shares four lessons learned about success while sailing the ocean with her husband for seven adventure-filled years. She recently published a book chronicling her tale, Tightwads of the Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey and I’m thrilled she’s dropping some wisdom on us in today’s guest post.

If you want the wisdom and perspective gleaned from her high-seas escapade, without leaving your warm, cozy office, please head over to the blog and check out these inspirational lessons.”

Here’s her post:

4 lessons for success I learned while sailing the ocean

 When people do something audacious and almost unimaginable, I tend to soak up their wisdom. They are the brave, after all. The bold. The ones who dare step off the cliff and test how deep the water really is while the rest of us bask safely on shore.

Wendy Hinman is a writer friend of mine who has lived an extraordinary life. She sailed the Pacific with her husband for 7 years, returned changed and wiser, and has written a book about her adventure, Tightwads of the Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey. Today’s she shares four lessons about life and success she learned on that ocean voyage. MORE ….