Our focus and our values are guiding lights for our lives. Like a lighthouse guiding a ship at night from the sea to port. It’s not that these are forever in cement never to be changed or adjusted. However, careful thought and consideration must be given before that happens. Your focus and values have to remain true to you and more important you to them. This isn’t always easy. There will always be outside influences and distractions which will test your ability to remain true to your … [Read more...]
Do You Leave Your Values at Home?
Early in my sea going career one of the Senior Officers aboard the ship (I was on) introduced me to his wife and teenage son and daughter when we stopped at a coastal US city to load some cargo. This was where they all lived. They all met up and were going out to dinner before we set out on our two month trip to Central and South America. The ship we were on was commonly called a ‘stick’ ship. This was because it had booms and hatches carrying break bulk cargo of all different types. Due to … [Read more...]