But I also had to be realistic -- and setting a goal like 'win the race' just isn't credible, ... So I said to the all-or-nothing guy, 'To finish first, first we have to finish. We have to sail smart. If we go for broke, sooner or later we'll blow up.' Simon Walker
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[If that were to happen, the crew quite possibly would have lost both its skipper and its rig to the world's harshest seas. Why take on such a risk?] Because I was young, I was fit, but most importantly, I was a member of the team, ... And sending me up there was the best use of the team's resources. So I did it. - Simon Walker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0lmIHRoYXQgd2VyZSB0byBoYXBwZW4sIHRoZSBjcmV3IHF1aXRlIHBvc3NpYmx5IHdvdWxkIGhhdmUgbG9zdCBib3RoIGl0cyBza2lwcGVyIGFuZCBpdHMgcmlnIHRvIHRoZSB3b3JsZCdzIGhhcnNoZXN0IHNlYXMuIFdoeSB0YWtlIG9uIHN1Y2ggYSByaXNrP10gQmVjYXVzZSBJIHdhcyB5b3VuZywgSSB3YXMgZml0LCBidXQgbW9zdCBpbXBvcnRhbnRseSwgSSB3YXMgYSBtZW1iZXIgb2YgdGhlIHRlYW0sIC4uLiBBbmQgc2VuZGluZyBtZSB1cCB0aGVyZSB3YXMgdGhlIGJlc3QgdXNlIG9mIHRoZSB0ZWFtJ3MgcmVzb3VyY2VzLiBTbyBJIGRpZCBpdC4g&author=ICBTaW1vbiBXYWxrZXIgICAg&num=2 "[If that were to happen, the crew quite possibly would have lost both its skipper and its rig to the world's harshest seas. Why take on such a risk?] Because I was young, I was fit, but most importantly, I was a member of the team, ... And sending me up there was the best use of the team's resources. So I did it. - Simon Walker Quotes")
![[They turned east and, soon after, lost the bet. The wind dropped, they missed the most favorable position to cross the Doldrums, and they slipped to eleventh place. Fed up with the conditions, members of the crew began to lose faith in their strategy. One crew member complained that he had wasted three years of his life training for the race. The solution was to reset the goal.] I called the crew up on deck, and we discussed what had happened, ... 'We're in the eleventh position,' I told them. 'We can't think about winning. We're going to set ourselves new targets to beat as many boats as we can, one boat at a time.' - Simon Walker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBTaW1vbiBXYWxrZXIgICAg&num=9 "[They turned east and, soon after, lost the bet. The wind dropped, they missed the most favorable position to cross the Doldrums, and they slipped to eleventh place. Fed up with the conditions, members of the crew began to lose faith in their strategy. One crew member complained that he had wasted three years of his life training for the race. The solution was to reset the goal.] I called the crew up on deck, and we discussed what had happened, ... 'We're in the eleventh position,' I told them. 'We can't think about winning. We're going to set ourselves new targets to beat as many boats as we can, one boat at a time.' - Simon Walker Quotes")
![[The first goal: Pass the tenth-place boat, which was five miles ahead of the Toshiba Wave Warrior, within the next 12 hours. The crew members did it. Then, they overtook the next boat and the one after that. Some 1,000 miles later, the Wave Warrior stormed into Boston in third place.] The race was all about learning: The team that learned the fastest would win, ... My ambition was for the crew to learn so well that they wouldn't need me. I really feel that a leader's goal should be to make himself redundant. - Simon Walker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBTaW1vbiBXYWxrZXIgICAg&num=2 "[The first goal: Pass the tenth-place boat, which was five miles ahead of the Toshiba Wave Warrior, within the next 12 hours. The crew members did it. Then, they overtook the next boat and the one after that. Some 1,000 miles later, the Wave Warrior stormed into Boston in third place.] The race was all about learning: The team that learned the fastest would win, ... My ambition was for the crew to learn so well that they wouldn't need me. I really feel that a leader's goal should be to make himself redundant. - Simon Walker Quotes")
![[The most challenging sailing was in the Southern Ocean. But the leadership challenge was comparatively easy.] It was muck and bullets -- battleground leadership, ... These guys were hanging on by their fingernails. As long as I was technically competent, leading was pretty straightforward. - Simon Walker Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1RoZSBtb3N0IGNoYWxsZW5naW5nIHNhaWxpbmcgd2FzIGluIHRoZSBTb3V0aGVybiBPY2Vhbi4gQnV0IHRoZSBsZWFkZXJzaGlwIGNoYWxsZW5nZSB3YXMgY29tcGFyYXRpdmVseSBlYXN5Ll0gSXQgd2FzIG11Y2sgYW5kIGJ1bGxldHMgLS0gYmF0dGxlZ3JvdW5kIGxlYWRlcnNoaXAsIC4uLiBUaGVzZSBndXlzIHdlcmUgaGFuZ2luZyBvbiBieSB0aGVpciBmaW5nZXJuYWlscy4gQXMgbG9uZyBhcyBJIHdhcyB0ZWNobmljYWxseSBjb21wZXRlbnQsIGxlYWRpbmcgd2FzIHByZXR0eSBzdHJhaWdodGZvcndhcmQuIA==&author=ICBTaW1vbiBXYWxrZXIgICAg&num=13 "[The most challenging sailing was in the Southern Ocean. But the leadership challenge was comparatively easy.] It was muck and bullets -- battleground leadership, ... These guys were hanging on by their fingernails. As long as I was technically competent, leading was pretty straightforward. - Simon Walker Quotes")
