The other day I was in bangalore at IIM and I met this interesting person who had spent 2 years on ship. He was in merchant navy and had spent 11 months and then 13 months at sea back to back. He claimed to have been to every corner of the world and also been through the swiss canal.. He had seen the ice in siberia.. almost got mauled by the pirates.. whisked passed the bermuda triangle..
He had done all this with people from diverse countries like china, russia and even pakistan..
I was intrigued even further when I realised that those 2 years he had no access to news of any kind i.e. no news papers, no tv, no radio absolutely nothing. He would only get some access when they would dock their ship and that wasn’t too often or for too long..
My instant question to him was why did he leave that job.. such an adventurous job? and join IIM’s? I mean what a contrast..
I soon realised that too much of anything isn’t adverture.. adventure is about attempting newer things every day,. its about venturing into the unknown.. Yes travelling to new places is adventurous.. But so is starting a new business or scaling a company from scratch..
I realized that the thrill of starting something new or seeing something new is similar.. I also made a promise to myself that one day I would sail across the world and see what the swiss canal looks like and how cold is siberia..
Adventure is beautiful.. Even as a thought in my head
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