The Boss Might Be Paying Our Wages, But Ultimately We Work for Ourselves

I was eighteen years old, and completely terrified. I was one slip away from death, one mistake away from my life ending before it had really begun. Yet it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And it was there—full of fear and adrenaline—that I learned one of the most valuable lessons that any business leader can ever hope to learn.

I was the youngest crew member aboard the Atlantic Sea, and we were one week into our journey hauling fertilizer from Germany to Japan when we hit the English Channel. The winds picked up and the waves started playing with us like a cat with an injured mouse.

Soon we were pitching and rolling drunkenly, and between the wind and the waves the ship started to suffer. The antenna snapped off, leaving us without radio. Replacing it was an immediate priority, but instead of handing the job to one of the old-timers on board, the Captain informed me that I was going to do it.

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