If you create a short enough timeframe, it can feel like there’s always something getting done. All we really need to do is focus on the 60 second level, and then as soon as you’ve checked your email, you can consider yourself productive. But big things happen in big timeframes. Getting caught up in the...

In the 1998 Sydney to Hobart “blue water classic” yacht race, 55 sailors were rescued, six lives and five boats were lost. It was the most disastrous year in the race’s history. In open ocean racing (and many other sports), there typically is a locked in start date. In the Sydney to Hobart, they start...