Writing across work and water

I started my career with one purpose: to see the world.  It was all about the travel & adventure, and a 20 year career at sea provided plenty.
 
Even after coming ashore I’ve continued to travel widely.  From my homebase in Texas I spend a lot of time running around the gulf coast, and travel to international destinations regularly.
 
I started writing for the marine industry back in 2009 for gCaptain and have continued through to this day as a regular contributor to Maritime Executive magazine, among other publications.  I’ve also written plenty on productivity & leadership through my series The Lever.  I even wrote a book on the subject.
 
These days I continue to write and speak for industry on topics of leadership, culture, and marine technology, and have also begun sharing my families fishing and outdoor adventures.
 
I believe that the best way to learn something quickly is to:
 
1. Do it
2. Write about it
 
This dive-into-the-deep-end-model builds off the idea that “the teacher learns twice”, and has served me well over the years.  Good writing leads to good thinking, but you have to have something to write about first. 

Go out and do something.