thepeopleofsingapore:

“Over the years I’ve been in some fairly dangerous situations. It’s part of the risks you accept doing expeditions. Yet one of the hardest things I’ve ever done was quit my job. I used to be in IT. Everyone said I was crazy to quit the security of a regular income to follow my dreams.

Then not long after quitting, I had a huge setback. I was attempting to ski to the North Pole - but I had to be airlifted out because of frostbite on my hands. I got out in time to save my fingers, but the trip was a failure. The sponsors were really disappointed and I became depressed. I began to doubt myself. Maybe my friends had been right. Maybe I’d overestimated myself. It was a dark time. I was in the valley.

But my wife encouraged me to keep going. ‘Just try again’. She helped lift me out of depression. And the next year, I made it to the North Pole. “

"What inspires you?”

“Since I was a kid my favourite book has been Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I’ve read it over and over again. It’s what I’m all about. ”

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“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way.” - Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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