Finding The Travel Molecule
Ed Reif Travel Chronicles
Where Every Journey Becomes a Story Worth Telling
Risk Intelligence & Mindful Travel
I have a status meeting with myself every Friday. Today's topic is risk intelligence. Risk appetite governs how much risk you want to take, while risk intelligence involves being aware how much you are actually taking.
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?
— John Maynard KeynesI tolerate ambiguity. I play poker and deal with partial information developing a high level of risk intelligence. But this is not poker, this is war. It is the ability to estimate probabilities accurately, it's about having the right amount of certainty to make educated guesses.
Before You Can Take Your Path, You Must Live It in Thought
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior life. My thought makes me travel and create archives of experience and expectation where I incinerate negativity and have a mindfulness of pure attention, without advice, without judgments.
Wired Verses Tired - Grey Matters
The Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road but Neurons That Wire Together Fire Together and the best way to predict the future is to INVENT it.
The New World Order
I create the world... and more importantly my thoughts do too. Change your thoughts, change your world. That's Wired Thinking.
World's Most Amazing Places
1. Santorini, Greece
A breathtaking island paradise with iconic blue-domed churches and stunning sunset views over the Aegean Sea.
2. Maldives Islands
Crystal clear waters and overwater bungalows create the ultimate tropical escape in the Indian Ocean.
3. Bora Bora
The jewel of French Polynesia, where turquoise lagoons meet pristine beaches and volcanic peaks.
4. Norwegian Fjords
Dramatic landscapes where towering cliffs meet serene waters, showcasing nature's raw beauty.
5. New Zealand Fjords
Milford Sound and the eighth wonder of the world - where untouched wilderness meets the sea.
6. Full World Cruise
L.A. to London in 110 days - the ultimate journey around the globe on the high seas.
7. Oasis of the Seas
Game Changer - The Ship IS the destination. A 225,282-ton, 5,400-passenger colossus that cost $1.4 billion.
8. Panama Canal
I am adding The Panama Canal to this list - an engineering marvel connecting two oceans.
9. Alaska - The Great Land
Alaska The Great Land - Action Plan. Glacier Bay and the pristine wilderness of the Last Frontier.
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.
— Karen Blixen (Out of Africa)
The need to break free and sail away is ancient, enduring and incessant. Voyages trigger a concept called psychological distance: Something about the experience of leaving your place creates a shock and awe, a pathway into a new perspective that floods the brain with ideas.
You Are HERE. Travel with ME...
The experiences at sea turned my can't into cans and leveraged my Adventures into serendipity - a thousand unseen helping hands of allies, synchronicity, and the Michelangelo effect.
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