The tyranny of the urgent has captured the world. Your cellphone beeps, reminding you of your next appointment. What a Godsend that you...

Looking back, we can often see points in our lives where things changed and took a new turn. My 10-year high school reunion was one such...

After a sailboat race, it is common for crews from different boats to ask each other, “How did you do?” If the crew being questioned did...

Beryl looked back to see a great wall of water towering above her, so high and steep that she knew Tzu Hang could not ride over it. The...

We were hard aground on a South Pacific reef, with the sun and the tide both falling. We had gone through the prescribed steps from my...

I had an early experience with independence on a family vacation when I was seven years old. Everybody was at lunch, and I wanted to go...

I heard a podcast last year where the host and his guest were talking about Michael Phelps, the all-time record holder for most Olympic...

It was early in my career and I was sailing with colleagues on Galveston Bay. I was trying to determine our location from a buoy marking...

Jack and I were in the pilothouse, 12 feet up and scanning the water ahead of the ferry. We were traveling slower than usual because of...

Decades ago, when I was running triathlons, I trained brutally on the trail, the bike, and in the pool. With my running, in particular, I...