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One night when their children were still in diapers, Caspar and Nichola Craven hatched a plan to sail around the world as a family. Most people thought they were crazy. But in the years that followed they embraced every moment of this transformative chapter of their lives. Five years of planning--the vision, the values, the practicalities, the realities, the excitement, the highs, the lows and the seemingly adventure-stopping obstacles--led to two wonderful years of living their dream of sailing the world--full of moments both magical and scary--enjoying life and learning and growing as a family. This is one family's story. It's also a story of a fabulous sailing adventure and an inspirational tale for all those wishing they could do the same; it's a practical guide to show you just how you can make it happen; it's a motivational story of leadership and teamwork within a family; and it's a funny, heart-warming tale of slightly unconventional family life. The fascinating narrative of the Craven family is accompanied by useful text features such as tip boxes, sidebars, and chapter summaries, so that the reader can easily extrapolate the necessary nuggets about how they can make the dream a reality.
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I write and talk about Leadership, Teamwork, Collaboration and Resilience for leadership, employee, sales & marketing and business audiences. When I speak, audiences say things like: "It was an inspiring, uplifting, and enriching speech about leadership and life that made a profound impression on our customers, employees, and me."I am regularly featured in the media such as CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, The Financial Times, BBC, ITV, The Economist, WGN Morning News, The Daily Mail,The Times, The Daily Express and Marketing Week. I believe in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective and create extraordinary results. What's my story? I have 30 years' experience in building teams to make things happen - as an entrepreneur since age 14 working in start-up businesses, struggling businesses, high growth businesses and large corporates. I've built a team on a trophy-winning around the world racing yacht. But my toughest challenge by far was building my family team to sail around the world: with my wife and three children aged 9, 7 and 2.When my wife and I created a plan to sail around the world with our children, most people thought we were crazy. Maybe we were. But through agonizing decisions and terrifying moments, we went way beyond our comfort zone and made the magic happen. We achieved our goal of creating life-changing adventures for our family. And in the meantime I grew my business, and sold it to fund the dream, whilst simultaneously creating a succesful new internet based business.I'd like to share what I've learnt so that you can apply my experiences to your business, and reach your goals both personally and professionally.My showreel video for my speaking is at www.casparcraven.com
