Going to sea, is a powerful metaphor for our life journey.

1. Course: Alignment to our values and our purpose
Why it’s important: People flounder from lack awareness of the values we operate under. Some of the values we have adopted are incompatible with who we are and need to be shed. Other values flow from deeply within and need to be amplified in our lives. Our vision needs to stand on what we value. Our vision or “Course” is essential for us to fully engage life and for life to engages us.
Outcomes for us: We uncover and connect to our purpose

2. Choice: Everyone acts a ‘captain’ of their own ship
Why it’s important: . “Choice” shifts us from reactive stance to pro-active stance, from passive voice to response-able voice, from trusting others to trusting others and trusting self. We live life from the inside out, not outside in.
Outcomes for us: A sense of “captaincy” or total ‘self-response-ability’ in every aspect of our lives.

3. Courage: Go to sea despite your fear, risk and do the things you value
Why it’s important: “Courage” enables us to take the right risk and to reach for the things in life we truly value. We build courage by taking measured, strategic risks. By building our capacity to suffer the discomfort of fear, we get to get what we want.
Outcomes for us: We loose the fear of fear and build the courage to seek out what we value.

4. Capacity: Keep ship-shape and build sea-worthiness in all four compass quadrants
Why it’s important: “Capacity” means expanding our capacity in the four dimensions of health (body), learning (mind), feelings (emotion) and higher purpose (spirit). Growth in capacity requires reaching beyond current limits, expending energy, then resting and building overall sustaining rituals.
Outcomes for us: Expanded personal capacity in body, mind, emotion and spirit.

5. Companion: Get the right crew onboard, in the right relationships
Why it’s important: “Companion” means getting the right people into our lives then creating sustaining, empowering, co-creative relationships. It also often means leaving behind some relationships that are energy drains.
Outcomes for us: The right people in our lives in the right relationships.

6. Curiosity: Cast off, explore new territory, learn and renew continuously
Why it’s important: Continuous learning and renewal keeps us and our minds alive in the sea of modern change. “Curiosity” drives continuous learning and personal transformation. In this way we are able to adapt and expand our lives.
Key outcomes: Life remains mysterious, awesome and inspiring.

7. Compassion: Sail for self
Why it’s important: "Compassion" means giving up striving to be what we are not, and accepting who we authentically are. It means loving ourselves and being able, therefore, to love others from strength. Ironically in self acceptance, we are then able to grow and love others more
Outcomes for us: Peace, love and excellence