{"id":244529,"date":"2026-09-26T17:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/how-to-face-uncertainty-and-take-action-lessons-from-a-blind-sailors-pacific-crossing"},"modified":"2026-09-26T17:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T22:05:21","slug":"how-to-face-uncertainty-and-take-action-lessons-from-a-blind-sailors-pacific-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/how-to-face-uncertainty-and-take-action-lessons-from-a-blind-sailors-pacific-crossing","title":{"rendered":"How to Face Uncertainty and Take Action: Lessons from a Blind Sailor\u2019s Pacific Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KwKVbh71_QY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adventurer Hiro Iwamoto is the first totally blind person to cross the Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>On the World Economic Forum\u2019s #MeetTheLeader video podcast, Iwamoto is joined by crewmate Doug Smith to talk through the ups and downs of the incredible story, explore lessons of #leadership, and speak about the purpose revealed to him in a dream: \u2018giving courage and hope to others\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full episode.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>How can leaders move forward when pressure is high and the way is not clear? Blind adventurer Hiro Iwamoto and his \u2018seeing eye Doug crewmate Doug Smith sailed across the Pacific in 55 days, from San Diego to Fukushima. The two share key strategies for leaders in taking action despite uncertainty and what\u2019s needed to pick the right partners to make impossible projects a reality. Hiro also shares how he stays calm in moments of extreme adversity, like when whale sank his boat during an earlier attempt leaving him in a life raft for 11 hours amid five-metre waves.<br \/> Key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p>Courage means moving forward without waiting for 100% information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/how-to-face-uncertainty-and-take-action-lessons-from-a-blind-sailors-pacific-crossing\">Continue reading \u201cHow to Face Uncertainty and Take Action: Lessons from a Blind Sailor\u2019s Pacific Crossing\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventurer Hiro Iwamoto is the first totally blind person to cross the Pacific. On the World Economic Forum\u2019s #MeetTheLeader video podcast, Iwamoto is joined by crewmate Doug Smith to talk through the ups and downs of the incredible story, explore lessons of #leadership, and speak about the purpose revealed to him in a dream: \u2018giving [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}