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Jobs Without Borders

A ship in a safe harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is built for.—William Shedd

Richard Bangs, the founder of Sobek, an international adventure travel company, says, “If your adrenalin isn’t pumping, you’re not alive.” He’s not talking about rock climbing. He’s talking about the adventure of exploring foreign cultures and climbing the mountains of the mind. “The gifts of understanding are presented to those who travel and seek. For to travel is to permit change, to open doors of perception. And the more we see, the more we realize we have yet to see. That’s the paradox of plenty. That’s the true adventure.”

This chapter is for those of you who want to expand your life by going global.

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