No matter how tough my day has been, when I dive into the sea, the world seems perfect. - Lewis Pugh

To succeed as a pioneer you need two things: ignorance and purpose. Ignorance of just how tough the path ahead will be. And a driving purpose, which keeps you going nonetheless.

An estimated 100 million sharks are fished out of the world's oceans every year. Take a minute to mull over that figure. That's over a quarter of a million animals each day … If this number of humans were killed in a year, it would be called genocide. There is a name for what is happening in our oceans today: it is ecocide.

The trick is to make fear your friend. Fear forces you to prepare more rigorously and see potential problems more quickly.