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Extraction Summary
6
People
2
Organizations
9
Locations
3
Events
2
Relationships
2
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Narrative excerpt / investigation file attachment
File Size:
2.89 MB
Summary
The document appears to be a page from a book or narrative report (likely 'The 4-Hour Workweek' by Tim Ferriss, given the specific anecdotes about Dale Begg-Smith and the sailing family) included in a House Oversight investigation file (marked HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013816). It contains two distinct success stories: one about 'Dale,' an athlete/businessman who moved to Australia to win gold, and another about 'Julie and Marc,' a couple who took their children on a 15-month global sailing trip. The text focuses on 'lifestyle design' concepts, lateral thinking, and prioritizing life experiences over traditional work models.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Dale | Athlete/Businessman |
Skier who moved to Australia in 2002, won winter gold, and has his face on stamps.
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| Dale's Brother | Associate |
Spent too much time with 'Canucks' alongside Dale.
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| John F. Kennedy | Historical Figure |
Quoted in the text.
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| Julie | Traveler/Mother |
Returning from a 15-month sailing trip with husband and three children.
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| Marc | Husband/Traveler |
Julie's sleeping husband on the plane.
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| Elvis Presley | Historical Figure |
Mentioned in comparison to commemorative stamps.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Canucks |
Refers to Canadians/Canadian team members Dale was spending time with.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013816'.
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Timeline (3 events)
Locations (9)
| Location | Context |
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Where Dale bought sake for clients.
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Described as the 'ski capital of the world' where Dale moved in 2002.
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French territory in the Coral Sea; departure point for Julie and Marc. (Misspelled as NEW CALEDOINA in header).
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Geographic header.
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Destination for Julie and Marc; comparison for cost of living.
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Location of New Caledonia.
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Mentioned as part of the global exploration.
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Mentioned as part of the global exploration.
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Country from which 300 families set sail annually.
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Relationships (2)
he and his brother were spending too much time with Canucks
Key Quotes (2)
"Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life."Source
— John F. Kennedy
(Quote inserted between the two narrative sections.)
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Quote #1
"In a world of “work harder, not smarter,” it came to pass that his coaches felt he was spending too much time on his business and not enough time in training, despite his results."Source
— Narrator
(Describing Dale's conflict between sports and business.)
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Quote #2
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While Dale’s teammates were hitting the slopes for extra sessions, he was often buying sake for clients in Tokyo. In a world of “work harder, not smarter,” it came to pass that his coaches felt he was spending too much time on his business and not enough time in training, despite his results.
Rather than choose between his business or his dream, Dale chose to move laterally with both, from either/or to both/and. He wasn’t spending too much time on his business; he and his brother were spending too much time with Canucks.
In 2002, they moved to the ski capital of the world, Australia, where the team was smaller, more flexible, and coached by a legend. Three short years later, he received citizenship, went head-to-head against former teammates, and became the third “Aussie” in history to win winter gold.
In the land of wallabies and big surf, Dale has since gone postal. Literally. Right next to the Elvis Presley commemorative edition, you can buy stamps with his face on them.
Fame has its perks, as does looking outside the choices presented to you. There are always lateral options.
NEW CALEDOINA, SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.
—JOHN F. KENNEDY
—JOHN F. KENNEDY
Some people remain convinced that just a bit more money will make things right. Their goals are arbitrary moving targets: $300,000 in the bank, $1,000,000 in the portfolio, $100,000 a year instead of $50,000, etc. Julie’s goal made intrinsic sense: come back with the same number of children she had left with.
She reclined in her seat and glanced across the aisle past her sleeping husband, Marc, counting as she had done thousands of times—one, two, three. So far so good. In 12 hours, they would all be back in Paris, safe and sound. That was assuming the plane from New Caledonia held together, of course.
New Caledonia?
Nestled in the tropics of the Coral Sea, New Caledonia was a French territory and where Julie and Marc had just sold the sailboat that took them 15,000 miles around the world. Of course, recouping their initial investment had been part of the plan. All said and done, their 15-month exploration of the globe, from the gondola-rich waterways of Venice to the tribal shores of Polynesia, had cost between $18,000 and $19,000. Less than rent and baguettes in Paris.
Most people would consider this impossible. Then again, most people don’t know that more than 300 families set sail from France each year to do the same.
The trip had been a dream for almost two decades, relegated to the back of the line behind an ever-growing list of responsibilities. Each passing moment brought a new list of reasons for putting it off. One day, Julie realized that if she didn’t do it now, she would never do it. The rationalizations, legitimate or not, would just continue to add up and make it harder to convince herself that escape was possible.
One year of preparation and one 30-day trial run with her husband later, they set sail on the trip of a lifetime. Julie realized almost as soon as the anchor lifted that, far from being a reason not to travel and seek adventure, children are perhaps the best reason of all to do both.
Pre-trip, her three little boys had fought like banshees at the drop of a hat. In the process of learning to coexist in a floating bedroom, they learned patience, as much for themselves as for the sanity of their parents. Pre-trip, books were about as appealing as eating sand. Given the alternative of staring at a wall on the open sea, all three learned to love books. Pulling them out of school for one academic year and exposing them to new environments had proven to be the best investment in their education to date.
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