![]() (I must say, it’s kind of fun to watch people do something downright dangerous and inadvisable and not be told even once not to try this at home.) The Time Bandit returned fire. After they got Captain Sig Hanson “good” earlier (in a prank that involved having imported Chinese lanterns and sending them out over sea and turning out their lights – scaring the pants off our favorite wily Norwegian), Sig ambushed the boys with fireworks. In the Season 7 finale, the boys on the Time Bandit are coming into Dutch Harbor flush with victory – their ship totally crammed with fine-looking crabs. Of course, none of that counts for squat if you can’t get the basics of your own job done.Ģ) Buy fireworks ahead of time Fireworks for Captain Phil Instead, try to change the tenor of a negative team to be more positive (even if that means giving yourself a mohawk), and try to build on the energy of a positive team. That means less whining, less following negative energy trends, and less doing-what-everyone else does. You can’t be great unless your team works better because of your participation in it. Worker Lesson: The difference between good and great isn’t how much you can accomplish. And make sure you never pit their loyalty to you against their good sense. Make sure you give them enough latitude to work their wonders. Make sure you never stomp on their optimism or cheer. Leader Lesson: If you find a person who is not only great themselves, but makes the others around them work harder and better, consider them one of your greatest assets – and treat them like it. And of course, with his tremendous skills, practically every boat on the Bering Sea was open to him. Even with his huge heart and deep love for the Harris family, he still needed to make a rational decision to earn more money on the Wizard. Freddie not only is the best, he brings the best out in others.įreddie was also a byword for loyalty… right up until he could no longer afford to stay on the Cornelia Marie. Freddie never talks about *bad* luck, but after hauling a string of empty crab pots, he’ll pull out the ol’ clippers and give everyone a good-luck mohawk, or smear his face with cod blood (he’s Samoan) and convince the whole crew that the next string is going to be better. But best of all, he can and does turn the morale of an entire boat. He rarely makes a negative comment, even when it’s blowing ice and -10 degrees and he hasn’t slept in 23 hours. Just that much makes Freddie a good deck hand (and anyone who’s watched the show knows that being a good deck hand is really hard to do.) What makes Freddie a great deck hand is what he does for morale. I’ve never seen him slip and fall, and I’ve never seen him dawdle. Once there, he moves with quickness, alacrity and skill. But I still think there are some true leadership secrets buried in the ice up there.ġ) Find your Freddie and keep him forever Freddie Maughtai of the FV Cornelia Marie (now on the Wizard)Įvery group of people wishes they had a Freddie. You can hardly get farther from the Bering Sea than my comfy cube in Boston’s “Innovation District”. I did about 5 hours of laundry in the last four days, and finished up through season 7. Most of the time, though, I watch it to keep me company while I do the laundry. On my bad days, I watch it to remind myself of how good I have it. It is a show about a grueling, heart-breaking, back-breaking, fraught and dangerous life perched on the icy deck of a lonely boat on the southern edges of the arctic. It follows five boats over two fishing seasons a year (King Crab and Opies). For those of you who are not familiar with it, it’s a show about Bering Sea Crab fishermen. I am one of millions of Americans who love the Discovery Channel show Deadliest Catch.
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