But before I can graduate, there are a few papers that I need to write.  They will be done over the next couple of years, so I have plenty of time to do them.  What I love the most though is that I get to choose the topics provided that they are related to my field of study.

So, this year, I am doing a paper on managing teams.  Specifically, it will be a study on the effects of good leadership on the effectiveness of a team captain to lead their team to victory.  I am actually partnering up with a psychology student to do the study as there are psychological aspects to it as well.

We still have to figure out some kind of metrics to measure our study and we will have to arrange to follow a couple of teams throughout the season to measure how they do.  It will be a lot of work, but it is certainly an interesting topic for me.  It will be interesting to see the final results.

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When you have to depend on your boat to weather the storm, and get back to your home port, you’ll have peace of mind knowing that you put in top quality parts and accessories when you had the chance. There could be no bigger nightmare on the seas than to discover that a cheap part is what stranded you out in there, waiting for the Coast Guard to come and rescue you.