What Quitting My Job to Live on a Sailboat Taught Me About Fulfillment

Spending all my energy on the bottom tiers of Maslow’s Hierarchy has given me new appreciation for what’s at the top

John Zeratsky
Human Parts
Published in
9 min readFeb 27, 2019

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Two years ago, my wife and I lived in a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco. We had full-time corporate jobs, a car, and a busy life full of friends…

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John Zeratsky
Human Parts

Supporting startups with capital and sprints. Co-founder and general partner at Character. Author of Sprint and Make Time. Former partner at GV.