EXPANDING BOUNDARIES
The successfull effect of experiencing extreme situations -
A talk on motivation by the expedition leader Arved Fuchs

How do I react to unforeseen events?
How do I handle my fear?
How do I choose a team?

These are questions which do not only arise during expeditions, but also in companies or in simple everyday situations. With this talk on motivation, Arved Fuchs offers an individual transfer of experience; the mechanisms, which lead him to success or failure are often the same, which lead other people to success or failure.

EXPANDING BOUNDARIES offers you and your employees or clients an insight into an unusual but successful way to work and to live. Expanding Boundaries is a vivid presentation with exciting accounts and impressive shots of life during an expedition. Arved Fuchs, an adventurer, who is willing to go to extremes, has always set himself ambitious goals. On his expeditions, he has specialized himself with the Arctic regions and with ocean sailing. Difficult outer conditions, for example the extreme cold, are as typical a part of his expeditions as are the interpersonal problems which arise through living together in close quarters with a minimum private sphere.

Neither is it his intention, nor will Arved Fuchs attempt to tell you how to adapt these principles of leadership to your company, but you will be amazed to see what parallels there are between an alleged "normal" company and the seeming high-risk daily life of an expedition. Beginning with the finding of ideas, through the definition of goals and plans, every project should come to a successful conclusion. Especially in extreme situations, the aspects of good management, ris analysis, team development and leadership, as well as the motivation of team members, are just as important, as are the handling of stress and fear or opposition. Whether in a company or on board a ship during an expedition, the same questions arise in crisis situations: How does one handle fear? Which solutions are there? How do we put emotion on a rational level? How can team spirit keep motivation high or even made it stronger. What can we learn through failure?
EXPANDING BOUNDARIES also means accepting challenge, overcoming fear, solving difficult situations. Arved Fuchs is constantly being confronted with his boundaries during his expeditions. Recognizing boundaries, dealing with them properly and realizing that they can be pushed aside, are all a great part of the goals we set ourselves. Each boundary we overcome brings a sense of achievement with it, and acts, at the same time, in a motivating way for further goals. This supports the ability to make decisions quickly and alos opens up new horizons on the way to a goal. In companies as well as on expeditions, it is the commitment, ability and motivation of each individual (also and especially as a team member) which determine the results.
Many people consider Arved Fuchs to be a gambler. This could not be further from the truth. Fuchs leaves nothing to chance during his projects. Careful planning and careful consideration of the risks involved, have top priority from the first stage on of the planning. Allow yourself to find out, through the vivid report of extreme situations experienced by a level-headed adventurer, what expanding boundaries means for him. Experience how he shapes his own private and professional life according to his own ideas and at the same time raises the quality of his life through constant change and challenge, both on his own and in a team.

Ideas which seem adventurous often deliver creative food forthought.
They sometimes lay the foundation for other perspectives and possibilities.
They sometimes even go beyond boundaries...