How a Bike Trip Across New Zealand Helped This Entrepreneur Realize Her DreamA woman took her 2-year-old son on a five-month biking journey and learned valuable lessons to start a company.

I had just left a steady job to launch a career as a health coach. My husband, an ultra runner, was in the Air Force: a good job with goodbenefits. We had stability and a 2-year-old son, Felix. But like a lot ofentrepreneurs, stability wasn't enough. We wanted to create a way to make our lives a permanent adventure.

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所以我们做了一个大的飞跃。我们放弃我们的工作,利用oursavingsand set out to bike across the South Island of New Zealand for five months, with Felix literally in tow -- in a trailer. Some of our friends thought we were insane. But we had to go.