Old supervisor told me to quit fighting the current and work with it instead

Back on a job in Port Fourchon, Louisiana about 10 years ago, I was struggling against this strong tide trying to get a pipe connection done. My supervisor, Mike, just grabbed my arm and said "Stop wrestling the water, let it carry you where you need to go." I started timing my movements with the surge instead of against it, and my bottom time went from 45 minutes of exhaustion down to 30 minutes of smooth work. Anyone else had a supervisor give you advice that totally flipped how you dive?

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hayden5872d ago

Man that's a solid lesson right there. @dakota_singh39 I had a similar thing when I was working a salvage job off the coast of Galveston. The current was ripping and I was burning through air like crazy trying to fight it. My mentor told me to stop fighting and just let the water push me where it wanted, then catch the slack when it eased up. My gas consumption dropped by almost half after that, and I wasn't grinding my whole body down by the end of the shift. That little mindset shift makes everything way smoother.

dakota_singh393d ago

Hell yeah, had a guy tell me the same thing and it changed everything for me too.