Today i’ll be chatting to my cousin, Rhett Shillaw. Born in Durban, Rhett discovered his love for the outdoors and began his journey towards a career in flying when his family moved to the sleepy, coastal town of George, 4 hours outside of Cape Town on South Africas famous Garden Route.

We chat everything from his studies in engineering and finance to the hard honest work he did while working on the ski slopes in the US - everything from waitering, to construction to au pairing. Bearing in mind that this is a guy with a degree.

We chat about pivotal moments that reaffirmed Rhett’s drive to become a pilot and to do it on his terms. We discuss the decisions and sacrifices that came along with it. From juggling two jobs in Australia to gain private flying experience, to two years of personal sacrifice - in the concrete jungle of Johannesburg to complete his formal qualification as a pilot And finally to landing the dream job flying sea planes in the Maldives. Rhett lets us in to his world and some of the habits, techniques and mindsets he implements in his every day life that have resulted in him going from strength to strength in pursuit of his goals and dreams.