Four Lessons From the Sinking of the Titanic
On this day in 1912 the people on board the RMS Titanic were enjoying a speedy and trouble-free journey across the Atlantic Ocean. They were on board a pristine ship well on its way to setting a speed record for a transatlantic crossing. None anticipated their collision with an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. that night, and the sinking of the ship that would just 2 ½ hours later. Our lives turn on a dime. The RMS Titanic, an “unsinkable” ship, went to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, taking 1500 people to their deaths. The ship was built to be the final word in luxury and modern opulence. Yet she made her real money in transporting hundreds of immigrants in steerage class. Catering to the wealthy, the Titanic sought to muscle through on style and hubris instead of substance and careful planning. That never works. Four days into the crossing and 600 miles south of Newfoundland, the Titanic hit an iceberg, flooding five of its sixteen “watertight” compartments. The sup