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Famous fisherman reels in key leadership lessons

A man of the sea, Keith Colburn has a lot to offer landlocked leaders about staying calm as crises swirl.


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 12:20 p.m. October 21, 2021
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Courtesy. Keith Colburn has been on the reality TV show Deadliest Catch since 2007.
Courtesy. Keith Colburn has been on the reality TV show Deadliest Catch since 2007.
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There was only one motivational saying on the wall when Keith Colburn played football for North Lake Tahoe High School in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. The phrase: Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity, attributed to the Roman philosopher Seneca.

Colburn loves that saying. And it’s served him well in an interesting life, where he’s constantly preparing for the next opportunity in the unique world of king crab fishing off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea. One of the stars of the popular reality TV show Deadliest Catch, Colburn, on the show since 2007, was recently in Tampa for a speaking engagement. He was the keynote speaker for Metalcon, a conference for the metal, design and construction industries held at the Tampa Convention Center Oct. 6-8.

 


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