After years of success as a District Manager for Aldi, in December 2014, I set off to travel and experience the world on a 21-month backpacking adventure. Every day I was challenged to negotiate, budget, plan logistics, and communicate as I traveled through 40+ countries across 4 continents. Through it all, my goal was to understand and learn from other backgrounds and cultures. Most importantly, this journey gave me the opportunity to enhance my leadership skills by letting others teach me their unique ways of doing things.