Named for the famous aviatrix, Amelia Rose Earhart fell in love with aviation at age 21, only after getting sick of being asked if she was a pilot (she is now) or related to the more famous Amelia Earhart (she’s not). By age 31, Amelia Rose Earhart became the youngest woman to fly around the world in a single-engine aircraft, completing the journey Amelia Earhart was unable to finish. In addition to her world-rounding adventures, Earhart is the president of the Fly with Amelia Foundation, which grants flight-training scholarships to young women.

Here, we pulled some of our favorite lessons and tips from her CIW 2014 talk—tips that will help you in all endeavors, flying around the world and otherwise.

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1. Don’t let paperwork stand in the way of your dreams.

“[I] flew for 18 days, flew a span of 28,000 miles [and] flew through 14 countries. I never want to apply for visas in fourteen countries ever, ever, ever, ever again in my life.”

2. Be bold when asking for collaborators.

“I called up the manufacturer of the aircraft [that Earhart intended to use for her flight around the world], and I said, ‘Pilatus, my name is Amelia Earhart, and I want to fly around the world, and I want to do it in your airplane.’ And I’m assuming they thought it was a prank phone call.”

3. Social media is about more than cat videos.

“We flew over the summit of Kilimanjaro. I got a tweet from a friend who was on top of the mountain as we flew over out of Tanzania on our way over Kenya.”

4. There are not nearly enough women in aviation.

“[I was] standing on the steps of the airplane [taking a photo], and a gentleman walks up to me and says, ‘I see you standing next to this pretty airplane, would you like a pilot in the photo next to you?’ I said, ‘Sir, there is a pilot in my photo, and, I kid you not, he looked inside the plane.’”

5. Carry on the legacy of your heroes for yourself and others.

“This gentleman was in Oakland at the airport standing at the hangar in 1937 when Amelia [Earhart] departed. He was there when I departed. He was also there when I returned. He was standing there on the ramp by the hangar holding a big bouquet of roses, standing next to my mother. And after I hugged my family, he came up to me and said, ‘Amelia I’ve been waiting 77 years to see Amelia come home. Thank you for bringing her home to me.’”

6. You don’t know how travel will change your perspective until you’ve completed the journey.

“In the end, my father asked the most beautiful, the most poignant question of the entire trip: ‘Honey, when you get back from this trip, do you think the world is going to feel like a bigger or smaller place?'”