Welcome Aboard!
Let’s Get this Ship Sailing! Hello, I’m Geno Church your host on the Shared Ship.
You may know me from a few things. I’ve co-authored a couple of business books, maybe you’ve heard me speak. You might be part of my family or a friend. Or you could be here because. You saw or heard
something about PIRATES and thought what’s that about? I can’t blame you!
I started working on this podcast over two years ago. After eighty plus takes - I thought I had that first episode. Then this happened. Our world has turned upside down! We’re all living and coping in the midst of a pandemic.
I recently did a webinar for Amplifique and the good people of Brazil. I struggled to prepare for the webinar - what’s going around the world challenged me. And I questioned what if any value am I providing to those watching. I asked myself "what can I do to help people right now?”
This is Captain’s Journal Entry One Welcome to The Shared Ship
You would think feeling like crap,
being unhappy — would tell ya something.
Well — I was really comfortable with denial! And I was afraid to know the truth.
I’d been running from a looming health crisis for about a year. Every day was a journey! That safe little world of denial I created. Came tumbling down at a speaking gig at Walt Disney World.
Next thing I know I’m sitting on a bench at Disney Studios with an attendee at the conference. I spilled my guts. In return —
I got some much needed tough-love advice. Go to the doctor. When my doctor told me I was a diabetic,
it was like waiting for molasses to drip.
I’ve spent most of my adult life believing I’m an empathetic person.
I’ve worked on a lot of social causes;
child abuse, literacy, addiction, teen pregnancy, teen tobacco prevention, fighting sex trafficking,
minority community empowerment. Give me a badge, right? The truth is it doesn’t work that way. Just putting in the work doesn’t grant you an empathy badge. All that work —
gave me an excuse to not put in the real work on myself. I used my work to make myself feel good.
I let my work shift who I was.