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The message here is that you do not know how you're going to impact people. You do not know what the end result of any one action is going to be and that's pretty much it. That's what I want the takeaway to be. This past weekend we lost one of my favorite star trek actresses, Michelle Nichols, my family and I met her a couple of years back in Lake Ticonderoga new york at star trek tours because there was a smaller venue in the middle of upstate new york, just north of Lake George and right down the street from the southern part of Lake champlain. We were able to sit down and discuss star trek in life with her for about 20 minutes, one on one and I met a couple of other celebrities there, lee Merryweather was one and another star trek actor there who went incognito, he was a background actor in some episodes and he also was one of the main characters in some episodes. I mean went incognito, I won't mention who he is because I don't want people to troll him or anything else. My wife and I, especially my wife, a good chunk of her career was an event, a meeting planner for celebrities and has met many celebrities that worked with many celebrities over the years and she was extremely impressed from Michelle Nichols, she was nicer than you could ever imagine and that's an understatement there. We found her genuine and we could see Aurora, Lieutenant Aurora, then Captain Aurora coming through. My kids cannot understand who she was until a couple of weeks later when he saw her on Star Trek, the original series. The first time I remember watching Star Trek was in september 1974. It was one of my first tv memories. It was Star Trek, the animated series, the episode, the practical joker Aurora was one of the first tv characters that I even remember, How is this all related to everything we discussed here with safety life being an inspiration, leadership, everything else we do. I specifically asked her about the story we've heard over the years about martin Luther King and his relationship to Star Trek. And I wanted her to explain the story to my son so he could hear it from the source. It's not every day that you meet someone who knew martin Luther King and could relay a story a little bit of trivia here. She explained the importance of her character and as martin Luther King explained it that was important for african americans to see an african american in a future Tv series, Tv series about the future And before the 1960s basically tv and movie showed blacks african americans. However you want to refer to their group that's changed over the years as servants, not leaders and rather than people in the background and everything else, you never got to see them in leadership positions. Especially a black female. As the story goes, martin Luther King heard that she was leaving the series and wrote her a letter asking her to stay because it would show that we made it to the future. Even a fictional one star trek also had the first interracial kiss on tv. She was part of it Michelle Nichols when interracial marriages had been made legal the year before the episode aired. This one is controversial to say the least and still ranks up there with one of the greatest moments on tv and on many lists and surveys and everything after star trek three season run the original series Nichols dedicated herself to helping Nasa and making the agency more diverse, helping to recruit space explorers and scientists like sally ride Judith Resnik and john blue furred. I'm sorry if I misunderstood mispronounce the names and I'm sure loads of other people she's inspired to be space explorers. You might say well then hey you know this is just happenstance but you know meaning that should inspire people of course it happens dance when you look into her history. She was surrounded by inspirational real life stories. Growing up in Robbins Illinois, her father was Samuel er Nichols. He had humble beginnings as a factory worker, he became mayor of the town and you might better know him as the inventor of cellophane. How about S. B. Fuller who was the country's first african american millionaire and Cornelius coffee johnny Robinson who with Chicago and Bessie Coleman founded the first black airport and School of Aviation in the United States. Both in Robin's. That was when the country a lot of it was segregated. These are all inspiring stories that she no doubt was surrounded by people pushing the envelope. People doing things. I was recently reminded by a family member and everyone knows I recently had a death in the family. However we were discussing things at the re pass, you don't know what string of events you may put into play that will show big payoffs and inspire future generations. It could be in your workplace, it could be in your family, It could be societal wise, it could be for the whole human race, galaxy changing things. Maybe you just need to inspire the people around you and they will inspire others to do great things. That's what Michelle Nichols did inspire people. My question is this, how is your organization doing? How are you doing? How is your organization and you and people use around who are working safely, who are making their workplace is a better place, making their families a better place. How are you doing that? How are you inspiring people? Are you knocking them down? Because I tell you what, knocking them down as an end result. Two broken people are not good having Broken people in society are not good. It's not good for the person. It's not good for the family, It's not good for the company. How are you going to better your communities rest in peace, Michelle Nichols, you will be missed, but you're not gonna be forgotten. You're immortal. Let's all follow her example. Set a goal for optimism Leadership inspire people to do better in their own lives in their own communities. That's how we're gonna win the safety war that we always talk about for safety wars. This is jim proposal. The views and opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the host and its guests and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the company. Examples of analysis discussed within this podcast are only examples. It should not be utilized in the real world as the only solution available as they are based only on very limited and dated open source information, assumptions made within this analysis are not reflective of the position of the company. 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