When many of us were young, science fiction movies and stories were often centered around the future, when machines would take over the earth and humans would be enslaved for eternity. It’s not as big of a fear as it once was, but the fear of the term Artificial Intelligence is still alive and well. And rightly so. But, there are some incredible things happening in A.I.

In this Episode I outline three startup companies: Check-Eye, CarbonBright, and Memory Lane Games, all of which are developing ideas to help make the world a better place, all using...gasp…Artificial Intelligence.

Welcome to My Good Three Podcast: Good Stories For A Better Week

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How many of us think about donating blood or becoming a live donor but we fail to follow through? Life gets busy, of course. Good thing there are people who do follow through, because this story is a poignant reminder that there are people in desperate need. And, in this story, it’s someone who has a great deal to lose. Listen to this five-minute story about a woman who almost lost her husband, and turned it into an opportunity to save a newborn.

Welcome to My Good Three Podcast: Good Stories For A Better Week

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Thanksgiving Week Compilation Episode - Best Of Fridays

Episode F3: We Can Lift A Whale

Saving the Blue Whale is something I haven’t thought much about. It wasn’t until I learned about how close the largest animal to ever roam the earth (larger than dinosaurs) came to extinction recently, because of humans, that I stopped to pay attention. The real magic in this story, is how humans brought the Blue Whale species back - and what that means about our power and our future, as a human species, when we work together.

Episode F4: Cynicism Is Not Trustworthy

Do you feel like you’re cynical, and there’s nothing you can do to change it? If so, there’s good news. Changing is much easier and faster than you think, and the benefits of being less cynical are worth fighting for. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be an idealist, just make some small changes and prepare to see your future in a brighter light.

In this episode I reference findings from Dr. Jamil Zaki, Director of the Social Neuroscience Lab at Stanford University, which he shares in his new book, Hope For Cynics.

Episode F5: The Four-Day Workweek Is Coming

Hello, Fridays. Where have you been all my life?

The invention of the Blackberry years ago marked a shift for workers worldwide. With our office suddenly fitting in our pockets thanks to technology, work began coming along with us wherever we went - and it’s only gotten worse. But there is hope on the horizon for anyone who feels like they can’t get away from the job. Thanks to Four-Day Week Global, and the Four-Day Week Campaign, we are closer than ever before to the tipping point in the quest to have employers across the globe adjust the work schedule to a four-day workweek.

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Thanksgiving Week Compilation Episode - Best Of Wednesdays

Episode W2: Mules Deliver After Hurricane Helene

When helicopters struggled to reach mountainous areas after Hurricane Helene dropped nearly 20” of rain on western North Carolina in less than two days, mules, specifically the mules and volunteers from Mountain Mule Packer Ranch, carried supplies to those in need…by foot.

Episode M3: Do We Need A President With Character?

Former President Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris. As we very quickly approach the 2024 Presidential Election Day, and the many policy differences, personality differences, and a list of promises and warnings are swirling around in our heads, it’s worth taking a moment to look at our first U.S. President, George Washington. We’ll quickly examine the core trait that defined his service, the impact that had on all of us, and why we should be thankful.

Episode M5: Paying Flowers Forward

Some things in life just seem to fit together perfectly…almost, mysteriously. A few weeks ago in Kansas City, the owner of KC Flower Company had a customer purchase an arrangement of flowers, and then hand them right back to her. What happened next was heartwarming and it renews your belief that some things are larger than mere luck.

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Thanksgiving Week Compilation Episode - Best Of Mondays

Episode M1: Heroes In The Rows Around Us

We start My Good Three off with a story about people who risked their lives to keep others safe. This is the story about the sacrifice that the passengers of UA Flight 93 made on September 11th, 2001.

It centers on Todd Beamer, and the call he made to the Airphone operator just before he and the other passengers stormed the cockpit and prevented the airplane, which had been taken over by hijackers, from crashing into another Washington D.C. building.

There are many things to be thankful for, but on this anniversary of September 11th, my 11-year-old son and I talked about the incredible sacrifice these passengers made to protect our way of life.

Episode M3: Do We Need A President With Character

Former President Donald J. Trump. Vice President Kamala Harris. As we very quickly approach the 2024 Presidential Election Day, and the many policy differences, personality differences, and a list of promises and warnings are swirling around in our heads, it’s worth taking a moment to look at our first U.S. President, George Washington. We’ll quickly examine the core trait that defined his service, the impact that had on all of us, and why we should be thankful.

Episode M5: The Fight To Vote

Are you voting for Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Or does your vote even matter? As we enter Election Day, questioning whether it’s worth disrupting our day to vote is somewhat normal. In this pre-election episode, we look back at the history of voting rights and just how much people sacrificed so we can freely walk into a polling station and cast our votes. While it doesn’t seem like much now, we can all be thankful for the system we have that respects all Americans and their vote.

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What would you do if you trained your entire life to achieve a goal, and then in the moment you were about to reach your goal, someone unfairly ruined it? What would you do? This is an incredible story of someone who pushed back against the emotion of the moment, and gracefully accepted that he was good enough…even though what he achieved wasn’t what it could have been.

This is the story of Vanderlei De Lima and his quest for gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

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