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.