Patients while I ramble for a minute. Who am I? Maybe I am not the one to answer this. What shapes a person into who they become? Mom said I have never met a stranger. I have been described as a renaissance man. I'm interested in everything. I love a good journey. It isn't getting from Point A to Point B, it is everything that happens in between. I am a romantic, and hate violence & or humiliation toward another. I refuse to argue but embrace a reasonable exchange of ideas. My life experience has been great. A minor sports celebrity, with a degree in engineering, banking AVP by age 29, Corporate Fixer for one of the world's most significant imaging operations. Navigated moving from the film into the digital age (still doing that). USCG-OUPV Captains License, Oregon Real Estate License, A motivational speaker, teacher, and trainer of management disciplines. Defining moments that shaped who I am, successes and failures notable impacts were winning championships, facing death more than once and it changed me, a Bank robbery at gunpoint, 32 straight hours in the cockpit of my sailboat getting thru a Pacific storm. I knew if I screwed up, the 3 of us would not see another sunrise. I could go on but this is enough. Advice? Love Life, Embrace all that comes your way, show tolerance, and acceptance, and by all means, don't label or be judgmental of others without the facts.