Government's Future Frontiers is a brand new podcast brought to you by Deloitte, hosted by me, Tanya Ott.

I'll be joined by decision-makers from government, not-for-profits, academia, and private industry,

to explore the way that the world will function in the coming decades.

So join me as we set out to discover Government's Future Frontiers.

Be sure to follow us wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss an episode.

Each one of us has the ability to change someone, touch someone, and impact their lives,

and in the words of Neil Gaiman, leave the world a bit different for your having been here.

When you create something that didn't exist before, you change the world.

When somebody has an experience that they never had before, because they met you, you change the world.

And it doesn't matter if you do it for an audience of one, or reach an audience of millions.

Everybody has a story worth telling, including you.

It's that call to adventure, that first step, that's the start of every hero's journey.

In the first episode of what is probably my favorite TV show of all time, Friday Night Lights,

when a tragic event puts his team's season in jeopardy, Coach Eric Kailer says this.

Give all of us gathered here tonight, the strength to remember that life is so very fragile.

We are all vulnerable, and we will all, at some point, in our lives, fall.

We must carry this in our hearts, that what we have is special, that it can be taken from us,

and when it is taken from us, we will be tested.

We will be tested to our very souls.

We will now all be tested.

It is these times, it is this pain, that allows us to look inside ourselves.

That is the moment in which backup quarterback Matt Serison's hero's journey begins.

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