Why Artificial Intelligence is a Good Thing

And, I wanted to start with a personal story to tell you why it's so meaningful for me to be here. So, it was a long time ago, I was in my early 20's, I was living in Manhattan, and I was living life in the fast lane at a high-stress job. I was working a lot of hours, and I was doing things in my personal life that you do when you're in the early 20s and you think you're invincible. So, I ended up hitting the wall and I hit it really hard both physically and mentally and ended up taking extended time off just to recover and regroup. Coincidentally, one of the books I read at that time which was a tipping point for me was a book called The Mind-Body Connection by John Sarno. Have any of you read that book? Okay, a few of you, if you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. It was a turning point for me and at that time I started meditating every day, I started working out every day. Both things that I do every day to this day. And it's really helped my helped turn my life around. And I share that story with you to tell you that the work that you do, I am deeply, deeply grateful for, so thank you. And it's not just me, as a MINDBODY community, we have an impact on a lot of people around the world. In the past year, all of you have touched thirty-eight point three million lives around the world. I think you deserve a round of applause for that.