What started as a volunteer assignment drawing caricatures at Greatwood Assisted Living facility became a digital illustration I created solely for a great guy at the front reception desk named Mike. I had the opportunity to personally deliver this caricature to Mike (yes… same name 😄) who works at Greatwood Assisted Living Facility—and his reaction is what this is all about. This isn’t just art. This is connection. This is impact. This is why I do what I do. 👇 Watch the full moment unfold and see the reaction for yourself. 🎨 Want your own caricature? Let’s create something unforgettable: 👉 https://bit.ly/3OQOdWZ https://youtu.be/jZbW1LPzCas?si=H6GKGNUXSQgn0A5o

Chances are good the post was fake at the time. It certainly did make for a fantastic parody gag cartoon prompt. RIP Chuck

Office Depot Guy

In the early 2000s, BlackBerry wasn’t just a phone. It was the phone. Presidents used it. CEOs used it. Entire corporations depended on it. If you wanted to be taken seriously in business, you carried a BlackBerry on your belt like a badge of honor. They had the market cornered. Secure messaging. Email on the go. That famous physical keyboard everyone swore they couldn’t live without. BlackBerry believed they had already won. Then something unexpected happened. In 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone. To the leadership at BlackBerry, it looked like a toy. No physical keyboard. A big glass screen. Focused on music, photos, and apps. They assumed serious professionals would never want it. They believed their customers would never leave. But customers didn’t just leave. They ran. Developers ran to the new app ecosystem. Consumers loved the touch screen. Innovation started happening somewhere else. And by the time BlackBerry realized the shift… The world had already moved on. A company that once dominated the entire smartphone industry became a footnote in tech history. Here’s the lesson. Success is never permanent. The moment we think “I’ve arrived” “I’ve figured it all out” “I don’t need to change” …is often the moment decline quietly begins. The people who keep growing are the ones who stay curious. They keep experimenting. They stay humble. They listen to what the world is becoming instead of defending what the world used to be. Whether you’re building a business, a passion project, or a new skill… Never assume the game is over. Stay learning. Stay adapting. Stay hungry. Because sometimes the thing that looks like a “toy” today… …is the future knocking on the door.

Microphone: ✔️ Camera on: ✔️ Streamers taped to myself, the cat, my laptop, and everything else: ✔️