I love this. NASA Artemis Astronaut, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, talking about what makes a crew.
When she was originally asked the question several years ago, she mentioned it's about being on a mission, eating and working together.
Now that she's back from 10 days in space with 3 other crew members, she has revised what a crew means to her.
- The crew is in it, all the time, no matter what
- They are stroking together, all the time, with the same purpose
- They are willing to sacrifice silently for each other
- That gives grace
- That holds accountable
- A crew has the same cares and the same needs
- A crew is inescapably, beautifully, dutifully linked
She then goes on to highlight looking at Earth ๐ from a great distance, and while it looked beautiful, the most amazing part was the amount of empty blackness that surrounded it. We're just a lifeboat hanging un-disturbingly in the universe.
Planet Earth. You are a crew.
Considering the name of this community, it's clear that being part of a crew is important to me. Doesn't have to be in a plane, or a boat, or a spaceship. It's a group of people with a mission to accomplish, and that mission can be anything. It can be flying a plane, conducting major surgery, running a busy ER, teaching a class, building a house or even building a Skool community.
In our Skool communities, we live it. Working together, all in, sacrificing silently, bound by the same cares, the same needs, the same mission. Letโs hold each other accountable, give each other grace, and fly - beautifully, dutifully, inescapably linked.