Tom's an accountant and he once said this thing to his kids that really stuck with them
because it summed up so much about his personality.
And now he handles decisions at work and with his family.
He said it's his job to assess risk.
It was part of his thinking even when he planned family vacations.
Planned vacations would take him months.
He'd get travel guides, check out national parks.
He'd look for hidden gems near the parks that they could visit along the way.
He'd check the local weather.
to make sure that we know what the average temperatures are during those times of years.
Now, I'm going to ask this question as an accountant's kid.
When you would put together the family's plan for the trip, was that done in an Excel spreadsheet?
You know it.
Pretty good on her.
I like that.
And so if I saw that spreadsheet, what would I be seeing?
You'd be seeing from left to right, it has the dates that we're going to,
you know, where we're going to be.
Also mileage between each spot, hours on the road, places to stay, that kind of thing.
Okay, so one year the plan was to go to Great Basin National Park in Nevada and hike.