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Shelly (0:01)
Unfortunately, this isn't good news. Of course he waited till just before the show started, but he's not with us right anymore. I'm going to try to get through this. He has a final message that he wanted to say, so I'm going to try to read it. Trying to be strong. If you are reading this, things did not go well for me. I have a few things to say before I go. My body fell before my brain. I am of sound mind as I write this January 1, 2026. If you wonder about any of my choices for my estate or or anything else, please know I'm free of any coercion or inappropriate influence of any sort. I promise. Next. Many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go. I'm not a believer, but I have to admit the risk reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me. So here I go. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and look forward to spending an eternity with Him. The part about me not being a believer should be quickly resolved. If I wake up in heaven, I won't need any more convincing than that. I hope I'm still qualified for entry. With your permission, I'd like to explain my life. For the first part of my life, I was focused on making myself a worthy husband and parent, as I find as a way to find meaning. That worked, but marriages don't always last forever, and mine eventually ended in a highly amicable way. I'm grateful for those years and for the people I came to call my family. Once the marriage unwound, I needed a new focus, a new meaning, and so I donated myself to the world, literally speaking the words out loud in my other wise, silent home. From that point on, I looked for ways I could add the most to people's life, one way or another. That marked the start of my evolution from Dilbert cartoonists to an author of what I hoped would be useful books. By then, I believe I had enough life lessons that I could start passing them on. I continued making Dilbert comics. Of course. As luck would have it, I'm a good writer. My book in the useful category was how to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. The book turned out to be a huge success, often imitated and influenced a wide variety of people. I still hear every day how much the book changed lives. My plan to be useful was working. I followed up with my book Win Bigly that trained an army of citizens how to be more persuasive, which that correctly saw as a minor superpower. I know the book changed lives. Because I hear it often. You probably never know the impact the book had on the world, but I know and it pleases me while giving me a sense of meaning that is impossible to describe. My next book, Lose or Think, tried to teach people how to think better, especially if they were displaying their thinking on social media. That one didn't put much of a dent in the universe, but. But I tried. Finally, my book, Reframe youe Brain, taught readers how to program their own thoughts to make their personal and professional lives better. I was surprised and delighted at how much positive input, impact the book is having. I also started podcasting a live show called Coffee with Scott Adams, dedicated to helping people think about the world and their lives in a more productive way. I didn't plan it this way, but it ended up helping lots of lonely people find a community that made them less lonely again. That had great meaning to me. I had an amazing life. I gave it everything I had. If I got any benefits from my work, I'm asking that you pay it forward as best as you can. That the legacy I want. That's the legacy I want. Be useful and please know I loved you all to the very end. Scott Adams. I'm gonna invite some others on because I just don't know that I could do anymore.