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b'BUSINESS AND MARKETING PODCAST - MIKE AIN\\n\\nWelcome to another episode of the Select Business Team Podcast where this week we want you to live your life.\\n\\nThis podcast is named after our company and we bring business professionals together to create a Team that support each other as we grow and discusses topics that are valuable to business development. A few examples include, hiring, insurance, marketing and exit planning. You\\u2019ll find insight on these and many more topics throughout each episode.\\n\\nIn some of our episodes, we interview our members, in some of our episodes, I provide you with insights on a particular topic that I\\u2019m hoping you can apply to your business.\\xa0 As the founder of the company, I\\u2019ve learned so much from sitting in these meetings and I\\u2019ve been doing this for over 20 years.\\xa0 Todays episode is a special one to me.\\xa0 It\\u2019s about one of our members and includes some very important lessons learned from him that I believe you will also benefit from.\\n\\nThis episode of Select Business Podcast is dedicated to Mike Ain who was a longtime member of Select Business Team and a very special and dear friend. The episode shares some lessons that are relevant to everyone\\u2026and particularly every business person. We always think it can\\u2019t happen to us\\u2026that we are immune to everything that we hear about\\u2026until that one day\\u2026.\\n\\nI didn\\u2019t get the chance to interview Mike on the podcast, mostly because I started recording after he became ill. A regret on my part for sure. He was a personal injury attorney that specialized in medical malpractice cases, his wisdom is something that would benefit all of our listeners. The stories I\\u2019ve heard him tell about how he would prep for a case, how he put medical with technology to present cases for his clients were fascinating and I wish I had those recorded. I know his knowledge, passion and sincerity would have inspired you.\\n\\nSo why is this story so important? The things that happened to Mike over the past 4 years are the exact things that could happen to you, yet you probably think like I do and like so many people do\\u2026.this only happens to other people. I know that Mike didn\\u2019t think this would happen to him. He was a vegetarian, he ate healthy, he wasn\\u2019t over weight and he did extensive long distance bike riding, and played tennis all the time, all things that kept him active, healthy in hopes of having a long life.\\n\\nIt was late one Thursday afternoon in the fall of 2013. Select Business Team was having a networking event in Bethesda where we invited members from all of the Teams along with any guests they wanted to bring. We host these types of events every 6 months or so, but we haven\\u2019t had one since. Probably because I\\u2019m a little concerned I\\u2019m jinxed.\\xa0 Ok, that\\u2019s another story!\\n\\nAs the host of these events, I usually purchase some appetizers and it\\u2019s a cash bar for everyone. I walk around, make sure everyone is talking to someone, facilitate introductions as much as I can, and truly try to be a good hostess since I know almost everyone and it\\u2019s my company!\\n\\nAbout half way through this event, I saw Mike and another member, Jon, sitting off to the side, so I walked over to see what was going on.\\xa0 Mike was sitting on a bar stool, Jon was standing behind him, holding him up, which seemed a little odd to me.\\xa0 As I walked closer, and looked at Mike, he didn\\u2019t look right.\\xa0 Part of his lip was facing up, the other part was crooked in the opposite direction. Now, I\\u2019m not trained in medicine, but I have to say that one of the many Facebook posts that went around about what to look for if someone is having a stroke actually worked.\\xa0 I immediately said to Mike, I think you are having a stroke, I\\u2019m going to call 911.\\xa0 Of course, we were in a restaurant where there was no cell signal so I had the hostess call for me.\\xa0 It felt like hours before they arrived, but EMT took him to the local hospital. Jon went with him and I let all the guests know, waited for everyone to leave,'