Two items converged for me this week in a flash of audacious
creativity.
One: I went to see
the Book of Mormon.
Don’t see it if the sanctity of Mormonism is even remotely important
to you or if you’d rather not hear the “F” word A LOT (both spoken and sung).
Do go if you want to laught your butt off at some of the
most original musical material you’ll ever see.
Two: Sears HoldingCorps. named Paul DePodesta to their Board of Directors, he of Moneyball fame
(he was kind of played by Jonah Hill), assistant to the worshipper of
sabermetrics and destroyer of everything holy in the old school way of building
baseball teams.
Whether Mr. DePodesta can help the perpetually failing company remains to be seen. But he's employed fresh thinking in the past to help resuscitate failing baseball teams.
You don’t have to turn the world on it’s head or bring
something outlandish to life to create something ridiculously successful. But it sure makes it more interesting (and potentially more lucrative). The risk vs. reward ratio may a bit challenging,
but man, is your potential upside massive.
And remember: It’s actually
riskier to not take a chance when you’re
firm in your convictions.
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