Of Gratitude and Human Intangibles
A computer model formula was once devised to determine the probability of getting a movie made. Once all the factors, obstacles and vagaries of film development were quantified and plugged into the formula, the computer spit out a number: zero. The computer decided, given all the difficulties that surround launching a film production, there was a zero percent chance of actually getting a movie made.
Yet movies get made all the time. So how is this possible, given the zero percent probability ascertained by the computer?
It is because the computer failed to give proper weight to that human intangible that makes all impossible tasks possible: persistence.
It separates the doers from those who are undone. It turns the perpetually red light green. And we're not talking about the ordinary run-of-the mill persistence. Not the kind required simply to finish marathons or run for elected office. No, we're talking about a dogged, extraordinary, near-superhuman type of persistence. Because ultimately, that's how movies are made.
One group of people with one idea who never, ever gives up.
Yet movies get made all the time. So how is this possible, given the zero percent probability ascertained by the computer?
It is because the computer failed to give proper weight to that human intangible that makes all impossible tasks possible: persistence.
It separates the doers from those who are undone. It turns the perpetually red light green. And we're not talking about the ordinary run-of-the mill persistence. Not the kind required simply to finish marathons or run for elected office. No, we're talking about a dogged, extraordinary, near-superhuman type of persistence. Because ultimately, that's how movies are made.
One group of people with one idea who never, ever gives up.
posted by Juan Miguel Sevilla at 4:05 AM
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