In this season of graduations, I ran across one speech that jumped out at me.
I recommended Michael Lewis' book, Moneyball, years before it came out as a movie. Fundamentally, it is about a rational decision making transformed an industry stuck with metrics that were essentially unchanged for over 50 years through the lens of baseball. A smaller, poorer company (team) could compete against the well-funded industry giants (actually Yankees rather than Giants...)
I really enjoyed reading his graduation speech at Princeton where he discussed how he made the transition from Princeton grad to best selling author. The research and writing skills developed in his thesis were key to creating his later books. You can read the speech or watch a youtube video.
I recommended Michael Lewis' book, Moneyball, years before it came out as a movie. Fundamentally, it is about a rational decision making transformed an industry stuck with metrics that were essentially unchanged for over 50 years through the lens of baseball. A smaller, poorer company (team) could compete against the well-funded industry giants (actually Yankees rather than Giants...)
I really enjoyed reading his graduation speech at Princeton where he discussed how he made the transition from Princeton grad to best selling author. The research and writing skills developed in his thesis were key to creating his later books. You can read the speech or watch a youtube video.
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