The Alloy of Guts, Heart, Hustle and Soul

What an amazing game tonight...the Fiesta Bowl, University of Texas (24) v. Ohio State University (21).  It was an incredible way to end this great college football season, and an empowering, encouraging way to start the new year.  The best stories, the best films, have incredible elements like this year's University of Texas team led by the young Colt McCoy.  (See an entry here about 20 ago).  Ok so college football may not be your bag, but hey good stories are, yes?  (After our long conversation in Buenos Aires, I know Robert Duvall was definitely watching and most likely equally on the edge of his seat.)

What makes games (stories) like this one so compelling?  Surely it's that 'never say die' attitude...that's what makes all the difference.  We know that.  We've heard it.  All our lives.  But how few of us have experienced it?  To be on a team like that?  To be one of those few who bring that energy to the game?

In games like this one tonight, it is demonstrated before our eyes.  The unrelenting drive to succeed.   Great design, strategy, and even skill somehow is not enough.  There is that je n' se qua, that untouchable, barely describable chi that is the alloy of guts, heart, hustle and soul which fuels those rare groups, teams, organizations as they rise above all others.

BlueRun Productions must be, is, one such organization.  It is displayed in our logo...that dang blue horse just never stops!  Our product is a risky one (films) but we prevail.  Just as we raised our first $200,000 and shot our first promo/pre-trailer, the bottom fell out on the world economy.  But we march on, with new investors circling.  I am an unproven film director, but we continue attracting producers and talent.  This is not because of me.  Not at all.  It is due to our collective refusal to slow down, to believe, nay even listen to, the detractors, the grumps, the persons (and sometimes they're even friends!) who go out of their way to say this 'can't be done', or that the odds are stacked too high against us.  Can that 'chi' be manufactured?  I doubt it.  But it does seem that a large part of 'having it' is obtained in the very act of assuming it, deciding that you have it, and acting from that platform of unwavering strength.

Want to be part of a team like that?  Contact me.  We are interested in all sorts, from you creative geniuses, to the wizards of finance, to skilled horse men and women, to technological gurus.  There is a place here for you who refuse to believe in anything other than success, and are willing to work hard / play hard with us.  We're moving on.  We are heading into a very profitable, successful, fun year.  Want in?

Ride on.  (Of course you will!)