Modern Meditations: Scott Belsky

• Most movie studios are over-committed to a production schedule; they won’t wait until mid-production, even if the movie stinks


• They force things into the marketplace before they are fully done


• For Bob, this means a lack of commitment to excellence. He is a big believer in the relentless pursuit of perfection (kinda like Steve Jobs)


• “No one is ever go

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One thing I do look back on fondly was how incredibly focused we were. Resources and time were so tight that you could feel the weight of all the things you weren’t working on. You had real conviction that the thing you were doing was the most important thing.

To pick a somewhat trivial example, at fireside chats with Mark (the predecessor to the co... See more