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If I’ve got a butter factory and I walk to a cow place 100 miles away to get milk, it’s better for my finances to set up a deal with the cow place next door than to hire some talent to go get the milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some projects are built on talent – we need everyone involved to be top level. These are often stressful. The main job of a project like this is making sure that everyone’s on-board and doing their best and nobody will ever quit or slow down for any reason. I’m really into hiring the best people possible and giving them an environment to thrive, but I’m not into the high-stakes realm of keeping a zero-error environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I’ve got a live show where every performer is fit for the crowd and a badass, stand-alone entertainer, I could just put them up on stage for any random amount of time with any kind of context and let them do their thing. It would be good. The problem is, we’re never in this situation. We live in a world of limited resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have to get our milk transport system strong so that when we’re ready to hire, or invest in machines and stuff, we are not wasting time on nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t know if I’m rambling or clarifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the point. It might be better to make a show where we have someone super dependable doing a simple task, than to have a complex and incredible performer doing something amazing and having to rebook that slot every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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