Founder of CAA Michael Ovitz: "I Just Knew I Was Going to Outwork Every One of Them"

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Creative people can be extraordinarily hard and unusually sensitive. Sensitivity creates the work. Hardness protects it.
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A cancer researcher reported nine-month results after a post-AI trial, versus five-to-ten years from animal studies to human trials.
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A playoff system could have generated millions for NCAA schools. Decades later, the NCAA adopted essentially that system after commissioning a 500-page report.
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A mentor calls himself “Dracula for the brain,” seeking young people's ideas the way Dracula sought youth through blood.
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Research that once took about four weeks can now be supplemented by six or seven hours across three AI platforms.
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Jurassic Park felt real because Steven Spielberg fused CGI dinosaurs with practical dinosaur elements instead of choosing one technique.
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Exceptional decision-makers sometimes propose ideas they do not believe to provoke reactions, gather information, and revise their view.
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AI turns non-specialists into informed generalists by teaching them enough vocabulary and context to enter highly technical fields.
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You can lack scale, relationships, and incumbency yet survive every prediction of failure by outworking every competitor.
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Technology’s impact depends on how well it serves creative work, not how long it appears: ten seconds can transform a song.
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You cannot understand Asia through business analysis alone. Firsthand exposure and sustained interest matter.
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A founder is the guardian of a company’s soul, protecting the distinctive vision that gives operations a reason to exist.
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Take ideas from everyone, including junior employees, while drawing wisdom from experienced people.
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A polished presentation can fail when it misses the room. Great presenters adapt in real time to regain attention.
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Creative toughness is not disagreeableness. It is protecting a clear internal vision from interference.
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Taste is built through exposure: absorb examples, keep what resonates, reject what does not, and let preferences accumulate.
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Avoiding labels preserves freedom from being typecast into a narrow professional identity.

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