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“…So you’re sayin’ there’s a chance?”

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Article Overview: Okay, my tastes in movies are not very refined – I like funny and happy. Remember that great scene in Dumb and Dumber where Lloyd (Jim Carrey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) have driven across the country to reconnect with Lloyd’s dream girl, Mary (Lauren Holly)? Lloyd: What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me... ending up together?

“…So you’re sayin’ there’s a chance?”

Okay, my tastes in movies are not very refined – I like funny and happy. Remember that great scene in Dumb and Dumber where Lloyd (Jim Carrey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) have driven across the country to reconnect with Lloyd’s dream girl, Mary (Lauren Holly)? Lloyd: What do you think the chances are of a guy like you and a girl like me... ending up together? Mary: Well, Lloyd, that's difficult to say. I mean, we don't really... Lloyd: Hit me with it! Just give it to me straight! I came a long way just to see you, Mary. The least you can do is level with me. What are my chances? Mary: Not good. Lloyd: You mean, not good like one out of a hundred? Mary: I'd say more like one out of a million. [pause] Lloyd: So you're telling me there's a chance... *YEAH!*

Lloyd is exuberant to find out there’s a chance – albeit a slim one. And then I wonder how many times I’ve walked away from a dream because success was not guaranteed. Would you continue toward your dream knowing you had only one chance in a million? What were the chances that Jim Carrey would be paid $25,000,000 for Bruce Almighty alone? What were the chances that a 9^th grade drop-out would get any shot at making movies of any kind? It appears Jim Carrey is used to working toward the long shot.

As I’ve grown older I find more excitement in the ideas that are a long shot. And as in sports, gambling, inventions or writing popular books, when the long shot comes in, the payoff is stupendous. Are you pursuing any “one in a million” ideas today? Or are you taking the safe route?

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