I have been watching and watching portions of the magnificent film, Cinderella Man, in recent days, and have found the coaching and comeback scenes in particular incredibly inspirational.

Tonight, while finishing an especially difficult workout, partly because I was being coached well, I felt inspired to give my all until the very last moment, which involved a last-few-seconds run to a treadmill where I would maximize both speed and incline. I could hardly believe it, in making this transition, that my coach played a song mentioning the hero in this movie.

Lately I have felt I have been speaking so loudly and for so long with no indication anyone has heard a word, but I’m realizing that need not bear on the effort I exert in pondering helpful solutions. In an environment in which almost no one seems to engage in big media business model critique, I know few are listening. But, as I am still able to fight feelings of apathy and frustration, it is dawning on me that, regardless of how many people are drinking the proverbial Kool Aid, there’s nothing stopping me from bringing my own punch.