CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Build a Resilient, Antifragile Company
In the movie Forrest Gump, the title character is a simple man who stumbles into important moments in history, and everything goes his way. But when he tries his hand at being a shrimp boat captain, he fails miserably. Then a hurricane comes through, and although every other boat in the area is destroyed, Forrest and his shipmate, “Lieutenant Dan,” somehow keep their own vessel afloat. After the storm, they have the whole fishery to themselves and make a fortune.
Forrest and his boat demonstrate resilience—an ability to survive in the face of a volatile world. But when he comes back even stronger after the storm, dominating his industry, he demonstrates a form of antifragility, a word coined ...
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