Try vs. Do

A colleague of mine read a piece I wrote called “Movies About Sales Are About Something Else,” and noticed that I had incorrectly quoted Master Yoda on the virtues of trying vs. doing. I clicked around until I found what is described as the shooting script for “The Empire Strikes Back” at benandgrover.com. Reading it got me thinking about the question of organizational change. But before I get to that topic, here is the Yoda and Luke scene at Dagobah:

179. EXT. DAGOBAH - BOG - DAY.

 Luke's face is upside-down and showing enormous strain. He stands on his hands, with Yoda perched on his feet. Opposite Luke and Yoda are two rocks the size of bowling balls. Luke stares at the rocks and concentrates. One of the rocks lifts from the ground and floats up to rest on the other.