Huge assets are at stake in large organizations, and experienced leaders are crucial for their continued success. If I had a lot of money at stake in a company,

Huge assets are at stake in large organizations, and experienced leaders are crucial for their continued success. If I had a lot of money at stake in a company, I would divest as fast as I could if someone were to suddenly replace its CEO with a 20-year-old McDonald's cashier. I also don't think that the outcome would necessarily be the same if the 20-year-old cashier and a 20-year-old Romney were to somehow change places. In life, we constantly face choices, and while unchosen circumstances play some role in who we are (I will never be a professional basketball player or a ballerina), we are not predetermined. Ahead of each of us, at every moment, is a forking path. The future does not exist yet.