The Power of Acceptance

In the mid-1960s, a Yale economics professor asked his undergraduate students to submit papers proposing startup ideas. One student, named Fred Smith, wrote his paper on the possibility of an overnight delivery system with computerized records. His idea, if executed successfully, would revolutionize the transportation industry.

Allegedly, the professor gave the student a 'C' and told him that in order to earn a higher grade, the idea had to actually be feasible.

A few years later, Smith became the founder of FedEx.