Rob May, founder and CEO of Backupify distilled this kind of entrepreneurial passion well: "Your idea sucks, but you should start anyways. You aren't making progress because you aren't learning. A bias for action will fix that."

A bias for action is what Wood possessed. He knew what it meant to fight to survive at all odds, a single-mindedness depicted well in the Tim Burton film 'Ed Wood' which I last saw during a Tim Burton exhibition at the ACMI in Melbourne.

It is interesting, although not entirely surprising, that Béla Lugosi and Wood become friends (or that Lugosi was exploited by Wood in his declining years, depending on your perspective). Having defined the role of Dracula on the stage, Lugosi set his mind to acquiring the companion film role - much to the chagrin of Universal Pictures - campaigning through so many handwritten letters that he was unable to move his wrist.

It is also interesting that they both seem flawed in the same way: Lugosi not mastering English over his native Hungarian, and Wood never transcending his technical errors and overuse of stock footage. They failed to learn. I was recently asked why I love silent film, and this is why: for all their technical errors, they were pushing boundaries and learning.

I recently saw Jeffrey Hatcher's black comedic play 'Murderers' at the Ensemble theatre, and this bias for action was demonstrated by two of the main characters through their monologues: Lucy Stickler (expertly brought to life by Nancye Hayes) and Minka Lupino.

There's an interesting article in the New York Times about Greg O’Connell, a real estate developer who gradually bought up the main street of a downtrodden rural area and preceded to renovate each, reinvigorating the town and handsomely profiting from the project.

There's a benefit to taking action.