I recently watched a movie based on the suggestion of a trusted friend and walked away from it with a sense of malaise. It was a high concept that was quite interesting, but riddled with plot holes and good actors that felt like they weren’t trying.

It had its moments, but couldn’t help but think it could’ve been a wonderful film if it was in the hands of another director. Mind you, depending on who that director is would change the film completely, which is the tradeoff one must accept. Style and execution don’t always line up with vision.

However, in the right hands, something good could become something extraordinary.

The question we need to ask is whether our hands are the right ones for the task. It takes some humility to say they’re not, and even more humility to admit we have a lot more work to do before our hands are the right ones.