There's an interesting story about how Google invited a bunch of brokers and wealth managers to present to their employees, along WITH Nobel laureate Bill Sharpe (and others) who basically torpedoed the active wealth manangers' hopes of scoring clients.  

Posted here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1949158

I like the idea of having evidence that i couldn't be doing better by trying harder.  I prefer to focus my energy on building value thanks very much.