Would you ever purchase stock in an individual person's future success?

You know guys, I've often wondered how beautiful it would be if there was a stock exchange system for a person's talent with an ability to invest in that person's future potential for success. I mean we all know someone around us that you are sure will make it in this world.  That you are sure has great talent, great potential, and you want to let them know that you believe in them by purchasing some of their stock. It's a concept that has been on my mind for sometime.  Perhaps a suggestion for LinkedIn or Facebook, where they can develop a neat feature to allow people to buy/invest/give-out "success points" to their friends or connections.

We all need someone to believe in us, someone to pick us up when our dream's become stale, someone to say, "You know what buddy, me and my friends think that you are great, that you are on the right path for success, and that you will make it....and you know what...we want to buy 100 shares in your future potential.  But don't let us down, don't ever give-up, don't ever forget that people believe in you and want you to succeed. And remember buddy, that when you make it in this world, we want you to return the favor and invest back in us...invest in our own dreams and success."

Wouldn't that be a perfect way to be accountable to someone...accountable to your very own stockholders?  I myself have been a Project Manager for quite some time and I have found that being accountable to someone (i.e. customers, managers, VPs, etc) is the best form of inspiration to do your best and to succeed and to progress.

I mean how cool would that be? Certainly, you have a friend or a connection that is an aspiring singer, or artist, or mathematician, or piano player, or business entrepreneur, or writer, movie producer, wall street investor, etc, etc..and that you would want to tell them that you believe in their progress and would want to invest in their success.  That you would want them to never quit, never give-up, always strive for growth. I certainly have such friends and I want to invest stock in them...



- Leon