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The utterly unemployable entrepreneur 

I was very honest with my buyers. I told them I was unstable. Including that, if I was up at 5 am, I was still partying with mates, clients, politicians, and celebrities. 
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DEI is treated as a trend

I said something in a fit of frustration that’s been rolling around in my mind ever since: DEI was made for us, but it's killing us.
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Saatchi Kate and Addict Kate

By all conventional measures, I was highly successful..but by 2004, I was struggling with addiction to alcohol.
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It’s just media, we aren’t saving lives

I’m a big believer that work ‘fuck ups’ shouldn’t be impacting your own personal wellbeing, so you should never be going home feeling anxious.
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Brave advertising and where being a creative goofball can take you

Someone along the line becomes afraid of making a statement; afraid of being too ‘out there’; afraid of upsetting their boss.
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Losing respect, unethical advertising and the wisdom of age

I would like to see more media owners taking a stronger stand on whom they’re affiliated with through their advertisers.
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Mental illness and new beginnings

At the age of 39 after developing severe depression, I realised I had been aiming for the wrong career goal.
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Reducing your reliance on devices and social media

I was summoned to London to see the sales director. I knew I hadn’t royally screwed up, but when you’re dealing with a hairdryer of a human, you never know.

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