Tag: Saying No
A single client
It’s always great to have a steady supply of work when you’re freelance. If you have someone offering you 20-30 hours of steady work, you’re obviously going to take it.
Beth Townsend
Holding hands with the agency president
I had been a copywriter in advertising for about three years by then, which was just long enough to know I didn’t belong in that room.
Kevin Lynch
Samuel L. Jackson didn’t make it big until his forties
They convinced me I could do drama school after my university education, and I reluctantly allowed my combusting desire to be dampened.
James McMillan
Marketing managers who can't use Excel
My advice for anyone who is employed would be to remember it’s not your business. You shouldn’t be expected to care as much as the person who owns it.
Jordan Stachini
The mother of all mistakes
There’s no other single thing that’s had as significant and negative an impact on my career as having children.
Bethany Joy
Marketing has no barrier to entry
The sheer amount of blagging and bullshit in the digital marketing world has been pissing me off on a daily basis for nearly 20 years.
Gareth Morgan
Morals or money?
Everyone is a futurist and keynote speaker. If you all were truly futurists, you would have invested in Bitcoin back in 2011.
Gail Weiner
I’m a materialistic, ambitious, status-craving idiot
We don’t think about this stuff because it’s bloody scary. It’s hard. It’s embarrassing. It’s a bit hippy, it makes us feel vulnerable.
Tom Goodwin
Changing how people think
Aha moments come when we take a break from our routine - work in a different space or spend some time with paper and pens away from computers.
Viv Slack
The yes man
In retrospect, I should have just watched “Yes Man”...
Brad Houldsworth