There are good days and bad days on the job. What’s your advice to get through the bad ones?

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Little secret of our industry: the most successful creatives aren’t the most talented or the most artistic - they’re the ones who didnt give up when things got really, really hard.

Bad days and bad years happen, but if you push through, eventually the universe tends to reward you.

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Having a short memory is key to a long career.

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There are people in war-torn countries living hand to mouth in squalor that would love one of our bad days.

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The bad days are when I’m thankful I have so many great friends from work. I always have someone to commiserate with but would also miss if I left.

Try to clock out early for the day, take a long lunch etc (if at all possible). Make it a priority for that evening/upcoming weekend to do something you enjoy to blow off steam.

If it’s really bad take a day off as soon as possible.

This might be controversial but if those other things don’t work let yourself check out for a while from work. Still get your tasks done, be nice to people, do a good job etc but don’t fret over work, don’t go above and beyond. Go through the motions for a while until you feel the spark again.

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Put a 30-60 min block on your calendar and go work out or go for a walk. Cancel a less important meeting if you have to. Clarity comes from being able to step away

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Think of them as downward blips on an upward curve. The stock market falls on about 45 per cent of days. Successful soccer managers fail to win about 45 per cent of their games. Your good days - or okay days - just need to outweigh your bad days.

And yes to what OMD1 said. Distance is good. Read a book. Go for a walk. Exercise. Play with your kids. Look at a painting. So paraphrase Daniel Kahneman, nothing is as important as it is when you are thinking about it.

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