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Early in my career I was talking to a friend, deeply upset about something that had happened at my first agency job. He told me that HIS very first job in the business was to photoshop pants onto anthropomorphic candy. His advice was to always remember that we are not curing cancer, all we’re doing is putting pants on candy. Helped me keep a healthy perspective through the ups and downs early on. So that’s my mantra: pants on candy.
“Just remember it’s only advertising, it’s not life or death.”
“No matter how many ad awards you win, no one outside of advertising cares, except maybe your parents.”
“A polished turd is still a turd.”
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Care a lot and not at all at the same time.
“We only make ads.” VP to me when I was having a mental breakdown. Perspective is what I needed.
If you’re not having fun, you’re doing it wrong.
we have to let you go
Done is better than perfect.
Perfect is the enemy of done
When you’re asking a client for lots of their money, don’t dress like an asshole.
What we’re doing isn’t new. If you can’t go home by 6pm either you or your organization is doing something horribly wrong.
Be a doctor.
There are no dream jobs.
I genuinely love my job. It's so good. Although I do wanna have my own thing eventually but savin up for exactly that.
Quit
You’re an artisan, not an artist. If you want to make art, make your art outside of work.
“This is why we drink.”
“Everyone in the room might be idiots, but nobody wants to be told that to their faces.”
Life is about not giving any fucks but giving all the damns.
Never fall in love with your own work.
@Vanyner keep going
Go home, it’ll be here tomorrow and no one is going to die from a mess up.
Work hard and be rewarded, but don't work so hard there isn't comparable reward.
Be smart about how balance what you put in and what you get out. Hustle isn't always rewarded in kind.
No one cares how clever your writing is, they just care if it sells their shit.