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The worst of times can help us find the best of times

We don't like change, we're much more likely to do it when we have no choice. The point when the pain of staying as you are, is greater than the pain of making change happen. 

Turning points tend to box us into a corner when that choice is inevitable.

People don't like change. Corporations totally hate it. 

So these moment showing up in our lives might not always feel great at the time, but we need a find a way to not just endure them, but welcome them. Your world can suddenly open in ways you never expected. 

For you, but also where you work.

We're in a pretty big turning point right now. I hope you're surviving. If so, what are you going to do to make it count?

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  1. Guy Gordon Avatar
    Guy Gordon

    i just want you to know that i (still) think you’re the cat’s pijamas. i used to read your blog years ago when i was a planner at saatchis, but when i left agency life to do my own thing (still strategy, but without all the agency whoring and bullshit) i kinda stopped reading all the industry blogs and magazines i used to subscribe to.
    but yesterday i seeked you out again. do you know why? because you have great clarity and you’re a joy to read.
    i’ve been struggling to put together an online course on communication strategy. struggling because it’s forcing to codify things and processes i’ve always done intuitively, like interviewing people, knowing when i’ve just discovered THE insight that changes everything, the exquisite joy of distilling that into a line of strategy, tense, terse, on the money. translating that into a creative concept and visual identity (sometimes).
    i’ve been bemoaning the state of the advertising industry, most heart wrenchingly, the UK industry (i’m dublin born and bred but grew up on UK advertising).
    searching for inspiration yesterday afternoon, i remembered The Northern Planner. so i rediscovered you. thank you russell.
    guy gordon, formerly senior planner at saatchi & saatchi tel aviv

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  2. Northern Avatar
    Northern

    Hey Guy
    Nice to hear from you. Glad it’s all working out on the other side.
    Thankyou for the kind words.
    I still enjoy having junior folk, forces you to remember how to formerly do things.
    My name is Andrew though!!

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