Category: What maketh the man
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A useful way of looking a your relationship with clients is asking yourself, "Would they want to spend two hours on a train with you". As a client once said to me. "You can have the best planning, the best creative and the best pricing, but you won't get anywhere if we don't like you".…
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It's a little before 5am. My Dad is gently shaking me awake. In 5 minutes flat, I roll out of bed, put on my clothes, picked up my swimming bag and get into his his Ford Sierra while he scrapes the last of the ice from the windscreen. It is minus four, which is really…
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As I may have mentioned, we're having a not okay time at home. To the point where I'm not that interested in extraneous stuff that much. But you need an outlet. Hence I'm posting the odd thing that isn't much to do with work -but if you want planning stuff scroll down to the end.…
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The internet is ablaze (sorry for the pun) at fate of a young, sweet innocent girl was burned alive by her parents, in service of fanatical religion – on a fantasy drama series you'll be familiar with. You'll know what I'm talking about it you've seen it, if not, you've been saved the spoiler. Some…
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So our family hasn't had a great time recently. You don't need to know. But not having a great time has reminded of the comfort and solace of work. I'm lucky to have a job I like. It has its frustrations, but they are piffling next to doing something interesting with nice people. Nice to…
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More of the 5 songs in 5 days thingy I am ashamed to admit the first record I ever bought was Queen single. To be fair, it's still a classic and was more about liking the film than Queen. Princess Aura, I certainly would. In the real world, Flash would have dropped Dale Arden…
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I might ride the bike more these days, but swimming was my first love and will always have the most enduring place in my heart. If I had the time as a working parent, I would still in the pool everyday. I used to compete as a youngster. The kind of competition that required six…
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Rob Campbell has helpfully got me to do this 5 songs in 5 days thing. Rob has decided his 5 will be songs to be played at his funeral. Despite the fact I'm getting spammed on my email by 'plan by funeral' at the moment I won't be entirely following suit. However, the first…
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I used to work in creative type agencies, now I work in media type places. The things I tend to miss about creative places: 1. Unlimited big pads and sharpie pens for scrawling notes and thoughts etc. 2. Creatives that liked solving problems 3. Experienced planning directors who wanted you to get to some great…
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I had a sports massage towards the end of last year (that's not a euphemism). Because I do a LOT of cycling these days, I haven't the time for swimming I would like. It's all or nothing with me, I have to do it right, so it's daily torment. There isn't a day when my…
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