The Leftovers

The Leftovers. That soundtrack. Those crazy storylines. Go watch it. 9/10 Watch this video on YouTube

Nobody wants to read your shit

I read this book a while ago, it’s called Nobody wants to read your shit by Steven Pressfield and it’s brilliant… Then the other day Dave Trott posted an excerpt and it all came back to me… I love this, Steven says it’s the most important lesson he ever learned, and he learned it when […]

Happy Mediums

A lot of advertising has become plagued by clichés, category norms, comfortable territory and accepted ways’ of doing things. Unfortunately for brands who have fallen victim to this, similarity is the road to obscurity (and a huge waste of marketing budget) as they become lost in the crowd Finding happy mediums, familiar territory and compromise’ might keep […]

It’s ok to…

We’re hiring quite a lot of new people at GDS, and that’s brilliant because there are so many new brains and new skills and new faces to get to know. It’s also difficult. It’s difficult for those newcomers to know what to expect, and what’s expected of them. Of course they get told all the […]

Brexit Pt II

I’m hesitant to post anything about the referendum. I respect all of you for whatever you voted, it’s your democratic right to do so, our forefathers fought to give us that right. Just like the Labour/Tory situation, one side felt morally superior and were more willing to post their views publicly. A majority, albeit a […]

The concept of happiness

I actually attack the concept of happiness. The idea that – I don’t mind people being happy – but the idea that everything we do is part of the pursuit of happiness seems to me a really dangerous idea and has led to a contemporary disease in Western society, which is fear of sadness. It’s […]

Opinions

Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding. Bill Bullard

Hasten slowly

Grant yourself a moment of peace, and you will understand how foolishly you have scurried about. Learn to be silent, and you will notice that you have talked too much. Be kind, and you will realise that your judgment of others was too severe. Hasten slowly, and you will soon arrive. Ancient Chinese proverb

Recalibrate what success looks like

Everybody thinks they have to build fucking Uber. Recalibrate what success looks like. Vaynerchuk is marmite, sometimes I love him, sometimes I don’t… this however is good. Worth a watch.

Personality vs. Attitude

Don’t confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am. My attitude depends on who you are. Frank Ocean

Money vs. Power

Such a waste of talent. He chose money over power. In this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes. Money is the Mc-mansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after 10 years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. I cannot respect someone who doesn’t see the difference. Francis Underwood

What do you stand for?

If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything

3 ways to make a living

Whilst not strictly true, the sheer brilliance of this scene is worthy of a post. Irons and Spacey doing what they do best in Margin Call. Watch this video on YouTube I’m also particularly fond of The Music Stops scene: Watch this video on YouTube

Brexit Pt I

What a cluster fuck Brexit is. This popped up in my Facebook feed earlier today and I had an immediate knee jerk reaction to it, nothing is ever this clear cut: So, without any further ado-ing, here’s the full post for your delectation: Alright, you filthy animals. I don’t normally do this, because I […]

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