Life experiences from a career winging it in the advertising industry
Being in the creative industries pretty much guarantees you won’t be able to follow a predetermined career game plan. Instead, opportunity and temptation will come at you from the most random corners.
I wrote about my past. I reflected on choices I made in the hope that maybe some others might not make the same mistakes as me.
Writing it I discovered that I had a story to tell that went beyond a simple career resume. Publishing it online made me realize that actually people did get something from reading it. In fact, its been the most popular thing I have posted online this year.
I now know that not only can I help people with the stories of what I have learned but that I should expand on this theme. So much more of what I have done was left out. I know this will be of value as I have started to get involved in online mentoring sessions. I have found that many more stories from my past and recent present have been useful in advising others on how to prepare for challenges in their lives
So the future challenge and my new mission is to write this collection of stories into something useful. Something that can be read enjoyed and acted upon. There is no future other than the one you create, but listening to a variety of advice including the mad ravings of someone like me helps in making sure when you do write your own future it at least has a half chance of turning out pleasurable.
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