TIRED, OLD AND BALD
Jump to the text ↓32 Reasons I know I’m a tired, old, bald ad hack.
- I could care less about any of the 4,000 award competitions.
- I enjoy solving the problems of an industrial supply chain company as much as the problems of a golf course or shoe manufacturer.
- I loathe traveling to photo shoots, film shoots and the like. Not impressed with catering at these events any more either.
- I actually wore suspenders a couple of times in the mid-80s.
- I don’t have a problem with moderately big type.
- I’m not afraid to admit that my brain doesn’t function as well in the afternoon.
- I’ve learned that in the long run, attitude trumps talent in this business.
- I’ll bet attitude trumps talent in other businesses.
- I remember when social media actually involved people talking to one another. With their mouths.
- I’ve actually learned the power of keeping my mouth shut.
- I’ve learned my mouth is actually bigger that most, so keeping it shut requires more effort.
- I’ve stopped commenting on other firms’ work unless asked.
- I’m in a men’s breakfast club.
- Some actually eat prunes with their bacon.
- And talk about Naples. Not the one in Italy.
- I’ve mastered the craft of avoiding too-long meetings. It keeps me young.
- My desk currently has little boxes with the 21 vitamins and supplements I take every day.
- I limp a lot.
- When I can’t get email on my iPhone, somebody 25 years younger than me always comes to my rescue.
- Where the hell are my reading glasses?
- Loyalty means more to me every day.
- I’ve grown tired of people who think they’re smarter than me.
- I’ve grown to admire people who really are smarter than me but make me feel a genius.
- I’ve accepted the fact that “truly remarkable” is rarer than I once believed it was.
- I actually get a kick out of the age-old conflicts between creative and account people. Like listening to a song for the 1,000th time.
- I miss the time I used to have to think before Steve Jobs compressed everything.
- I also have Kashi Go Lean Crunch on my desk.
- And I actually know, and care, that it provides 32% of my daily fiber.
- I remember when waxing was something you did to type.
- I still think best after a cup of coffee, with a pen and a pad of paper and my feet propped up on the desk like they are right now.
- But getting by feet back down can be difficult.
- I’ve accepted the fact that working for free now and again (spec work) ain’t going away during my lifetime.