Find the right place to gain as much experience as possible in the shortest amount of time. This may mean a hot-shop independent agency, a large multinational or hopping jobs every 2 years depending on the available options you may have.

Work somewhere that’s worthy of your time and talent. Don’t settle for any job.

Put more effort into your job than expected and do it cheerfully.

Become the most positive and enthusiastic adman in the agency.

Be forgiving of yourself and others. We’re humans and we make mistakes even when we only have good intentions. Don’t allow such mistakes make you lose sight of long term goals.

Be generous with your contributions to the team’s work. Do not try to take credit for every idea you came up with.

Persistence, persistence, persistence. Great work never just falls into your lap. You need to work for it, refine it, perfect it.

If you clearly see you’re going into the wrong direction with your strategy do not be afraid to stop and rethink everything even if it means you have to start everything from scratch.

Discipline yourself to save money on even a modest salary. This will give you the freedom to change jobs when things go bad and will allow you to take meaningful holidays that refresh your mind and body.

Commit yourself to constant improvement. Technology and the industry is developing really fast. You have to keep up.

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