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How Brands Like

Manchester United

Are Getting It Wrong

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What do you do when you are stuck in a maze?

Life can often give you the feeling that every turn you take is blocked. It can give you the distinct impression that you are running around inside a maze and very quickly, you lose your way. With life, as with a maze, you can often wonder aimlessly around hoping that someday you will find the exit or opportunity you are looking for. Or you can put a plan in place that, at the very least stops you running around in circles. They say that a sign of insanity is to do the same t

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What do you do when you are stuck in a maze?

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Does your imagination rule your day?

I found myself in a supermarket queue of some length yesterday. You know where the other isles seem to be on fast forward, yet your line seems to be in a perpetual state of animation, moving in slow motion. Even sounds of the bar code reader bleeping seem to be dragging on for double the amount of time. Although none of the customers in front of me had much in their trolleys, the sudden realization on them that yes, indeed you must have your money ready to pay at the end, see

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Does your imagination rule your day?

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Keep it simple stupid

If I had a dollar for every time I have heard this statement in the halls and corridors in the advertising agencies I have been in all over the world, I could retire, easily, today. It is a statement you start hearing at university/college and it never seems to lose momentum at all. It is possibly the most guiding principle of advertising. Consumers do not have time to figure out a complicated story line or concept that is so deep you would need a submarine to understand it.

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Keep it simple stupid

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When life gets tough, we must get tougher.

It is when we find life the hardest we must put more effort and work twice as hard as before if we are to realize our dreams. For anyone can be on top of their game when the sun is shining.You show true character and determination to bring your best when all others are shirking from the cold. Within you is the key to focusing your energy, to realizing every dream you dream and also within you lies the obstacles that will try and hold you back. For no one can stop you doing wh

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When life gets tough, we must get tougher.

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You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.

With a passion for everything to do with art, I often find myself lost in a maze of inspiration where I do not know which route to take. Should I write, draw, paint, photograph, sculpt or anything else that is racing around my mind to do. I would genuinely love to do everything but unfortunately time doesn’t permit when you have other commitments. But this is not an excuse. It is no excuse not to be doing one thing at least as just because you could do everything, it doesn’t

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You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.

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True happiness is giving it away

I really like the sentiment that true happiness is giving someone else happiness. At least that is the way I see this quote. But remember those times during the day when you have put a smile on someone’s face, whether it was a major act of kindness or something more modest the feeling you get is so much more gratifying than when someone does something for you. For me there is no better feeling in the world than seeing another persons face genuinely light up with happiness. Th

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True happiness is giving it away

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Limitations live only in our minds

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” Are the borders we assume real or are they created from our insecurities and fears? Not everyone can be the best in the world at what they do, but you can be the best you can be at something. But this takes a mindset that accepts the possibility and probability that failure will happen. I have met some of the most talented people in photography, design, advertising, art a

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Limitations live only in our minds

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It is not the destination that defines us, but the journey we take.

I remember as a child in school feeling lost and confused when discussions about a book would take place. I remember listening to other children talk about a book in a way that I often question that I had even read the same book. The story beneath the story was what they would talk about and I can clearly remember thinking, “Why can it not just mean what the words say?” I had many lonely moments looking back through classics like William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens trying

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It is not the destination that defines us, but the journey we take.