David Ogilvy “My Shortcomings”
Agency
David Ogilvy
Original
Words
124
Year (Maybe)
1979
- I am intolerant of mediocrity.
- I fritter away too much time on things which aren't important
- Like everyone of my age, I talk too much about the past.
- I have always funked firing people who needed to be fired.
- I am afraid of flying and go to ridiculous lengths to avoid it.
- When I was Creative Head in New York, I wrote too much of the advertising myself.
- I know nothing about finance.
- I change my mind -- about advertising and about people.
- I am candid to the point of indiscretion.
- I see too many sides to every argument.
- I am over-impressed by physical beauty.
- I have a low threshold of boredom.