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Built on Fear. Billed as Love.
Built on Fear. Billed as Love.

Built on Fear. Billed as Love.

I’m Not Clever. I’m Scared.
I’m Not Clever. I’m Scared.

I’m Not Clever. I’m Scared.

Why Charging €750/Day Feels Like Revolution
Why Charging €750/Day Feels Like Revolution

Why Charging €750/Day Feels Like Revolution

Analogies are LIKE…
Analogies are LIKE…

Analogies are LIKE…

Marketers for Marketers
Marketers for Marketers

Marketers for Marketers

ADVERTISING MURDERERS UNITED
ADVERTISING MURDERERS UNITED

ADVERTISING MURDERERS UNITED

I used to think cleverness was my gift. Now I know I used to think cleverness was my gift.
Now I know it's just how I survived the meeting.

We praise sharp minds, quick wit, strategic brilliance—
but sometimes it’s just fear in a nice outfit.

I’m not asking for sympathy. I’m just showing you the costume.

Not everything smart is wise.
Not everything polished is whole.
And not everything I post is for engagement.

Sometimes I write to hear myself confess. 

Here the full thought piece for your consideration
https://averageadman.com/im-not-clever-im-scared/ 

#TheAverageAdman
#CreativeFear
#UnbrandYourself
#SurvivalAsSkillset
#SelfAwarenessIsAStrategy
#PostStrategyEra
#NotAnotherThoughtLeader
#FearWasMyFramework
#BehindTheDeck
I once thought I was building empires with words. I once thought I was building empires with words. Campaigns that would echo for centuries, ads that would outlive monuments.

Then one night, Death came to me in a pitch room. He wore a suit, carried a clicker, and whispered:
“You don’t make ads. You make slides.”

The walls of the deck closed in like cathedrals collapsing. Fonts fell like rain. Timelines turned to dust.

And there it was, the final truth: I don’t sell creativity. I sell time. My hours, my days, my years—measured neatly in billable units.

The Average Adman isn’t a creator. He’s a clockmaker. And every tick-tock sounds like another deadline.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #DeathByDeck #SlidesEternal #TimeIsTheCurrency #BraveButBillable
The Oracle appeared to me in black jeans and round The Oracle appeared to me in black jeans and round glasses. She whispered: “Mock everything. That will make you wise.” So I did. I mocked, I sneered, I dissected.

And when I looked in the mirror, there was no wisdom staring back. Just another cynic with a smug smile.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #OracleOfCynicism #MirrorTrap
A parrot once perched on my desk and shouted: “Big A parrot once perched on my desk and shouted: “Big idea! Big idea!” I laughed, then repeated it. Soon the whole office joined in, parrots everywhere screaming the same phrase until the walls cracked.

When the dust settled, nothing remained but echoes.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #ParrotOfIdeas #EchoChamber
I once stood before a bonfire of logos, chanting: I once stood before a bonfire of logos, chanting: “Purpose! Purpose!” The clients cheered, the villagers clapped, and the smoke rose high.

Then I walked home, sat in the dark, and whispered: “But what’s mine?”

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #BonfireOfPurpose #EmptyEcho
I told myself I was sculpting the world, like some I told myself I was sculpting the world, like some Michelangelo of brands. But one night the statue spoke: “You’re not shaping me. I’m shaping you.” Its marble hand reached out and slapped me with a TikTok trend.

Turns out the chisel was in its hand, not mine.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #CultureChisel #SculptedByTrends
A knight once gave me a shield with “STRATEGY” wri A knight once gave me a shield with “STRATEGY” written on it. He said: “Hide behind this. No one will ever know you’ve stopped fighting.”

Now I brandish the shield proudly in every room. No sword. No battle. Just a slide that says “Strategic.”

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #ShieldOfStrategy #NoSword
I once outran the Void. It chased me with silence, I once outran the Void. It chased me with silence, emptiness, and the terrifying possibility that nothing matters. So I built endless to-do lists, stacked decks like walls, and called my exhaustion importance.

The Void didn’t disappear. It just sat beside me in every meeting, yawning.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #BusyTrap #VoidAtTheTable
A mirror witch cursed me: every time I mocked anot A mirror witch cursed me: every time I mocked another brand, the words turned into the brief for my next campaign. I laughed at “authenticity” on Monday, then sold it by Thursday. I ridiculed “community,” then pitched it in Q4.

The witch just grinned: “Hypocrisy is the only true brand value.”

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #WitchOfBrands #ClichéCycle
One night I met a dragon who hoarded Cannes Lions One night I met a dragon who hoarded Cannes Lions instead of gold. Its scales were made of case studies, its breath smelled like stale client dinners. It told me: “Steal from me, little man. Copy what already won.”

So I did. And like every thief before me, I called it inspiration.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #DragonOfCannes #CopycatFire
I once joined a cult that worshipped triangles. Th I once joined a cult that worshipped triangles. They bowed before funnels, they prayed in quadrants, they baptized each other in pyramids. I laughed—until I saw my own hands folded in prayer around a framework.

The triangles had claimed me too.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #FrameworkCult #PyramidScheme
Once, my heart tried to speak. I locked it in a fi Once, my heart tried to speak. I locked it in a filing cabinet. At night, it banged and rattled, shouting “Let me out!” But the client wanted data, so I stapled the cabinet shut.

Now my heart only whispers in PowerPoint bullet points.

#AverageAdman #Undifferent #HeartInACabinet #DataOnly

IT’S TIME TO EMBRACE WHO WE TRULY ARE. TAKE PRIDE IN IT AND BECOME THE MOST GLORIOUS AVERAGE ADMEN WE WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE.

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