I've never felt any particular desire to be married. Cindy Gallop More Quotes by Cindy Gallop More Quotes From Cindy Gallop Women challenge the status quo because we are never it. Cindy Gallop status-quo challenges We have to move from making good advertising, to making advertising good. Cindy Gallop advertising moving Out of discomfort comes greatness. Cindy Gallop discomfort greatness Fear of what other people will think is the single most paralyzing dynamic in business and in life. The best moment of my lifewas the day I realized that I know longer give a damn what anybody thinks. That's enormously liberating and freeing, and it's the only way to live your life and do your business. Cindy Gallop giving people thinking I like to describe myself as a proudly visible member of the most invisible segments of our society - older women. Cindy Gallop invisible members our-society People love advertising in particular but they hate advertising in general. Cindy Gallop advertising hate people The single biggest lesson I learned was when a hire isn't working out fire them fast. My biggest mistakes, and where I've seen the worst results, were when I gave someone too many chances, or let a situation drift on for too long because I couldn't bring myself to terminate it. Cindy Gallop fire mistake long The single largest pool of untapped resource in this world is human good intentions that never translate into action. Cindy Gallop good-intentions action world Anyone who has worked with me knows that I am extremely action-oriented. I'm all about making things happen. Cindy Gallop knows action happens I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down. Cindy Gallop older-women attractive settling There was no active, conscious decision-making point, just a gradual realization over time that I'm very happy minus children and marriage. Cindy Gallop realization decision children I deplore the shying away that can go on, within women, from the term 'feminist.' I am, absolutely, all about being a feminist. Cindy Gallop feminist term goes-on Vulnerability is a loaded word, and it can off-putting and terrifying to people. The best moment of my life (and by the way, this actually wasn’t a single moment) was when I realized that I no longer give a damn about what anybody thinks. What you'd talk about as vulnerability, I'd talk about as simply being true to yourself. Cindy Gallop single-mom giving thinking I design my start-up ventures around my own personal beliefs and values. Cindy Gallop beliefs-and-values starting-up design When I give talks like the one I'm going to give at the Changing Advertising Summit, one of the points I often make to the audience is that I'm not one of those speakers who stands in front of the audience and pontificates - everything I talk about I'm actually doing myself. I'm living it. Cindy Gallop summit advertising giving I have a low tolerance for people who complain about things but never do anything to change them. This led me to conclude that the single largest pool of untapped natural resources in this world is human good intentions that are never translated into actions. Cindy Gallop tolerance complaining people Too many people, including the ad industry, believe the future is something that happens and just rolls them over in it's wake. Cindy Gallop creativity believe people Despite their good intentions, today's businesses are missing an opportunity to integrate social responsibility and day-to-day business objectives - to do good and make money simultaneously. Cindy Gallop responsibility missing opportunity Client companies and advertising agencies are old-world-order places. The systems and processes and structures come from a time when you shot the TV commercial, then you did the print ads, then you did everything else - including the website. Everything has changed, but the systems haven't. Cindy Gallop systems-and-processes agency order It took a woman to actually do something about the lack of women in creative departments. Cindy Gallop digital-media department creative
