My mind is blown.

And I’m still shook 2 hours later.

If TBWA’s work wasn’t great enough, Doug Melville, The Chief Executive for Diverse Talent could sell anyone on why everyone can succeed through these 7 tips:

1. Prove trust + consistency: Make a blog that shows who you are everyday, be consistent and have a point of view.
2. Your reputation is the only thing that precedes you when you walk through the door.
3. Be comfortable with being uncomfortable.
4. Be ready and you won’t have to get ready.
5. You pay for what you don’t know; read 3 hours a day and inform ya self.
6. Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses; take what you’re good at and be great at it.
7. Know how to tell your story everyday; whether it’s through your book or by the way you talk, memorize and remind yourself how you got here and make your story something you tell somehow every. single. day.

Doug’s line of work went as followed:

Out of college driving Oscar Mayer truck > Tour guide for 17 year old Britney Spears > worked with Tommy Hilfiger and his brother > started his own business AKA The Red Carpets > Project management for Magic Johnson > Strategist for Obama and his launch campaign > TED talks / taking over the world with Chiat.

He also gave us a book about Disruption and wrote a note in mine saying I’ll be a future CEO. Can’t let him down then huh? Let’s get it.

-Macaihah Broussard