Allow yourself to be inspired!!!

I love the 1st of January. It’s one of the most inspiring days of the year – a fresh start, the beginning of something new!

I spent most of the day traveling with no one to distract me – one wonderful day to myself to think about the year ahead, and everything I want to achieve.

Leaning back in my airplane seat, looking at the alps and the white snow, I thought of Zinedine Zidane (a retired French World Cup-winning footballer) who this year climbed Mont-Blanc for charity, I thought of Susan Boyle leaving Blackburn (Scotland) to give her dream of being a singer a chance, I thought of Sam Walton (founder of Wal-mart) who in 1991, when asked about the recession, said, ‘I’ve thought about it, but I have chosen not to participate.”, I thought about my local homeless man, who despite everything, has the most wonderful attitude and outlook on life…I thought of many people and things that have inspired me…

… I also thought of two ads that inspired me, and keep doing so!

Apple’s Think different

If you were alive in 1997 I doubt that you will have forgotten the black and white add with old footage of icons such as Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King, Gandhi and Picasso….the list goes on. Take a look it’s worth it.

If you don’t have time here is the text. “Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do”.

Adidas’ Impossible is nothing Muhammad Ali Vs. Laila Ali

“Impossible isn’t a fact. It’s an opinion. Like when they said it would be impossible to beat Sonny Liston. He’s too powerful, too experienced. Or when they said don’t take the fight in Zaire. He’s too young, too strong, he’s gonna destroy Ali. So when my father looks impossible in the eye. And defeats it, again and again. what do you think I’m gonna do when I hear people say a woman shouldn’t box…yeah that’s right. Rumble young girl, rumble!” Impossible is nothing.

I know 2009 was a tough business year for many, a year where ‘thinking differently’ and believing that ‘impossible is nothing’ may have had to take as back seat to surviving.

But I’m thinking in addition to drinking less, losing weight, going to the gym…maybe this year we can all add ‘thinking differently’ and believing that ‘impossible is nothing’ to our new year resolutions list.

Lets do it in the name of making a difference, lets do it to pay homage to some of the greatest icons in the world, lets do it for progress, (and yes even lets do it for quality TV advertising), lets do it because we can …

…and lets do it in 2010!!!

Happy New Year!!!

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