There’s a ton of insight in Ken Auletta’s book Googled, which chronicles the Google’s rise as a global Superpower. One of my favorite lines is from co-founder, Larry Page and it’s today’s Friday Philosophy:

“Have a healthy disregard for the impossible.”

-Larry Page.

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Today’s Friday Philosophy comes from David Ogilvy.

I’ve been reading The King of Madison Avenue, the first ever biography of Ogilvy written by Kenneth Roman. Roman is the former Chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, Ogilvy was his boss.  It’s a very well done book and I continually pick up nuggets as I’m reading so I’ve kept a journal close by to write down the epiphanies that apply to my own business.

One of my favorite stories Roman tells in the book is about today’s quote.  The story goes that Ogilvy once left Russian matryoshka dolls “which directors found at their places at a board meeting. Opening the painted nesting dolls, each smaller than the one before, every director found the same message typed on a piece of paper inside the tiniest doll:

‘If we hire people who are smaller than we are, we will become a company of dwarfs. If we hire people who are larger than we are, we’ll become a company of giants.’”

-David Ogilvy

Hitch is a consultancy that helps marketers hire the right ad agency.

Not sure how I found this. How do we find anything on the interwebs these days, we stumble along.
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Just got done watching a private screening of Lemonade, the Movie (Thanks Erik & Jennifer).  Something I heard in the film resonated with me and it’s part ofand is a great reminder for all of us.  It’s a quote from Michelle Pfennighaus.

“Sometimes there are things you love to do that you forget about.  Put your energy into the things you love–put all the energy you can into these things…and see what happens“

Today’s Friday Philosophy is from Peter Kim,partner of the new Dachis Group.  This quote was from on one of his blog posts this week and it resonated with me.  Peter’s quote is indicative of what 2010 holds in store for marketers; especially, but not limited to, the Social Media tacticians among us.  2010 is the year of put up or shut up!  2010 is when social media becomes less about experimentation and more about accountability and tracking.  But that’s all better said by Peter in today’s quote.  Have a great weekend~

An action is worth a thousand words.

-Peter Kim