There was a time where I chose my jobs based on what jobs were available to me, so I would choose 100 percent of them.
BEN FELDMANIf you look at the history of advertising, most of them were Jews, so it was only a matter of time before ‘Mad Men’ explored that area of advertising.
More Ben Feldman Quotes
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Goals aren’t enough. You need goals plus deadlines: goals big enough to get excited about and deadline to make you run. One isn’t much good without the other, but together they can be tremendous.
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Read! Study never stops because publications never stop coming in. It’s read and study. And think about what you’re studying. Take it apart and put it together. Ask ‘why?’ And know the answers.
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I’m just the least funny person in a room full of funny people, which is basically every single day of work for me.
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I think I’m the funniest guy in a room full of unfunny people.
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Youll have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in… unless you let me take your problems with me.
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You are already broke and don’t even know it.
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The basic purpose of life insurance is to create cash…nothing more or nothing less. Everything else confuses and complicates.
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The key to a sale in an interview, and the key to an interview is a disturbing question.
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I never thought I was gonna live in LA. I thought I was gonna live in New York forever.
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Fundamentals are right down to earth. And one fundamental is: You have to make calls. Nothing happens until you make a call. It’s that fundamental!
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I meet people and a lot of times, instead of saying, “Are you from the East Coast?” people just go, “you’re from the East Coast, right?”, having no reason to have known that. I don’t know what that is. Maybe it’s just that I’m Jewish.
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Besides, switchboard girls and secretaries have become very good. They’ve learned to take you apart. ‘Who? Why? What for? What company?’ You don’t always get by. I seldom call on the phone. I’d rather go.
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I don’t like sci-fi/fantasy.
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If you look at the history of advertising, most of them were Jews, so it was only a matter of time before ‘Mad Men’ explored that area of advertising.
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Don’t sell life insurance. Sell what life insurance can do.
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