How's it going?
Did you park your white horse outside? Spare me the suspense and tell me what your "save the day" plan is?
I don't have anything yet. The idea I had wasn't great.
It wasn't great. It was terrible. I want to hear the real one. Or are you just going to pull it out during the presentation?
This idea is good. I think we can get the client to buy it.
No, you don't, or you won't have questioned it.
I'm going to do whatever you say.
So you are going to pitch the hell out of my shitty idea, and I'm going to fail.
Peggy, I'm here to help you do whatever you want to do.
Well, how am I supposed to know?
That's a tough one.
You love this.
Not really.
I want you to feel good about what you are doing, but you will never know. That's just the job.
What is the job?
Living in the "not knowing".
You know I wouldn't have argued if it was me. I would have just given you a hundred ideas and never question why. You really want to help me? Show me how you think. Do it out loud.
You can't tell people what they want. It has to be what you want.
I want to go to the movies.
I just came back from "I am curious"(yellow). I'm still scandalized.
Of course Megan would want to see a dirty movie.
Do you want to work?
It doesn't matter if I want to. I have to, because all of this is crap.
Pros and Cons. Pros -- it's almost done and it's good. The account man's overjoyed and the client's on board.
Those are the cons, and you know it.
Whenever I'm really unsure about an idea, first......I abuse the people whose help I need. And then I take a nap.
Done.
Then I start at the beginning again... and see if I end up in the same place.