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I've spent the better part of the week working on a blog post about Mike Hughes. A legendary creative who helped but The Martin Agency, and Richmond, on the map in terms of the world of advertising. Mike seemed like a genuinely nice person and he will greatly be missed. Here's an excerpt:
"If you didn’t have the opportunity to get to know Mike personally, through the hundreds of letters and stories written on We All Love Mike, it’s easy to form a full perception of the person he was and his character. One of his colleagues wrote, “I’m your fan because you encourage all of us to be better. Better at learning and adapting, better at loving each other, better at being good, hard-working, earnest human beings.”
Mike was a great man with an easy laugh and a larger than life persona - after all he was named one of the 50 most influential thinkers in Creativity magazine and inducted into The One Club’s Creative Hall of Fame. Despite his success, Mike set the standard for being a genuinely nice person in an extremely competitive industry. Mike remained humble, caring, and never missed an opportunity to give a simple hello or express gratitude to those around him.
The end of the year is a time when many of us reflect on the past months, what we hope to accomplish in the upcoming year, and how we can continue to grow personally. There are many lessons that we can learn from Mike - how to work hard, but most importantly, how to live life to the fullest and be better to those around us."
"If you didn’t have the opportunity to get to know Mike personally, through the hundreds of letters and stories written on We All Love Mike, it’s easy to form a full perception of the person he was and his character. One of his colleagues wrote, “I’m your fan because you encourage all of us to be better. Better at learning and adapting, better at loving each other, better at being good, hard-working, earnest human beings.”
Mike was a great man with an easy laugh and a larger than life persona - after all he was named one of the 50 most influential thinkers in Creativity magazine and inducted into The One Club’s Creative Hall of Fame. Despite his success, Mike set the standard for being a genuinely nice person in an extremely competitive industry. Mike remained humble, caring, and never missed an opportunity to give a simple hello or express gratitude to those around him.
The end of the year is a time when many of us reflect on the past months, what we hope to accomplish in the upcoming year, and how we can continue to grow personally. There are many lessons that we can learn from Mike - how to work hard, but most importantly, how to live life to the fullest and be better to those around us."