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This adman gave the greatest "career advice" you'll ever read.

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Cole Schafer
Aug 04, 2026
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Unless you’re balls deep in the world of advertising, you’ve likely never heard of the adman Tom McElligott.

He was a Midwestern boy. He was the son of a preacher man. It’s difficult not to read that in the voice of Dusty Springfield. He was tack-sharp, despicably shy and as nervous as those bug-eyed whippets that shake uncontrollably if you raise your voice above a whisper.

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