Roll International Co-Chair Lynda Resnick recalls the reason she went into advertising in the first place.

Question:rnWhat’s the best advice you ever received?

LyndarnResnick:            Butrnone thing that I think is very important and it’s the reason that I got intornadvertising in the first place and that is if you’re in a meeting and you don’trnunderstand something, ask.  Ifrnsomeone is talking to you and what they’re saying doesn’t make sense, ask themrnto explain it. 

Doesn’trnmean you’re not smart.  And ifrnyou’re in a meeting, I guarantee you, everybody else is thinking the same thingrnbut they’re afraid to ask.  Butrnit’s the only way you learn.  Andrnwhen I was first starting out, I didn’t know how to do advertising, someone hadrnto teach me and the reps from the publications.  When I was a teenager, when I was, like, 17 years old,rnworking in a dress shop, taught me how to make an ad, set type, and do all ofrnthose things.  And that’s how Irnlearned.  And I still ask.  I try to find the smartest people I canrnand ask them what they think.   rn           

Recordedrnon: March 17, 2009