Laurie Coots

About Laurie

• Says "there's no one right answer" to what you should do with your life, but you don't realize that until much further down the line.
• Believes people that spend their time intensely driving towards one career tend to miss out on life; she wishes people had told her to "slow down."
• When she was a kid, she wanted to be a veterinarian, so she started on a fast track towards that career.
• After getting into veterinary school, she realized it wasn't her passion; didn't want to take someone else's place, so she dropped out.
• Realized she'd been assuming that because she was good at veterinary science, that should be her passion.
• Took a break then got into the hotel industry; started meeting people from TBWA/Chiat/Day and got interested in their work.
• When a secretarial position opened up at the company, she took it; that job didn't take up much of her day, so she helped with pitches on the side.
• Created her own position within the agency-says "if it doesn't exist, invent it; don't wait for the world to dish it up."