Hey everyone, I’m Sam (Scott’s son) and it’s an honor to be the guest writer for this week’s Monday Morning Mojo!

I’m no literary genius like my dad so bear with me as I try my best to inspire you all for the week.

My parents used to run bedtime stories a little differently than most. Instead of reading us a story every night, they’d sometimes share creative ads, public relations and marketing campaigns that they thought were creative, funny and inspirational.

Spoken like the son of someone who runs an agency, I believe great ads are truly an incredible medium to inspire and fill us up with hope.

Olympic and Sports Ads

As the Olympics are underway, I wanted to share some of my favorite Olympics/Sports related advertisements:

This is probably one of my favorite ads featuring the greatest Olympian of all time:

P&G’s “Thank you Mom” campaign brings out the most waterworks and highlights all the sacrifice it takes to be an Olympian’s mom.

As we are on the topic of sports, here is my favorite adidas ad of all time featuring the great Derrick Rose:

The Olympics is truly a magical event that brings people together from every country, and I’m excited for three weeks of positivity and unity that come with the Olympics in a world that is getting more and more divided.

Movies & Batman

On a completely separate note, I’ve rewatched Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy this week for the 10th time and always find these movies fill me up with inspiration.

So to cap off this week’s MMM, here are some of my favorite quotes from the trilogy:

“It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.”

“A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy’s shoulders to let him know the world hadn’t ended.”

“Why do we fall, sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves back up.”

“Training is nothing, will is everything.”

Thanks for reading and I hope you all have an amazing inspiration-filled week.