Getting Back in the Saddle with Stephen Gilmour
Published by Catherine - 09th June 2025
Agency Source's director of sales, Steph, chats to LBB about the value of keeping calm and carrying on when things don't go according to plan, as part of LBB's "My Biggest Lesson" series.
"It's only a bit of water" and "It's only a bit of wood" are the two phrases I've carried with me my whole career. Things break, plans go awry, and accidents happen, but it's how you process it and carry on that matters. When shit really hits the fan, those end up being the days you remember, so, "Up you go, kiddo".
It was the summer of 2000, I had just finished school at 18, and wasn't sure where life would take me next. Rather than sit around waiting to decide on a college course, I took a job at my uncle Alex's wacky new project: a waterbus service on the River Clyde in Glasgow! There are two particular incidents from this adventure that I remember as if they were yesterday. The feelings at the time, and lessons learned, have stuck with me.