‘I should have been a fishmonger’ plus six other revelations from Henry Holland

This is what a first date with Henry Holland is like...

You know his name, you know his slogan t-shirts, but you probably didn’t know Henry Holland nearly became a fishmonger. Nearly.

Of course, he ignored the misguided advice from an online career generator, and swapped a burgeoning love of fish, for fashion (although I bet his batter mix would have been second to none).

Turns out, along with founding a hugely successful fashion house, Henry Holland is also a life advice savant, and after talking/first dating with him, not only want to be BFF’s with him and Peggy (watch the video for more on her), but also want him on speed-dial to help guide me through this thing we call life.

Career problems? He’s essentially a walking TED Talk. Money worries? He can probably broker you the best mortgage deal of your life. Family issues? He’s got you.

Just don’t ask him to eat a breadstick…

Henry Holland was speaking on behalf of online job boards totaljobs and Milkround in their campaign around achieving a healthier work-life balance, something that I think you’ll all agree, we need to try a lot harder with (as in send this to your boss, stat…)