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Go Spark, Sparkle and Hustle!

Regardless of how difficult, challenging and changeable things have become in business, there is a huge surge of inspired entrepreneurship going on now that is amazing. Corporations are even thinking and acting more entrepreneurial. Small business and entrepreneurship has always been the key driver of economic success, especially in the US. Starting a business used …

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Personal Branding for Training Professionals

How do you promote yourself and share your knowledge and expertise without giving too much away? How do you make your potential clients understand how to do what you do, without giving them all the knowledge they need to do it without you.

You don’t. Share everything. Share it all.

For some people, this is …

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Personal Branding and the ‘Proud Peacock’ syndrome

As philosopher Ken Wilber has argued underscoring his use of Spiral Dynamics, each new wave of technological development brings forward awesome new opportunities and frightful new dangers. And it is the job of every new generation to separate the wheat from the chaff and avert the nasty consequences that a misuse of otherwise wonderful technologies …

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Interviewing: ‘Fake It’ Till You Can ‘Make It’!

Even if your personal brand is one of a highly confident, self-assured, enthusiastic professional, let’s face it, there simply are times when you don’t feel, act, or project these characteristics. If you tend to be shy, retiring and/or kind of “stand-offish,” well, you certainly won’t project these characteristics. And under many circumstances, neither this temporary …

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15 Strategies to Save Your Personal Brand After a Big Blunder

After a screwup, what steps can you take to rebuild your personal brand?

The following answers are provided by the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment and provides entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, …