Pioneers Have Passion, Settlers Accept Stagnation
Do you have passion? Do you have something you love to do or want to achieve, and you are constantly working and thinking about how to get there? Or are you marching in place, content to be in motion without actually getting anywhere in life?
I’ve realized over the last few years how important passion …
Veteran Careers: Top 5 Jobs For Ex-Military Personnel
The US military is arguably the best-trained workforce in the world, and personnel who leave military service have skills that translate to virtually any career.
Here’s a look at five popular jobs that give the men and women who’ve served our country an opportunity to make a difference and move up.
1. Information Technology Specialist…The Spirituality of Personal Branding
There are no objective reasons for spiritual folks to store any second thoughts or reticence toward personal branding as envisioned by Dan Schawbel and other personal branding luminaries. Far from it. In fact, engaging in the personal branding process can be of one of the most uplifting, rewarding and profoundly spiritual experiences of our lives. …
Hiring Secrets from a ‘Lazy’ ‘Headhunter’
Personal Branding Legacy
This past month, I attended a funeral, which had a profound effect on me. It was for a former childhood friend whose life was cut short by a sudden illness. I arrived early and watched a diverse group of people arrive to pay their final respects – young, old, mom, dad, extended family, neighbors, co-workers, …
12 Ways Writing a Brand-Building Book Resembles Exercise
After reading Bill Connolly’s recent interview with Jonathan Fields, and spending the day reading Jonathan Fields’ latest book, Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance, I was struck by the similarities between writing a brand-building book and starting an exercise program.
The more I thought about the parallels between writing and exercise, the …
Your Brand Creates Revenue
Your personal brand is the foundation of your business. Developing your brand correctly from the start will serve to put you on the better path for business development and ultimately increased revenue.
You may wonder, how could there possibly be an incorrect way to express one’s brand? A recent conversation delivers the …
What Your Interview Style Says About Your Personal Brand
Although it often takes time to cultivate an online personal brand, it’s easy to watch what you say on social networking sites to ensure your communications align with the brand you hope to create.
However, in-person communication is not so simple to control. While you might be an outgoing individual on Twitter or LinkedIn, you …
The 9 Attitudes of Leadership
One of lingering fallacies about business is believing that Jim Collins is right. As the bestselling researcher-author of Good to Great and now, Great by Choice, Collins is pretty good at retrospectively interpreting what worked in the past for some businesses. But he’s not great at forecasting how they’ll do when the research project is …
10 Ways to Accessorize Your Brand!
In the fashion and design worlds, accessorizing makes an outfit or a room pop! It’s that splash of color, pattern or grouping that catches the eye and grabs the emotion.
There are several essential items that every woman should have in her wardrobe. Some of these vital accessories include cardigans, hoop earrings, black pumps, hair …