Give A Little At KIVA
Philanthropy is good for your soul and your personal brand. Where you give, how you give and why you give can be a huge window into who you are. As a personal branding coach, I recommend all my clients consider making a donation through kiva.org.
Through this site, you can spend as little as $25 …
Here Piggy, Piggy, Piggy
If you sit down with pigs, you will be served slop. Of course, this is easy to see if you’re a barnyard animal, harder to perceive as a businessperson. In a world where Brad Pitt shows up looking pretty scruffy at the Beverly Hills Hotel and even big time wheeler-dealers don’t carry enough cash to …
Out Foxing Job Boards
Take a peek at JobFox.com to see if you’ll benefit from networking with recruiters, as promised by Rob McGovern the site’s CEO. Rob is the founder and former CEO of CareerBuilder.com, so he knows a few things about what does and doesn’t work on both sides of the hiring equation.
Be seen and consideredThe …
What’s In Your Life Raft?
The Screen Actors Guild has a program called Life Raft. Without knowing too much more than that, tonight in Los Angeles at SAG headquarters I am speaking about personal branding to a few hundred actors under the auspices of Life Raft, and moderating a panel featuring the CEOs of several database sites that centralize casting …
Around the World at UCLA
This weekend, I held my twice-yearly personal branding boot camp at UCLA, brilliantly guest lectured by Jeffrey White, the SEO/reputation management genius and attended by a full complement of fired-up attendees from around the world. The intellectual endurance athletes hailed from Japan, Germany, Venezuela, the US and beyond.
Personal branding knows no bounds
The group’s …
Shut Up!
I wish there were a better way to say this, but you have got to stop talking all the time. You know who you are. You’re the one who can answer a three word question like, “How are you?” with an essay longer than the Gettysburg address. You’re the one who takes the floor in …
I’m Going to Fire You
The greatest predictor of success is failure. That’s true whether you are quitting smoking, shooting free throws or taking on a new function at work. Competence and reliable performance are born from learning why one route is a mistake and finding which micro changes of action and thought or macro alternatives of mindset and presence …
Why You Lose It
In Manhattan Beach last week, I sat first row in the Getting Things Done productivity seminar, bent on mastering David Allen’s system that I’ve been studying for about five years. I’m local in Los Angeles, but many people had flown in and paid nearly $600 for six hours of “creating a mind like water.” Yes, …
I Disagree with Dale Carnegie
If you haven’t read How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, then you’re missing three quarters of what you need to know to succeed – in whatever venture or job you’re in.
How do you feel about that?He gives you some pointers – life rules, really – that will instantly change …
The Eeek True Hollywood Story
On Sunday afternoon, I spoke on personal branding to a group I’d never guessed needed to be coaxed into communicating: Hollywood screenwriters. But, there I was on behalf of Voyage Media and a line-up that included a producer, director, development exec, agent-type and other uber-connected people who have come together to help get these people …