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Share a Famous Name? How Do You Brand Yourself?

Vanessa Williams needs help with personal branding.

No, not that Vanessa Williams. She’s already famous.

Rather, Vanessa Williams (@prpeep), a PR professional in Pennsylvania. Last week, she tweeted Dan Schawbel and said, “Hey – would LOVE to see a post on personal branding for those of us who share a famous person’s name.” So, here …

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Erik DeckersOct 15, 2011

Brand Identity & Self-Discovery Communication & Networking Lifestyle & Habit Building

It’s Easy To Hate Small Business Owners

The same way it’s easy to hate the homecoming queen or class president in high school, it’s easy to resent the business owner who succeeds at what other people see as a Sisyphus-like task. Taking in the reasons why someone else succeeds is like trying to swallow a bitter pill. Are some people just born …

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Nance RosenOct 11, 2011

Job Search Lifestyle & Habit Building Relationships & Personal Growth

Employee Turned Entrepreneur: Thinking of Taking the Plunge?

As an employee turned entrepreneur myself, this is a plunge I have taken and coach clients on from a career, business, and personal level. With nearly 30MM job seekers, including 14MM unemployed, and a job search process that takes over 211 days to land a new job, it’s no wonder many professionals are wondering if …

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Adriana LlamesOct 10, 2011

Brand Yourself As Futures Lifestyle & Habit Building Networking Relationships & Personal Growth Social Media

Growing Your Network for Your Next Job: A Parable

Steve was an ant.

A very hardworking, industrious ant who kept his eyes on the prize and toed the company line. He had been a hardworking, industrious line-toer for his company for 12 years.

For the last four years, he had even been the director of a brand new product line that was supposed to …

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Erik DeckersOct 8, 2011

Brand Identity & Self-Discovery Communication & Networking Lifestyle & Habit Building

Shoot To Kill

Jason Padilla had less than one hour of sleep for an entire week. Along with the other harsh conditions and brutal physical training that are routine for hell week after hell week during Navy SEAL training, Padilla earned his trident in a graduating class of 20, a significant cut from the 223 US military candidates …

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Nance RosenOct 4, 2011

Job Search Lifestyle & Habit Building Relationships & Personal Growth

Need a Career Change? 5 Recession-Resistant Careers

While prestige and wealth may not be part of what you’ll get with these careers, what you will get is a career.

One of the most common questions I hear as a career coach is “I’m thinking of changing careers, can you help me figure out what other options I have?” As a technology news …

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Adriana LlamesOct 3, 2011

Brand Identity & Self-Discovery Career & Wealth Lifestyle & Habit Building Networking Positioning

What City is Best for Your Business, Your Life?

I just finished reading Richard Florida’s “Who’s Your City?” It’s a cool book that takes a look at the impact of where you live on your professional and social opportunities. Florida conducted research to understand what places attract entrepreneurial minds, how they do it, and its affect on the regions these places inhabit.

He also …

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Nathaniel BroughtonOct 2, 2011

Lifestyle & Habit Building Relationships & Personal Growth

Explode Your Career by Saying NO

Two years ago, I decided to focus exclusively on keynote speaking. That meant saying NO to prospective coaching clients and consulting opportunities. It also meant saying NO to potential “platform speaking” opportunities. And as a result of saying NO far more often than I ever had before, my career immediately started taking off.

I wrote …

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Patrick SchwerdtfegerSep 30, 2011

Brand Yourself As Communication & Networking Lifestyle & Habit Building Relationships & Personal Growth

Three Secrets to Build Your Personal Branding Success Overnight

We all do it. We all have someone we set our sights on as the goal we strive for. We have one person we aspire to be like, whether it’s achieving their level of success, their number of publications, their level of speaking engagements, or even beating their Klout score.

Our whole reason for personal …

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Erik DeckersSep 17, 2011

Brand Identity & Self-Discovery Communication & Networking Lifestyle & Habit Building

Follow the Bouncing Ball

If you’ve job hopped a lot, you’re in really good company. The average person changes jobs 11 times within 32 years, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hence, your average tenure at one workplace will be slightly below three years, as reported by economist Chuck Pierret who has followed 10,000 workers since 1979.…

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Nance RosenSep 13, 2011

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