Not Blessed with the Bliss Gene?
You either have it or you don’t. New neuroscience reveals that 20% of the population has what is best described as a innate marijuana-making machine in their brains, resulting in – among other things – a low probability of becoming addicted to opiates and the like. It’s a gene mutation, the good kind.
Beyond the …
What Would Tom Brady Say About You?
Last Sunday, my favorite comment by any of the many sportscasters was this: “Brady was unstoppable when the pressure was strongest.”
What if we said that about you?
Are you unstoppable when the pressure is the strongest?
The strongest stress is when it all comes down to one action you must take in one moment, …
One Simple Tip to Make it Easier to Engage
I don’t know about you, but there are times when I just want to pick up the phone and call someone. Just today I wanted to call a colleague to do a quick check-in on something. But, I was stopped dead in my tracks.
What Stopped Me?It was something simple. Something so easy to …
How Unemployment Affects Your Personal Brand
Being labeled “unemployed” is a unsettling, but unfortunately, it’s still a harsh reality for many people as we approach 2014. More than seven percent of people in the United States fall into this category.
When you’re unemployed, you need to do everything you can to keep yourself motivated in your job search. You need to …
6 Ways to Build a Trustworthy Reputation
Despite the ease and convenience of the digital age, people still care about who is on the other end of the Internet vacuum. You can only hide behind your online persona for so long – 92 percent of consumers say that they find word-of-mouth recommendations to be the most influential. Earning the trust of your …
The Culture, Stupid
In 1992, James Carville, working as a strategist for Bill Clinton (the Democratic Presidential Nominee), coined the campaign strategy phrase “The economy, stupid.” He was attempting to focus the campaign staff on the most crucial themes of the election. This phrase was meant for internal ears, however the words eventually made their way into mainstream …
Personal Branding Weekly – Three Questions for Your Personal Brand
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t started watching this season of the Walking Dead then don’t read any further.
Rarely do I watch television but one of my guilty pleasures is a weekly dose of The Walking Dead. In the Season Four premier, Rick revealed three questions he asked anyone before accepting them into their camp …
Let’s Get Physical
Fall is in the air. The leaves are changing colors, the days are getting shorter, and people are settling in for the Winter. (At least in the Northern Hemisphere).
While we are settling in at work for the last quarter of the calendar year we have Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all sneaking up on us. …
Make Likes Matter to Your Word of Mouth
Research has shown that close to 70 percent of adults with access to the Internet log in to Facebook daily. Such numbers present a good opportunity for personal brands to reach to their target audiences faster. Consider who you want to reach who would be a great referral source, connection, provider of up-to-date information in …
We Judge with Our Eyes
I am on vacation and not even on American soil. It is a vastly different milieu in almost every respect. I find myself continuously comparing, contrasting, judging, and labeling people. Of course, this continuous chatter is only in my head. I don’t share it with anyone, God forbid.
But isn’t that what we do in …