Comments on: The reason why your personal brand sucks

By: Marc Vun Kannon

Marc Vun Kannon — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:50:00 +0000

I have no idea who those people you mentioned are. Your essential quality is very similar to my own, and I too am in the information technology business. My greatest asset, strength, skill, is the ability to take things apart and see how they go together, usually with a eye towards seeing where they go wrong.

By: MThelemaque

MThelemaque — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 03:14:00 +0000

I am happy to have read this. I’m someone who is in the thick of figuring out what to do and where to do it, and I really believe that’s because I’m still on that path to finding out what’s special about me and how it can he useful. It’s kind of hard to accept that it may take a long time to do. I come from a background where one studies it, learns it, and that’s it.

Not the case. That’s not how my life has been.

So here’s to discovery.

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Success but on whose terms? What about personal brands and character? — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:17:01 +0000

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Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:51:16 +0000

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Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:34:19 +0000

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By: Build your personal brand — @JFouts

Build your personal brand — @JFouts — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:24:07 +0000

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By: Self – Seeking to Know Self

Self – Seeking to Know Self — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:52:16 +0000

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By: amyhoy

amyhoy — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:18:54 +0000

Systems thinking! But playing with blocks sounds more fun.

I feel you. I also thought I was a technology girl, or a design girl, or a business girl, when it turns out I'm an analytical system-thinking girl and very good at intuiting the rules that make things work.

The day I realized that was I was good at was not the field I was in, but the way I take things apart, was a very good day.

By: amyhoy

amyhoy — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:18:54 +0000

By: amyhoy

amyhoy — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:18:54 +0000