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Dan Schwabel commented here on personal branding and said it's " An individuals total perceived value, relative to competitors, as viewed by their audience." And I've had the opportunity to visit his website www.personalbrandingblog.com and he is definitely passionate about personal branding. Pay him a visit and see what I mean

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Personal Branding is " the art of attracting and keeping more clients by actively shaping public perception " (Peter Montoya). And according to William Arruda's definition " a revolution in the way we manage our professions. It means identifying and communicating what makes you unique, relevant and compelling so that you can advance your career or business. And as Arruda continues " using who you are to get what you want out of life" Today, I have discovered the Laws of Personal Branding as defined by Peter Montoya . Specialization. Leadership. Personality. Distinctiveness. Visibility. Unity. Persistence. Goodwill. I need to apply these laws in my campaign to build BRAND ME. The most important step is about having a definition of BRAND ME by ME instead of going by a definition that has being given by others. That means that my perception of ME must be based on a clear understanding of my weaknesses and my strengths. A clear focus on what needs to be c

The Business Daily yesterday had an article that was based on self-promotion, an interesting read actually, considering I spent a weekend thinking on the subject. I guess I do fall in the category of those who believe that self-promotion is all about bragging, blowing your trumpet, something that decent human beings don't do. In my journey, I am discovering that self-promotion is important especially if you want people to get to know you. That you must tut your horn because no one else is going to actively tell the whole world about you, who you are, your achievements, your plans, your goals unless you are paying them hefty sums of money to get the PR is clearly apparent. Taking that into consideration, you will have to self promote YOU. And the beauty of it, it's free and when you do it the right way, you have 5-10people telling another 10-20 people about you. Do the maths, you are on a roll! Self-promotion must be so subtle that your audience will have to think of it a lot la

I've had a beautiful weekend. I didn't do anything that some people might consider spectacular really. I got on the road in my journey to ME land. That might sound strange but I don't know how many people understand themselves or know themselves for that matter. We are dependent mostly on what our siblings/parents/friends/colleagues say about us to have an idea of who we are and not really know who we are. If someone asked you to describe yourself with five words only, that encompass all of you, would you know what to say? That was the task I decided to undertake this weekend and I discovered that I did start this journey a while back but I've somehow managed to be In The Meantime like forever. This is also a journey that has now taken on a more defined course as I work on becoming a BRAND . I know all my five attributes by the way- Intuitive, Charismatic, Industrious, Tenacious & Responsible . Add Intelligent to that list please! I have also looked at my st

I am a Snapdragon What Flower Are You?

Just for today, I wanna be my moms' little gal, with no cares or concerns. I want to sleep in with no worries of traffic jams, deadlines for projects, targets, KPI reports or plans for June to put in place. I want to shop for a good book I can curl up with and read from start to end, while enjoying a nice chocolaty cake and coffee so aromatic and so dark , it reminds you of those days of blackouts in Nairobi. Just for today, I want to transverse the countryside without any worries of mugging, rape or being murdered. I want to sit near the river and listen to the frogs tell stories as the water gurgles downstream and the wind gently rustles the reeds. I want to climb trees, sit up there and survey the landscape and throw stones with no worry of how inappropriate that would be for someone my age. I want to compete at the game of identifying the different birds from sound and color, the different weeds and small weird looking bugs. I want to hunt for worms without thinking how yucky t

I enjoy reading Iyanla. I especially enjoyed reading "in the meantime' because i was really in the meantime. And I also enjoyed reading "Value in the Valley' because it made me understand the valleys that life will take me through. I have carried most of those lessons as I continue this journey called life. Most especially PEACE, TRUST & FAITH . Surrendering the preoccupation with others and what they think about me long enough to find peace, trusting God to provide for me, protect me and that everything comes on time and in time are not very easy lessons. Like Maya Angelou, I can say, Still I rise! And I continue to appreaciate the meantime and the valleys and remembering that every dark cloud does have a silver lining. I continue to count my blessings, to appreaciate the friends I have made along the way and learning that the ones who move on have accomplished that which they were sent to do in my life and I in theirs. Of course the difficult ones to let go are

" Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting ; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised" As we grow, we learn to charm our way to getting whatever we want, when we want it. We learn to use our power as women into being charming. We charm our moms when we are 2yrs and below with beautiful smiles and some "I yav u"s, we charm our kindergarten teachers by bringing them sweets although our moms are probably to blame for that one. We also learn that it's important to invest in our beauty, we become obsessed in outdoing each other in lifelong beauty contests in winning friends, jobs, men etc. All in all we learn to get away with murder through all stages of our lives. When you read Proverbs 31 in the Old Testament of the Bible, you will find the above verse and it gets you thinking. All I have learn throughout my life, I have to replace with something new and more profound like being in awe of God so that I can gain praise. It blows my mind! however, i am deter