Personal Branding Tip 114 · Mindset
Read Your Pitch Aloud Five Times
Read your elevator pitch aloud five times today and cut every phrase that sounds like selling. It should introduce a person worth knowing.
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Why It Works
An elevator pitch sells you as someone to know or follow, not your products and services.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Mindset: The habits of thought that keep a personal brand moving.
- In the Series
- Tip 114 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Mindset
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Engagements
Your name is already being interpreted. The question is who are they, and what are they thinking?
Engagements are accepted by application and seats are limited each quarter. Tell us who you are, what you are building, and the position you intend to hold.
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