Personal Branding Tip 005 · Identity
Name What You Refuse to Be
List three things you never want attached to your name. Check this week’s posts, projects and invitations against that list before you say yes.
Take It With You
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Why It Works
The Manifesto’s Question 2.1 asks what you don’t want to be known for. Knowing the opposite tells you what to avoid.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Identity: Who you are and what you want to be known for.
- In the Series
- Tip 5 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Identity
More on Identity
Tip 009 · IdentityMap the Path of Someone Known for ItWrite the one thing you want people to say about you decades from now. Then find someone already known for it and map the steps they took.
Tip 013 · IdentityWrite Your Name’s Twenty Year JobWrite one paragraph on what you want your name to mean in twenty years. Hold this week’s decisions up against it before you say yes.
Tip 017 · IdentityPut Your Whole Self on PaperBlock one hour this week to write down who you are outside your career: interests, habits, strengths and flaws. Keep the pages private.
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.
Consultations are virtual or in person. See what each includes, and what is asked of you: Virtual or In Person.