Personal Branding Tip 055 · Identity
Delete the Labels From Your Bio
Cut self given labels like visionary, motivator or serial entrepreneur from your bio. Put what you run and what you have done in their place.
Take It With You
Download the card for a feed, a story or a link, or share it straight from your phone. Please keep the MCG mark on it.
Why It Works
Labels add nothing a reader can check. What you have built makes the point and keeps you out of a crowded box.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Identity: Who you are and what you want to be known for.
- In the Series
- Tip 55 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Identity
More on Identity
Tip 067 · IdentityFind the Thread Through Every PivotLook back at every role and venture you have had and name the one theme that runs through all of them. Make it the line your story returns to.
Tip 076 · IdentityOwn the Trait You Once HidName the trait you were teased for or have tried to hide. Write down one way it could make you easier to remember, then use it on purpose.
Tip 082 · IdentityLet Your Bio Grow UpReread how you described yourself three years ago. Wherever it no longer fits who you are, rewrite it now instead of leaving the old version live.
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.