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Fans And Brands

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As anyone may have guessed, I'm a fan of the whole personal branding thing.  I'm no Dan Schawbel (hey, who IS except, well, Dan Schawbel), but I feel it's overall a positive thing -it's about establishing and communicating identity and building a presence. Sometimes it can get overdone (especially when one treats it like PRODUCT branding), but I feel it's a good thing overall – it makes people aware of themselves and how they present themselves.

And if you're a fanboy, fangirl, geek, nerd, etc. guess what, you are probably FAR better at it than you realize, because fandom socializing in the online days has massive elements of personal branding.

So guess what – you're probably pretty good at it.

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Practicing Change

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One of the hardest things to do with our careers and lives is change.

We usually THINK we can change. We point to places in life we have changed.  Sadly, we usually miss how much of our life is the same old same old for years or decades – even things we should want to change.

Let's face it, it's hard to change.  At the same time, in this changing world and in this altering job market, change is vital.  I ended up moving cross-country for my career – trust me, I know change.

Also, let us be honest, change is difficult, challenging, and disrupting.  We don't WANT to change, especially if we've got  good routine going or feel comfortable.  Many of us in fact have had our fill of change, thank you very much.

Still, change isn't going away.  My advice?  Practice change.

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We’re all entrepreneurs

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I know some people who've gone and started their own business.  They're entrepreneurs, and frankly, pretty impressive people.  They've got their own jobs, and though its work, its work they love.

People often look at such people with envy – they want to make the leap to owning their own business, freelancing, etc.  They want to be entrepreneurs.

They already are, the problem is they don't know it.

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