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There’s No ‘I’ In Personal Brand

The Dalai Lama said the root of all suffering is thinking about yourself. In Tibetan, the word for pride is literally translated as, “Me, the King” (nga gyal). In contrast, your happiness is proportional to the thoughts you have for other people. This concept also applies to your personal brand.

Related: How To Create A Personal Brand Without Being A Jerk

It seems the Internet would agree with the Dalai Lama. In a recent study done by Dan Zarella, the more someone uses words like, “I,” “me” or “my” the less Twitter followers they have. Another study also suggested “you” is the most retweeted word.

To Give Is To Receive

The idea a personal brand is an act of narcissism is entirely false. The idea personal branding is generational or age based is also false.

Everyone has a brand, like it or not.

And finally, the idea personal branding is simply talking about yourself a lot is completely wrong. As we saw from Dan’s research, talking about yourself actually hurts your brand.

So, what exactly is personal branding?

Align Who You Are With What They Need

People walk around all day thinking about their problems. Right? And in order to get your next job, you are trying to find a way to provide value by solving a target company’s problems.

Step 1: With personal branding is knowing what you can do, what you are good at, what you like to do.

Step 2: Knowing what your target company needs, what your hiring manager cares about.

Step 3: Aligning the two previous steps.

Simple.

Tell them how you can help them. If you are not sure, ask.

Related Posts

What’s A Personal Brand And Why Do You Need One?
3 Examples Of Great Personal Branding
Is Your Personal Brand Wrong?


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