We’re coming up on the sixth year anniversary of writing this blog. It has come in a few different looks. I started it as “Diligentia” which is just laughable now. I really can’t remember why i thought that was a good idea. BUT – I did start off with a tagline of “a blog about [...]
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Rajesh Setty has a great post over on Tom Peters’ site listing the massive confusion around personal branding. This is something that I am coming to grips with lately. I believe in the Brand You. I believe in knowing yourself: your skills, what you excel at doing, what you LOVE doing. I also believe in [...]
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Great post from Rajesh Setty on tompeters.com I love Raj – he lists a set of questions you should be asking yourself if you are wondering if you are safe. 1. Is your job CORE to the company? (This is what happened to me.) 2. What will the company LOSE by eliminating this job? 3. [...]
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Continuing on with looking at Rajesh Setty’s ChangeThis manifesto, his section on “Increase Others’ Capacity to Make a Difference” can really be looked at as more (very good) tips on networking. He is trying to encourage us to contribute to the universe. It is sort of a “pay it forward” model. He provides 4 suggestions: [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving! We have a tradition on Thanksgiving where we go around our table and give thanks to the things that our important to us. For the most part, EVERY one of these “thanks” was for a relationship. Mostly family in this case but I named my friend/mentor Dan H. I’ve know Dan for 11 [...]
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Rajesh Setty’s latest ChangeThis manifesto urges us to strengthen our personal brands. Whether you believe it or not, whether you like it or not, whether you care for it or not – you have a personal brand. You just can’t avoid it…It is “who you are” to the world. In a time when everyone is [...]
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Back in August, Rajesh Setty had his second manifesto published on ChangeThis. I really like Rajesh. I reviewed his book for the CEO Refresher. I tried to do some work with him when we were trying to launch our own customer management company. He focuses on providing a framework for distinguishing yourself. His first manifesto [...]
