Do-It-Together Club for Entrepreneurs
Nance Rosen’s October 27, 2009 keynote to the United Chambers of Commerce on Personal Branding: How to Build Your Reputation & Gain Visibility for Your Organization. Nance spoke on increasing company value, developing new relationships to increase revenue, and the new
Do-It-Together Club for Entrepreneurs.
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How to Greet Defeat and Come Back Richer
Publisher Nance Rosen’s weekly Syndicated Column on PersonalBrandingBlog.com: How to Greet Defeat and Come Back Richer
It is easier to make your way out of a war zone, when you’re proud of your uniform and the flag you salute. It really helps to know who you are, what you represent and see yourself as an agent of your brand no matter where you are or who’s yelling at you.
We know that bad happens. If you are going to succeed in your business or career, you are going to fail. You are going to try new concepts, sign on to employers, get yourself into partnerships, hire staff and kill yourself to please clients who will leave you and might seem bent on destroying you. To succeed, you need resilience in business more than you need any other single quality or skill.
You need to greet defeat as a sign that you’re on your way to success. Have a cookie, a good cry, enjoy a revenge fantasy and then get on with being your brand.
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Write Your Will and Start Your Life
Publisher Nance Rosen’s weekly Syndicated Column on PersonalBrandingBlog.com: Write Your Will and Start Your Life.
This is a time for you to have a clear outcome in mind for yourself, your career or business. Part of your brand is who you are, but a more present part of it is: who you are becoming?
In the most volatile times, the person with a clear vision and the plan to achieve it plus the guts to get up every morning and act on it will lead the pack. When you get in your car or take the train, do you take just any route to work or a client call? Serendipity might be a fun strategy on a Sunday if you pack snacks, carry water and wear comfortable shoes, but it’s not the way to make tracks toward a desired destination.
Great athletes start with the finish line in mind. Lance Armstrong doesn’t hop on his bike and wonder where he’ll end up. Michael Phelps doesn’t jump in the pool and paddle around. Why would you take to the open road of your career or business without a destination in mind and expect to wind up in the ideal place?
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