Category Archives: personal branding

Sharing is caring – Harvey Mackay on career success

(NOTA:  Este post no es para promover o vender.  Buscando contribuir al maximo a tu desarollo profesional, decidi compartir la entrevista que muy gentilmente me concedio Harvey Mackay – un autor que cinco veces a formado parte de la lista best seller del New York Times.  Gracias a Dan Schawbel, el editor de Personal Branding - una revista en [...]

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Rompiendo la barrera de la jartera.

Sospecho que no estoy sola al sentir jartera antes de hacer ciertas actividades en mi trabajo.  Al tener cero ganas de hacer esas tareitas mundanas, que son, en su mayoría repetitivas – se que mas de uno de ustedes me acompaña. 
Si le has prestado atención a la causa de ese sentimiento de jartera – a [...]

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El piso se me movió – gracias a un guru de la innovación.

Si funciona – cámbialo. 
Así decía la diapositiva que nos dio la bienvenida al lanzamiento del libro mas reciente de Franc Ponti – Los 7 Movimientos de la Innovación.
Admito que la idea de cambiar algo que ya funciona me movió el piso.  Y puso mi mente a correr.
Después de masticar por un rato la propuesta de [...]

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To (personal)brand or not to (personal)brand?

That should no longer be a question.

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El Niño Dios eres tu…

Sigo molesta por una situación que continua pasando en mi vida laboral. 
Desde hace un mes empezaron a llegarme cartas de nuestros socios comerciales, solicitando regalos para sus fiestas Navideñas.  Algunos piden licuadoras, otros tostadoras – y el mas atrevido me pidió una cámara digital (…si supiera que la mía la compre de segunda mano…) para [...]

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Who has time to stand still?

18 to 30 year olds, take note – and then action.
Brazen Careerist (BC) has evolved to position itself as the #1 site for career management among Generation Y…you know who you are.
Watch this to get a better idea of what the new and evolved BC is about.

 
As one of the founders, Ryan Paugh, shared with [...]

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What’s a picture of Evander Holyfield doing on my blog?

Right now, do me a favor.  If you’re left-handed, pick up a pen with your right hand and write your name.  If you’re right-handed, use your left hand to write your name. (For the few ambidextrous, well, what can I say – you’re one of the lucky few – I’m afraid I won’t be able to [...]

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A New Kind of Hero for a New Kind of World, Hero #12

(This post is part of a pact I made. Click here for the full story.) 
Meet Rebecca.   Google her name and you will quickly learn that she’s a fellow strategic job hopper.  (long live!)
Her career started with a job in environmental consulting after she graduated from college with a BA in Interior Design and Environmental Studies. Then she [...]

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Cut the (umbilical) cord

 (Or the birth of  brand YOU)
A few months ago Dan Schawbel (personal branding guru and author of Me 2.0) asked me if I wanted to contribute to his e-mag: Personal Branding.  He offered me the option to either edit or write a column.  I chose to write – and accepted to write The Brand Assessment column.  [...]

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Find career enlightenment through personal branding

Take it from a self-proclaimed strategic job-hopper; career enlightenment is about achieving your goals in a sustainable way. That said, personal branding is at the core of an enlightened career.
Rest assured that today’s tough economic climate calls for an even greater focus on personal branding.  During a time when businesses are looking for ways to [...]

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