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Your Identity Is Your Most Important Asset

As time goes by and competing products and services become more and more similar, we begin to have only the brand identity and personality to assess for making final decisions.
The identity ends up being one of the most compelling, differentiating, and emotionally charging factors.
"Which option aligns with me best?"
It's no different when you think of yourself as a brand, that an employer invests in for productivity in their company. You are literally a brand. With features and benefits and personality.
And as more and more people have the options of more schooling, networking, blogging and so on, all candidates start to become similar.
But it will be your identity that can separate you from the pack. No one can be you.
I stopped turning identity on and off (me outside of work vs me at work) many years ago. And it has helped me considerably.
I'm me wherever I am; and that is something no one can compete with.
I strongly recommend  focusing on your identity and using it to your advantage. It could just be your compelling, differentiating, and emotionally charging factor in a sea of sameness.

Posted at 07:58 AM | | Comments (0)

Who Are You?

Answering this question is actually quite simple. Ready?
You are the calendar that you keep.
One of the best possible ways to define anything is to look at what it has been in the past.
What have you been (been doing with your time) up until this point?
That is your definition.
The good news is, there's still time.
What would you like to have on your calendar moving forward?
It's not too late to redefine yourself.

Posted at 08:33 AM | | Comments (1)

You Are Only As Focused As Your Allocation Of Time

If you want to know how focused on your goals you are, simply look at what you are spending your time on.
Look at your calendar from last week.
Look at who you are spending time with.
Look at what you do with your "free time".
For every minute you spend on something not aligned with your goals, you are not focused.
And that may be fine, depending on what your goals are. That's up to you.

Posted at 08:26 AM | | Comments (0)