Dear Readers, you’ve quit your job. Great! Now, what’s next? How do you leverage your assets amid the prolonged coronavirus-induced chaos to get what you want? In short, do you know how to become a brand? Keep reading to find out the false assumptions holding you back, so you can finally have the career of your dreams.
Welcome back to the JMS blog!
Dear Readers, thank you very much for your continued support! JMS is a small consulting firm that helps individuals and organizations explore new avenues to face crises of all sorts with efficiency. Consequently, the JMS team is all too familiar with the level of stress and uncertainty you have felt in the past year. We are all wrestling with the draining and dreaded pandemic fatigue! Your concerns around the Delta variant and seemingly contradictory changes from the CDC are valid. (TAG CDC website). And this blog is here to inspire you every step of the way as you fight to move forward and find joy in the littlest moments. OK, enough fluffing around. Let’s get into this right now!
False assumption #1: I cannot become a brand while holding a full-time job.
Dear Readers, this is the number one assumption we hear from JMS clients who lack confidence in their skills and therefore misunderstand the value of their experiences. Consequently, this blog wants to make it crystal clear just how flawed this assumption truly is!
Dear Readers, being a brand has nothing to do with the job you hold today. Point. Blank. Period! You probably asking yourself, how in the world can you ever become a brand then if your job does not matter?!! Being a brand has everything to do with the qualities you display as you fulfill your duties at work and in all the social places you navigate virtually. Yes, it’s that simple!
Remember, Dear Readers, that you can always learn skills. But what makes your brand stand out from, say another co-worker, is your approach to problem-solving. Think about it, who likes to work with a negative Nancy who complains daily about how hard life is? Isn’t life challenging for everyone? The tragedies you’ve overcome have shaped the content of your character a whole lot more than any success. Don’t you ever forget it, Dear Readers?
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False assumption #2: I should never question anything.
Well, Dear Readers, how else are you supposed to grow? In a fast-moving, technologically centered world, you must keep learning. We learn by searching for the answers to the many questions that swarm our minds incessantly!
Therefore, if you are serious about becoming a brand, you must get in the habit of question the status quo continuously. Take nothing for absolute truth, Dear Readers! Instead, embrace the fact that to evolve, you must keep learning. In the end, the more you flex your critical thinking muscle, the more robust your brand becomes.
Indeed, Dear Readers, the more you question, the more you learn, the more productive you become as you continuously find new ways to accomplish your duties better. With a widening frame of reference, you are capable of anything. Do you know a better way to attract and form the kind of partnerships that you are secretly dreaming of but won’t voice out loud, Dear Readers? Leave us a comment below or email us at jms@branding24seven.com if you agree!
False assumption #3: My talent should be my brand and, therefore, is enough to land any deal.
False. False. So very false! OMG, if the is one assumption the JMS team fights every day, it’s this very one! Each industry is a small pond where everyone knows of everyone else. Thus, Dear Readers, you will never be able to become a brand if you operate as if your talent is enough to land any deal.
Do you know how many talented people are going hungry right about now, Dear Readers? So very many! Consequently, this blog suggests expanding your horizons and doing some substantial connecting. Not that useless networking simply for the sake of networking, by the way! Lip service never leads you very far! Instead, consider partaking in the meaningful exchanges of ideas whenever you have a chance in social and virtual settings. In time, you’ll see that what may appear to be a critique is, in fact, an invitation for you to find a solution.
In short, criticism is an invitation to grow. Furthermore, growth is what allows you to evolve and transform your expertise into a full-fledged brand. Why, may you ask? Since you grow precisely when you leave your comfort zone, Dear Readers, put your doubts on hold and confront obstacles head-on relentlessly. How else can you become a brand? Get in touch and let us know!
Here is more help in case you are stuck in a rut at work!
Final thoughts.
There you have it! The JMS team thanks you, Dear Readers, for taking the time to read today’s publication. The branding24seven community is here to inspire and encourage as you, Dear Readers, are embarking on the exhilarating journey to design the life of your dreams. This blog wants you to have the confidence to chase your goals with reckless abandon!
The JMS team thanks you for your support as you continue to submit requests by email or via the contact form. Don’t stop, Dear Readers! As a small consulting firm, the JMS team feels lucky to have the ability to support clients across industries through any given crisis that rocks their daily operations. We love creating articles that make you think, question everything you thought you knew, and change your life! Come back every week for actionable tips to level up your time management skills and optimize your financial or professional goals. Please share this publication on social media with friends or colleagues who might need an extra pep talk!
Dear Readers, we want to hear from you!
What are some of the assumptions that are holding you back and destroying your brand? Did this blog convince you that you are a brand even while working full-time? How else can you make your brand more competitive and prosperous? Did you like our solutions, or do you think that we missed the mark? What else can this blog cover that will help you optimize your professional goals in 2021 and avoid being swept away by the Great Resignation?
Also, please keep in mind that brand management, like anything else, is a skill set that you can learn at any moment. Today’s publication is the most asked question of our 2021 mid-year brand management mastermind series the JMS team completed this week. Hopefully, Dear Readers, you are inspired to go after the life of your dreams. Why spend your career building another one’s brand when you can build your very own?!! See you next week for even more life-changing publications!
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