13 May 2009 22 Comments

Your personal brand does not need bunch of talents

Author: yinkaolaito

Yinka Olaito is happy,excited and passionate Brand Communication, Social Media expert, Trainer and speaker. Yinka Olaito helps brands(Profits and Non-profits)with effective communication and positioning for premium service delivery and returns.Yinka Olaito also has special interest in Development Communication and has consulted for noted UN Agencies. Yinka Olaito is the CCO of Michael Sage consulting and African Child Right Inc.Lagos Nigeria


brand-imagesbrand-talentI am often asked in several meetings what is the place of talents in personal branding. My usual response is that talents are great but they do not determine success in anything. Personal branding inclusive. We all have talents in one thing or the other. No one is completely devoid of one. Mother Nature is not that dumb to create a full blooded mammal-in this case human being without a single talent. As much as this is correct, many do not place value on their own talents. They communize them when they compare themselves to others who “seem” to be highly talented and that become a measuring standard while they are not successful. The interesting thing may be that the other guy work more on his positive to gain visibility.

Having said this, I am beginning to be convinced that talents or no talent, if individual placed premium value on who he/she is and work hard on that he/she, he will make a success of his/her personal branding.

The best way to handle personal weakness, which everyone has is to realize even highly talented person do have a shortcoming in a certain area. All an individual needs is at least one refined talent to be successful.

To be successful in personal branding, all you need is a gut, a dedication to help, a willingness to contribute to the upliftment of many through which you gain followership and be recognized as a thought leader.

I also believe individual should forsake the valley of unnecessary parallelism and continually lighten his own corner making sure his influence and habits are not injurious to others but lifting, promoting community interest.

Your personal brand also needs to give dedication to your dedication, networked, share. The day of knowledge is power is gone for good. We are now in the days of sharing is power.

Does anyone out here have something to contribute, please do not deny us that privilege. Sharing is power remember!

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