26 March 2010 19 Comments

Personal Brand: how to supercharge it

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's powersuper brand 1As we approach the weekend, many will say thank God is Friday while few will embrace the opportunity to work harder on their own brand. The truth is that your personal branding is what lives with you for the rest of your life after you have worked on your 24/7 paid job. Also given what Zig ziglar says The most influential person who will talk to you all day is you, so you should be very careful about what you say to you”. There is a need for individual to supercharge his/her personal brand irrespective of what the economy or situations around them are saying. At the end you will take responsibility for either personal success or failure. To continuously care so much about what other people are saying about you is to give external people charge  over your life.

I am of the opinion that if a man constantly considers what other people says to determine his action, he will fail without warnings. To supercharge your personal brand, you may need to ask why am I doing what I am doing now? Is it to join the bandwagon or to fulfill a planned objective? That others are doing great is not a reason to kill your own small achievement. Inch by inch progress is made. Ensure you continuously drive towards your own goal.

 Plan to live your life with right principles that will aid your life’s goal achievement. Stop the blame game. It has not taken any one to a better height. It limits the power of human energy and life forces. Looking at the Jones to draw your life’s chart will fail you. To supercharge your brand, you may need a good dose of optimism despite the present challenges you face. Stop accepting what is for what could be. Keep driving while the storm rages, you are only permitted to look back only when you have weathered the storm. That is to look at those who allow the storm to kill their spirits. You will be glad you did not stop in the midst of the storm.

 Keep refreshing your  mind. Keep your information consumption high. Many will not. They have forgotten that when they finished school in 1980. Perhaps if you have been a laggard here, it is never late. Start now, there is still miles to cross with accompany glory. If you do not make an attempt you will miss the rest crowns.

Let me conclude this piece with what an online writer says Dare to be individual, Dare to develop your own style – instead of following fashion, Dare to study and work to improve yourself in your profession, Dare to have a positive mental attitude and the courage to try. In other words: Dare to take a chance’. This is my thought today.

19 Responses to “Personal Brand: how to supercharge it”

  1. Cami Bievenue 2 April 2010 at 4:33 am #

    Awesome stuff. Nice to read some well written articles. A long way between them.

  2. Amy 23 April 2010 at 4:17 am #

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  3. Rick 24 April 2010 at 11:44 pm #

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  5. George 25 April 2010 at 8:22 pm #

    Awesome stuff. Nice to read some well written articles. A long way between them.

  6. Sam 26 April 2010 at 2:43 am #

    Awesome stuff. Nice to read some well written articles. A long way between them.

  7. Dave 26 April 2010 at 10:41 pm #

    Awesome stuff. Nice to read some well written articles. A long way between them.

  8. Charles 27 April 2010 at 2:25 am #

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  9. Daniel 27 April 2010 at 11:50 am #

    Awesome stuff. Nice to read some well written articles. A long way between them.

  10. Rob 27 April 2010 at 8:19 pm #

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  11. Simon 28 April 2010 at 2:31 am #

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  12. Simon 28 April 2010 at 6:44 am #

    Awesome stuff. Nice to read some well written articles. A long way between them.

  13. Tony 28 April 2010 at 8:06 am #

    Awesome stuff. Nice to read some well written articles. A long way between them.

  14. Alayna Shetrone 2 May 2010 at 12:53 am #

    Hello! Just wanted to respond. I honestly was impressed by this article. Keep up the awesome work.

  15. Waylon Mccaffity 2 July 2010 at 10:38 pm #

    there are some great points in this article now to do more research

  16. Disney Coloring 2 August 2010 at 8:56 am #

    Wow this takes me back. Like your blog design too.

  17. Elroy Burdge 5 May 2011 at 9:52 pm #

    Thanks for posting. Good to see that not everyone is using RSS feeds to build their blogs ;)


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