The No Experience Personal Brand

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The No Experience Personal Brand

Personal Brand.  

Much like "hustle," the word brand takes a whole lot of undeserved abuse.

"I'm building my brand."  

"I decided purple doesn't fit in with my personal brand."  

"I had to weigh the negative impact to my brand."

We've all heard it.  And we've all rolled our eyes and thought to ourselves, "your brand?  Aren't you a checkout girl at the grocery store?" (No shade to the hardworking checkout girls of the world, all the shade to the big talkers who would rather sound like they work than actually, you know, work).

As someone who actually does build brands, it annoys me too.  So roll your eyes one good time and get it out.  Now, truth time.

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Hustle Harder AND Smarter

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Hustle Harder AND Smarter

Work smarter not harder.  

One of those things people say all the time but never explain what it means.  And, another career term I generally don't like.  Mainly because it tends to discount the value in persistent effort.  Persistent effort is generally what it takes to truly learn something for yourself and get better at what you do.

In my world, I prefer to hustle smart and hard.  

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