This post was prompted by a post over at Keith Ferrazzi's blog and is a copy of my comments on golf for business. Also when you get a moment drop on over to the new blog of Tim O'Connor – a former client who does just great PR work specifically for the golf industry. I love to play golf, but with running my own business and a young family I… Read More »Fore!
For me the video below is a well thought out and put together dig at what I have been seeing an explosion of this year and what is concerning me most about personal branding. Lack of depth and authenticity. It is what is causing so many online commentators to rant about it's shallowness, lack of substance, affront to the word branding, an attack on the profession of marketing etc etc. I am… Read More »YOU Can’t Handle The Truth About Personal Branding
My approach in life has always been to give, help, inform or support without the expectation of reward – beyond the fact that the person or cause I am helping is hopefully a little wiser or just feels a little better about themselves and their position – it's a core part of my brand. In online forums and other social media I have been signing off 'Just My Toonies Worth" for… Read More »Welcome to Just My Toonies Worth – 30 seconds or less of personal branding tips, resources and ideas
Is today your first day back after the holidays? Perhaps you were not looking forward to it – but then some people had a worse time at work in 2008; DOUGLAS MCARTHUR From Friday's Globe and Mail January 2, 2009 at 8:55 AM EST Layoffs and hiring freezes may be the order of the day as economic woes clobber the workplace. But why waste your time worrying about it?… Read More »Is going back to work so bad?
I have just been tagged by a fellow career professional Chandlee Bryan over at The Emerging Professional to share on my blog 7 Facts About Me and then tag 7 fellow bloggers to do the same. 1. Going to an all boys high school meant that when someone had to play the lead lady in a school play there were very few hands going up – press ganged in to the… Read More »Seven Facts About Me (that maybe viewed as weird or at least unusual)
Pretty scary eh? My daughter Bryn looks a lot better as the sassy devil! We are holding a copy of "Does This Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat?" – by Sandra DeFrietas, The Tech Coach for Coaches a fellow coach and masterminder, who was looking for photos of her book from around the world – the afterworld is pretty different!
Several people have been asking to see Halloween photos – I tried to go one better – my son shot the daytime Flip video and me the one at night – work to be done on the camera shake but you get the idea. Daytime Nightime