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A personal brand is failing in public

Line illustration: a figure walking a tightrope between two buildings with no net, a small flag at their feet.

A personal brand is not a content system. It's your personal story. It's you being courageous in public and saying it as you feel.

When I chat with founders and they ask about personal branding, and whether it's essential, you realize the problem isn't a content calendar. The problem is failing in public.

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The difference between your successful self and who you are now is failing in public. And it doesn't matter. This isn't StoryBrand theater. I'm not trying to portray a story.

What's interesting is the day-to-day of how you go about building your project.

What I'm doing about it

I'm working on building a story branding product. And I'm trying to hear myself by being really honest about the details of what goes into it. See what happens.

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Say it as you feel. See what happens.

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