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I have shifted to ‘Planet Utopia’ and to Earthlings, I am an Alien now When I used to stay on ‘Planet Earth’, I felt a strong need for Personal Branding. So I have shifted to, ‘Planet Utopia’ recently. Here I do not feel the need for personal branding because people are divine and completely evolved. You can also say that they have reached complete enlightenment as they understand your value proposition and what you stand for without you telling them.  Let me give you few examples:- No Personal Growth Required - The decisions of Utopians are not impacted by their emotions or bias. (This is unlike human beings who cannot be completely unbiased). In fact, personal growth is a dead industry here, as everyone is already completely enlightened and divine. Complete Authenticity - People have no fears. The law and order is 100 % perfect and you can afford to be completely authentic because everyone is, so understanding ( Poor You! I know, being completely authenti

Two Perspectives on Personal Transformation 1 Two perspectives’ is a monthly column with two different perspectives from two different continents, genders and cultures on the same topic viz. Dr Janet Smith Warfield, Florida, USA & Dr Amit Nagpal, India Dr Janet Smith Warfield's Perspective What is personal transformation, and why would we want to experience it? Personal transformation is like looking at an optical illusion. The lines, shapes, and colors on the paper don’t change. What changes is how our minds shape what is on the paper, the words we use to describe what we see, how we feel about what we see, and the actions we take as a result. The real world is the same way. Nothing out there changes. 2 What changes is the way our minds shape what is out there. Personal transformation is suddenly seeing the world through new eyes. Do we want to see a man’s face or do we want to see the word “Liar?” Which makes us feel better? Which makes

Personal Branding is like Cricket Let us understand personal branding through the eyes of cricket and its terminology. You are the batsman (for your Personal Brand) and the audience which cheers you is like Twitter followers and Facebook Fans ( Tweet This ). (Batting without an audience is as worthless as Twitter profile without followers). Competitors (whether colleagues or competitive businesses) are the opposition team trying to clean bold you all the time, sometimes with a spin (office politics) and sometimes with malpractices (like bodyline). Fielders are like the jealous colleagues waiting for a slip from your side and the runner is like your reputation or shadow. You can hit boundaries and sixers (when your content is retweeted on Twitter or shared on Facebook) but sometimes you have to be satisfied with singles (only the likes). But each run you make is adding to you and your team’s (organisation) score or your personal brand. You are in limelight and you ne

Japan and India-Personal Branding from Two Angles Peter Sterlacci-View from Japan 7 Tips to Capture Your Personal Brand on Video We all know the saying that a picture says a thousand words. Video takes those words one step further and makes them real and memorable. In the world of Web 2.0 people want information in bite-sized chunks. Video is a perfect medium for establishing your visual identity on the web and delivering your personal brand in a clear and concise way.  Only a couple years ago using video was going beyond what was expected in personal branding. Today it has become the norm. Consider this fact. In July 2011, ComScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, reported that 180 million Internet users in the US alone watched online video content. This averages almost 19 hours per viewer in a single month! For 2012, personal branding guru William Arruda says that video continues to be a major trend in branding through DIY (do it yourself) and professiona

Should the profile become shorter as one becomes more successful? As a person becomes more prominent and well known in their industry or sector, less is more. In fact, the more prominent one becomes the lower the need for a resume or profile. It's like saying: "And here is someone who needs no introduction ..., President Obama".   I have a had a few clients who broke the ground in their industries and whose achievements and contributions were so well known, that anything more than a summary of their career seemed superfluous. However, on further thought, what would interest readers was how they overcame the challenges along the way to achieving prominence. For example, if someone is well known for having turned around the performance of an ailing business how the heck did they convince smart investors to put their money into the business.   Or if someone was known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights and for his role in a landmark dec

Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam * Interview Series (Global Leaders who have Enlarged, Excelled and Evolved into Global Personal Brands) Dr Ram Dhurjaty is a man of 4 Ps viz Passion, Patents, Pilot(ing) and Physics. He has 14 patents issued in his name and is working for more. He holds an MS from Yale University and a PhD from IIT Bombay. He is currently President,   Dhurjaty   Electronics Consulting, LLC, (Medical Device System Architecture, Analog and Power Electronics ). He is an innovator-thought leader and a Global Personal Brand.  For more visit http://www.dhurjaty.net/ Please explain your concept of 3Cs of leadership. 3 Cs stand for Credibility, Competence and Compassion. Credibility has to do with integrity. Say what you do and do what you say. If your life is an open book, you should not be ashamed of it. Once credibility is established a leader needs to be competent. I will explain. A leader should understand his domain and, more importantly understand his or

Source: petersterlacci.com via Dr on Pinterest When I told this title to my mother (who gets the credit for inspiring me to take the inner journey), she got zapped and told me, “Amit, I think you have meditated a bit too much and you are seeing relationships and connections, where none exist. Are you not getting a bit hyper-creative and mixing oil and water? Personal Branding is about external presentation and spirituality is about inner transformation.” To read more on Peter Sterlacci's Blog:- Becoming Spiritual is the First Step to Becoming a Great Personal Brand Also check out 29 other Thought Leaders in Personal Branding from across the world in the Blogathon. Peter Sterlacci's Blog

And How Personal Branding will Evolve in Future? Social Media is going to play a major role in globalization and evolution of our society. Many of these social trends are already visible and some of these trends will either emerge or become more prominent in future. These trends will cause macro shifts in the way we live and handle human relationships. So you must be having suspense by now that what are these trends and how are they going to impact personal branding in particular. So let us discuss these trends one by one. Social Trend 1-Creativity becomes more critical If your content goes viral on internet, you can transform overnight from a local company to a multinational by spending $50. Blentec based in Utah, USA has demonstrated this many years back as their Youtube videos with spontaneity and a unique theme caught the attention of the netizens across the world. A local personal brand can become a global personal brand, if your content goes viral. Impact on perso