Comments on: Personal Brands, Identity and Perception Management

By: Byron Woodson

Byron Woodson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:34:42 +0000

i like this post. some of it reminds me of something i wrote:

“We are more than the sum of the sensory information flowing into our bodies. We are that which experiences those integrated sensations, i.e. we are the bucket [that this information is poured into]. However, we are more than that too. Into this mélange of moment-to-moment sensory information, our brains project a unitary sense of presence that defines each of us as an entity or object, i.e. we are the bucket that knows it is a bucket. This unitary sense of presence in the world of sensations we call Being.”

and

“Being is an active projection of our presence into our experience of the world. As we must exist in the world to experience it, [our] Being also actively projects our presence into reality itself.”

however, where you talk about growing into our brand, i think more of peeling away what isn’t our brand

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By: Dagny

Dagny — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:56:25 +0000

Culture of self discovery to one of self-invention?

Like a complete MAKE-OVER more like. This was an illuminating piece. The crux of the whole thing is that we take ourselves too seriously all the time. Forget the name of that movie with Jim Carrey.. His live is being projected on the telly as a sit-com. Of course the point of the movie was something else entirely, but I stored it away as a hilarious comment on how seriously we take ourselves. As if the whole world were watching the incredible drama that’s or life on telly.

By: Venkat

Venkat — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:41:36 +0000

The onion piece is hilarious. The Chuck Lorre thing is pretty neat too, 2.5 men is my new favorite rerun sitcom.

Killing trees certainly on the wish-list, but am starting to become enamored of publish-on-demand solutions like Lulu — what better for a personal brand than a 1-person publishing company? While I’d like traditional print success, that market is a sucker’s game, as I learned from doing Sulekha Select while at Sulekha. The publishers make money because they manage risk like mutual funds across multiple books. The J.K. Rowlings make insane amounts, but most writers join artists and actors in the waitstaff profession.

Custom, POD book approaches seem more attractive to long-tail people like me. Working for Xerox might have something to do with it. That said, I wouldn’t refuse a call from Random House or Basic Books or OUP…

By: tubelite

tubelite — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:08:35 +0000

Great post. The last line will be an excellent soundbite for your blook. Don’t tell me you haven’t thought about it – every serious blogger dreams about killing trees

I can resonate with most of the points up to stage 8-9ish. Beyond that… well, I guess I’ll know it when I see it.

Have you read Dharma and Greg creator Chuck Lorre’s vanity cards? One of the most innovative ways to “blog” – put up a card for a fraction of a second after the credits of the popular TV show you write. Very good stuff, too.

And now for a word from The Onion:
Why Can’t Anyone Tell I’m Wearing This Business Suit Ironically?