You don’t actually build a brand.
What you really do is to build up trust.
And it’s not about you.
What building your personal brand is really all about…
Building your personal brand isn’t about you.
As a matter of fact it’s about everybody else, except you…
Seth Godin stands for consistency.
James Altucher stands for brutal honesty.
Gary Vaynerchuk stands for authenticity and practicality.
Is to build your reputation on not caring about your reputation…
Originally published on my daily newsletter
Brands are built by doing. By experimenting. By figuring out what works and what doesn’t.
→ Yann Girard
At least not the type of entrepreneur that’s all over the news.
An entrepreneur is a slave to investors. I want to be free.
Sometimes it’s about showing your vulnerabilities instead of your strengths.
Sometimes it’s about about doing your own thing. About finding your thing. And doing what nobody else is doing.
by Yann Girard
Yesterday I was at a cheap restaurant in a tropical country. When I sat down and realized that their fan wasn’t working I walked away.
When you decide to be the cheapest in town, when you’re only competing on price…
It doesn’t matter whether people comment on your blog posts or not.
If they like it or not. If they interact with your content. Or with you.