Branding Yourself.

Branding Yourself.

On Friday, 24 August 2012, I taught a class on “Personal Branding.”

At one point, I shared with them, “Every person is already branded whether he likes it or not.

Most personal brands are accidentally created – rather than purposefully crafted.

Branding is essentially the journey of capturing the hearts and minds of your targeted audience and the people around you with the right messages and experiences, meeting both their known and unknown needs, and creating and developing exceptional memories to win their trust, affection, commitment, respect and loyalty.

As part of an exercise, I asked my colleagues, “What is the one word or phrase that you would like your customers to associate you with?”

I paused and allowed them time to respond to the question in their mind.

I then asked them, “Is that happening right now?

“What do you think is the word or phrase that your customers would in reality use to describe you?”

To demonstrate the point, I asked them, “What word or phrase would you associate Patrick Liew with?”

The response ranged from the hilarious to the unbelievable.

One participant said, “Drama.” This brought a round of laughter.

I like to believe she said that because there is not many a dull moment in class.

I dramatise my presentation to make it fun and interesting.

Many of the students echoed, “Jin Jia Ho! (Very Good!)” There were smiles all around.

My oft-repeated “Jin Jia Ho!” philosophy posits; in a nutshell, that:

Everything in life happened for good, even in the worst crisis or tragedy.

You must look for the good in every challenge and leverage on them to your advantage.

The word that many of the participants agreed upon is “Love.”

That melted my heart.

I believe that love is the most powerful force at work and in life.

Sadly, many people fail to ignite love in their being and apply it to achieve sustainable success.

Since 2003, I have endeavoured to adopt love as one of the cornerstones of our organisation.

I know it may take a long time before love can saturate our being and permeate throughout our organisation.

However, I believe that as we build brick after brick of love, and mortar after mortar of love, someday we will be able to set our company on fire for love.

We will pass on the flame of love for the good of the world around us.

Call me an idealist or unrealistic if you will, I am absolutely convinced that the world can only be changed by love.

We need to not only have more love for one another, we also need the transformational touch of Divine Love.

As I reflect on the discussion in the class, I asked myself, What is the word that I like to be known for?

The word that stood out in my mind is – Inspiration.

I want to inspire others through my lips and life to achieve greatness.

I want to be the best number 2 so that the people around me can be number 1.

I don’t seek a win-win but a single-win relationship with others.

I’m happy if they are the only party to win.

That’s good enough for me.

What is your chosen word or phrase?

Go4It!

I hope this message will find a place in your heart.

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