How to Promote Yourself

YOURSELF
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Monday, October 14, 13

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The Way You Perceive Yourself
Is How Others Will Perceive You.


What is Self Promotion?


Effective Self Promotion
Is Knowing Yourself.


Why Do We Need
To Advertise Ourselves?


What Are We Afraid Of?


More Responsibilities


Social Rejection


Vulnerability


Inadequacy


Criticism


TALENT ISN’T EVERYTHING

IN YOUR CASE, IT’S NOTHING.



Maybe We Procrastinate...


Understand
Short Term Goals
Vs.
Long Term Goals

We Need To Invest
In Ourselves.


We Need To Become
Our Own Priority.


“Your time is limited. Don’t waste
it living someone else’s life.”
– Steve Jobs


one.

Who Are You?

two.

You Are The Brand

three.

How to Promote Yourself


one.

Who Are You?
(I really wanna know)


How Do You Find Your Voice?


Be Authentic.


To Be Authentic, Get Clear.


Keep A Personal Journal
NOT Facebook Or Twitter


What Are Your Hobbies?


What Are Your Goals?


What Do You Stand For?


How Would You
Describe Yourself?


http://ideonomy.mit.edu/essays/traits.html
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Active
Adaptable
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Adventurous
Agreeable
Alert
Allocentric
Amiable
Anticipative
Appreciative
Articulate
Aspiring
Athletic
Attractive
Balanced
Benevolent
Brilliant
Calm
Capable
Captivating
Caring
Challenging
Charismatic
Charming
Cheerful
Clean
Clear-headed
Clever
Colorful
Companionably
Compassionate
Conciliatory
Confident
Conscientious
Considerate
Constant
Contemplative
Cooperative
Courageous
Courteous
Creative

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Curious
Daring
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Decisive
Dedicated
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Dignified
Directed
Disciplined
Discreet
Dramatic
Dutiful
Dynamic
Earnest
Ebullient
Educated
Efficient
Elegant
Eloquent
Empathetic
Energetic
Enthusiastic
Esthetic
Exciting
Extraordinary
Fair
Faithful
Farsighted
Felicific
Firm
Flexible
Focused
Forceful
Forgiving
Forthright
Freethinking
Friendly
Fun-loving
Gallant
Generous

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Genuine
Good-natured
Gracious
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Heroic
High-minded
Honest
Honorable
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Humorous
Idealistic
Imaginative
Impressive
Incisive
Incorruptible
Independent
Individualistic
Innovative
Inoffensive
Insightful
Insouciant
Intelligent
Intuitive
Invulnerable
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Knowledge
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Leisurely
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Logical
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Loyal
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Masculine
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Optimistic
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Original
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Passionate
Patient
Patriotic
Peaceful
Perceptive
Perfectionist
Personable
Persuasive
Planful
Playful
Polished
Popular
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Precise
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Profound
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Protective
Providential
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Respectful
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Responsive
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Romantic
Rustic
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Sane
Scholarly
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Secure
Selfless
Self-critical
Self-defacing
Self-denying
Self-reliant
Self-sufficient
Sensitive
Sentimental
Seraphic
Serious
Sexy
Sharing
Shrewd
Simple
Skillful
Sober
Sociable
Solid
Sophisticated
Spontaneous
Sporting
Stable
Steadfast
Steady
Stoic
Strong
Studious
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Subtle
Sweet

210. Sympathetic
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Neutral Traits (292 =
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1. Absentminded
2. Aggressive
3. Ambitious
4. Amusing
5. Artful
6. Ascetic
7. Authoritarian
8. Big-thinking
9. Boyish
10. Breezy
11. Businesslike
12. Busy
13. Casual
14. Crebral
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two.

You are the Brand


Do Something Different
To Stand Out.


Michael O’Donnell
@photo


Calvin Lee

@mayhemstudios


Make Them Feel Special.


Stefan Aronsen
@sfintercom


Share What You Believe In.


Create More Than A Film
With Merchandise.


Be Recognizable.


three.

How to
Represent Yourself.


Update Your LinkedIn.


Get A Domain And Park It.
www.duh.com

Always Have Business Cards.


Networking


Network At Events You Like.
(You might enjoy it more).


Why Is Networking Important?


Body Language


Your Body Language
Shapes Who You Are.
AMY CUDDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc


Mirror

The Energy Of Those Around You.

W
T
L
P

R


Confidence = Self Promotion.


The Temperature Is Already Set...
Adjust To It Or Leave.


Be Curious.


Eye Contact is Important.


The Business Gaze

The Social Gaze

The Sexy Gaze

The Death Gaze

Hide Behind A Camera.


Give a Compliment.


Have Integrity.


“Integrity is doing the right thing,
even when no one is watching.”
CS Lewis

Self Promotion is Perception.


How Do You Perceive Yourself?


Know Your True Value.


Become The Person
You Admire Most.


Thank you.

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