The world is now a different place…

With 1,000’s of redundancies around the world, and many of the Corporations we once thought impregnable now in grave danger of collapse we have to ask…

Is it time to RETHINK?

For those who have lost their jobs, or about to lose their jobs, could this be the single greatest opportunity you have been handed in their working lives?  For many years, corporations and the 9-5 have robbed us some of the most creative and talented people on the planet!

For many years, small business have struggled to attract talented professionals - this now may be about to change?

Never before has there been so much talent and creativity released onto the marketplace!

So, what is your Personal Brand…and where will it take you next?

This month is Sydney - myself and two other celebrated presenters may just help you answer this question…Richard Sauerman (author, speaker, brand guy and father) and Andrew Roberts (supercoach, youth advocate, and Mr Energy) will spend 90 minutes challenging an audience to RE:THINK their future.

We will cover topics such as;

• Breaking free from the shackles
• Being open to new opportunities possibilities
• Realising your full potential
• What is your brand story
• How to develop, package and market your brand
• Why visibility is more important than ability
• Thinking and acting like an entrepreneur
• Creativity and why you must have it
• How to monetise your talents, skills and experience

This is the time to RE:THINK - for each of us, it may be time to RE:THINK what we are dedicating our lives to, and if the world is getting the very best of us?

I look forward to talking more about this and helping those presented with an opportunity to RE:THINK their future!

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A great and powerful personal brand may not know all the answers…but they WILL know where to go to get all the answers!

Sarah Leah Gootnick has produced an absolute gem here with this ‘must have’ book for small business owners.

It is packed with advice, tools and tips for helping you create a successful small business.

So, stand out from the crowd, and be one step ahead of your competition by increasing the INTELLECTUAL attributes of your personal brand!

(click on the cover to download the handbook)

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This evening, I had the pleasure of presenting to 15 or so Associates of the Institute for Independent Business about using social media and personal branding to create more business and more buzz.  It was a 15 minute presentation - but to reinforce the benefits of some of the tools I spoke of, I have put my presentation up here (courtesy of an embed from slideshare) and uploaded the video…

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I hope the Associates found the presentation of interest…it was a whole heap of fun for me, and reminded me how easy it is to present on a subject that you are passionate about! (DEFINE, PLAN, PERFORM!)

Here is the video!