Yes, I am indeed a human.
I am not a brand. My face belongs to me, not to any brand.
We live in a culture that is all about money yet I am not all about money. My face isn’t about money either.
There isn’t anything authentic about a person who is a brand and who hides behind a brand.
Sometimes I attend social events to interact with others. It isn’t about prospecting and it isn’t about money. Relationships are not about ROI.
Being a brand must be exhausting.
Being myself comes naturally.
Looking back over my checkered career I realize that I have spent way too much of my life working. Far too much time thinking about work. An enormous amount of time that I can never get back trying to be the kind of person that people might want to work with.
I am not a brand. I don’t want to be a brand and I don’t want a personal brand. I don’t have to be a brand and you can’t make me. I am better than a brand. I am a person.