by dustin | Sep 11, 2014 | brand you, leadership, Personal Brand, Personal Development, Professional Development, Success
Perception is reality. More specifically, YOUR perception is YOUR reality. Understanding this is critical to how you view circumstances and your life in general. We do not interact directly with reality. We filter everything through our senses. We take the empirical...
by dustin | Jul 19, 2013 | brand you, Dustin's Box of Crazy, Personal Brand, Personal Development
What You See is What You Get. This is a common phrase used to describe software programs that allow you to edit something and simultaneously see how it will look in the end. What You See Is What You Get is often shortened to WYSIWYG (pronouced “Wizzy-Wig”)...
by dustin | Nov 13, 2012 | brainstorming, brand you, Creativity, Ideas, inspiration, leadership, Personal Brand, Personal Development, Professional Development, Purpose, Success
I have often described myself as a creative thinker. It’s not an exercise in self-aggrandizement, it just happened to be the quickest way I could sum up how I love brainstorming, white boards, quizzical questions and looking at things differently....
by dustin | Oct 30, 2012 | brand you, Creativity, human spirit, inspiration, Personal Brand, Personal Development
“Pfft. That’s not believable.” I have found myself saying this during a movie or play that just didn’t ring true. And if we’re honest with ourselves, at the beginning of ANY performance we could cross our arms and furrow our brows in...
by dustin | Mar 23, 2012 | brand you, human spirit, inspiration, Personal Brand, Seth Godin
Don’t worry, I’m not going to break into a song by Adele. This morning, as I read Seth Godin’s post on extending the narrative, I latched onto one of his comments. The socialite walks into the ski shop and buys a $3000 ski jacket she’ll wear...
by dustin | Sep 30, 2011 | brand you, Branding, Customer Experience, Personal Brand, Professional Development
My wife and I visited a church while visiting some relatives. Their pastor began his message with an anecdote. It was a personal story that involved the pastor and his wife during their dating years. It was funny and seemed to get people’s attention. He then...
