Someone bit me one time. Right in the face. It was a real “what the fuck” kind of moment. When a stranger bites you, you know you need to make some life changes.
In the movies when people bite you, you end up with vampire super powers. In real life, you end up with an antibiotic prescription and the threat of hepatitis.
Don’t worry I’m clear.
This blog is to establish my personal brand. So far the brand is something like this.
Ryan Ferguson. Dangerous. Reckless. Bad boy.
Let me work on that.
I worked for two years in accounting.
Okay, back to brand neutral.
What exactly is my personal brand?
I think that my personal brand is something that exists inside your mind. It is your judgement of me. For me to work on my brand is to work on influencing what you think of me.
Thinking about what other people are thinking about is exhausting.
Since my personal brand exists in your mind, I should be asking you, what is my personal brand? Who do you think I am? What does my WordPress theme tell you about me? Does the font speak to my character? Am I someone that you would like to get to know?
I would like to be completely responsible for my emotions, and not worry so much about what other people think about me. But let me tell you something. I wish that I didn’t care about what you thought, but I do. It will bother me if you don’t like my blog, and it will make me feel happy to find out that you do. My emotions are sitting right there in your hands. Not very stoic of me, but that’s the truth.
Not long ago someone left a not so flattering review of my podcast on iTunes.
“…Personally as a guy, I have a bit of a pro-guy leaning, so it’s no small thing when I feel Amanda is great and Ryan is annoying. Please man, don’t whine the whole podcast because it doesn’t go your way, or that Amanda is taking the conversation somewhere you did not picture…” – Random critical person
AHHHHHHH!!!
I aspire to not have that phase me. But right now it does. I read that in the morning and it was stuck in my head for most of the day. I want to review that guys review and tell him that he is annoying. I guess it was good practice to learn how to own my emotions. And how to learn from not so constructive criticism. I know that the only reason it bothers me is that it reflects some of my own insecurities. Sometimes I do feel frustrated when podcast episodes go down rabbit holes. Beyond that, I push myself to be open about what I am thinking and feeling, but sometimes I worry that people will think I’m whiny, overly dramatic, or self-indulgent.
So what is the point of all this?
I don’t know what you think of me, or how you will respond to the work I do.
I don’t know what my personal brand is.
I don’t know how long it will take me to before that review doesn’t make me angry, or sad.
But now, you know a little bit more about me.
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