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336 Personal Brands Just Got More Personal

Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will

Release Date: 06/25/2024

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Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will

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336 Personal Brands Just Got More Personal

In life there is a point we all must choose how we want to be perceived and how we want people to feel around us, and we need to make the conscious effort to keep the energy we want to be known for not just in our private life but in our work lives as well, so that through living each day aware of our impact we can grow and help others to do the same.

In this episode Sarah Elkins and Portia Obeng discuss the importance of our personal brand and how they affect others, while reflecting thoughtfully on how other people’s personal brands have affected them.

 

Highlights

  • Be yourself proudly and unafraid, and you will thrive in your environment. You will get in what you give out.

  • What are the tests you put people through to learn about them?

  • Be conscious of how you treat people so that they will want to return to you and your organization.

  • We keep learning lessons through life so be sure to be aware of those lessons and take them to heart. 

 

Quotes

“That’s a good way for me to weed out if a company is good for me or not, is by showing up exactly as myself.”

“You should have said no but when I operate in fear things don’t go my way. I got to get out of that state of fear and just operate in abundance, in that if I say no to one person a greater opportunity will come.”

 

Dear Listeners it is now your turn,

What are you going to be doing differently now that you’ve heard this conversation? Are you thinking about what it feels like to be welcomed into your home or your office space or your business, how do you want people to feel when they walk in? It’s not just the location, what energy are you giving off? Are you as a person sensing judgment as they walk in? Or are they sensing belonging? How do you want this to look because your personal brand is what people are experiencing of you, not what you think you’re putting out there. 

And, as always, thank you for listening. 

 

About Portia

Portia Obeng is a social media strategist and LinkedIn coach with over 10 years of experience in social media strategy and content management.

She helps people level up on LinkedIn, gain clarity, and make more money. She also helps organizations turn their employees into LinkedIn superstars who advocate for the company, amplify brand messaging, and attract the best talent

Be sure to check out her LinkedIn! As well as her website Portia Obeng!

 

About Sarah

"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."

In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.

My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.

The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!

Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.

Be sure to check out the Storytelling For Professionals Course as well to make sure you nail that next interview!