In this session we’ll explore the different ways we can start and improve our personal brand. She’ll share what she has learned from building her own coaching business and helping others build their brands.
If you are a founder or creator you may be asking yourself:
What is unique about me?
How do I grow in confidence, and understand what makes me different?
How do I overcome anxiety as I am accomplishing my priorities?
An Arablish episode where we ended up reminiscing about how Azzbda podcast started and why it was my contribution to getting female voices on podcasts, along with changes we’ve noticed in ephemeral vs permanent media online.
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Read MoreWhen I notice I’m not doing a task, I say “oh, I guess I don’t want to do it”. The difference between my next step and what my new clients do are very different.
I’ve been recording my moments of procrastination for the past nine years. That is every time I procrastinated for more than 15 minutes. This is insane, and I wouldn’t recommend starting this way. It came of necessity when I was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) when I was 10 years old (1997). This self-research paid off when I got my MBA and became self-employed.
Here is everything I learned about procrastination:
Read Moretl;dr: Procrastination is your wise body taking energy and time you didn’t provide to it.
Here are three ways to see if your ego is hijacking your chance of true innovation through collaborative relationships.
“I will hurt for you”
You may decline help because you’re the strong one – it’s your identity. Asking someone else to struggle the way you do seems selfish at best. You may decline help because the feeling of someone thanking you is too good to give to someone else. It’s a popular myth that you can only get true recognition by struggling through weakness instead of serving from strengths.
“I can’t”
You may decline help because the effort of being the solution-person is too big a responsibility. The goal is too big and unwieldy for you to even start thinking about, so how in the world could you put into words what you’d need from others? This can also be tied to perfectionism where no one else can get to the standard that you know it should be. Obviously, you can’t trust anyone else with this.
“I told you so”
Once you give it a go and try to ask for help, you are disappointed and nothing got done. This always happens when someone else tries to get involved, it just isn’t right. Resentment, blame, and isolation bubbles up in you, keeping you in your comfort zone of lonely struggle.
Read MoreThings I didn’t mention by numbers in the podcast (I wasn’t ready).
I started giving personal branding consultations in Sep 2018. It left me empty because I was charging 200sr/hr AND there was no way for me implement sustainable habits in my clients.
Now I’ve gone into my own business full time (since January 2020), not for the entrepreneur trend, but because I recognize my highly sensitive nature needs at the beginning & end of the day. I need time to reflect and enter the day, and time to wind down my nerves and reflect at night. I’m at 100% capacity in my practice, my lowest sales month was 2,300sr (after prepping to live in savings for 8 months!) and my highest was 22,500sr.
Read MoreRead MoreBranding for individuals or personal branding is such an interesting topic in Saudi Arabia. I first met Khayra when I needed help for setting-up my Twitter account in 2010.Then with her help and support I dared to establish my blog. She told me me that she dared her career because of her first project with […]
Branding for individuals or personal branding is such an interesting topic in Saudi Arabia. I first met Khyra when I needed help for setting-up my Twitter account in 2010.Then with her help and support I dared to establish my blog. She told me me that she dared her career because of her first project with me that gave her a push to begin her career.
Today Khayra left a print in the technology world of Saudi Arabia. Let’s read what this world is about, her experience and her future plans.
