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Working Poem…An Ode to Personal Branding

July 2, 2009 by David Zinger 1 Comment

The Pathway to Personal Branding

…

Are you branded?

Painted and tainted by marketing mavens.

Packaged like a box of Tide

Until soap stings your eyes

…

Can you be a personal brand without

a logo

a swoosh

a blog

a tweet

or a tightly rehearsed 30 second elevator speech?

…

Would you ever want to be stuck

in an elevator

sealed in as the door closes

and your 13-floor traveling companion

regales you with their pithy elevator speech

when all you asked was,

“what floor?”

…

My father, the irreverent CPR railroad executive

offered me his leadership legacy:

“Son in life you are going to fart, fumble, fall and fail.

You can’t avoid it, you might as well get used to it.”

…

Does your brand embrace your 4 F’s?

To fart

To fumble

To fall

To fail

…

Without our vulnerability to be sliced by paper cuts

we become nothing more than a box of Tide

Squeaky clean

Far too soapy

Used up after just one rinse.

…

~ A tidy poem by David Zinger

Filed Under: Employee Engagement, Working Poems - Zingers

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