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The Way You Perceive YourselfIs How Others Will Perceive You.



What is Self Promotion?



Effective Self PromotionIs Knowing Yourself.



Why Do We NeedTo Advertise Ourselves?



What Are We Afraid Of?



More Responsibilities



Social Rejection



Vulnerability



Inadequacy



Criticism



TALENT ISN’T EVERYTHING

IN YOUR CASE, IT’S NOTHING.Monday, October 14, 13


Maybe We Procrastinate...



Understand Short Term Goals

Vs.Long Term Goals



We Need To InvestIn Ourselves.



We Need To BecomeOur Own Priority.



“Your time is limited. Don’t wasteit living someone else’s life.”

– Steve Jobs



Who Are You?one.

two. You Are The Brand

three. How to Promote Yourself



Who Are You?(I really wanna know)

one.



How Do You Find Your Voice?



Be Authentic.



To Be Authentic, Get Clear.



Keep A Personal JournalNOT Facebook Or Twitter



What Are Your Hobbies?



What Are Your Goals?



What Do You Stand For?



How Would YouDescribe Yourself?



1. Accessible2. Active3. Adaptable4. Admirable5. Adventurous6. Agreeable7. Alert8. Allocentric9. Amiable10. Anticipative11. Appreciative12. Articulate13. Aspiring14. Athletic15. Attractive16. Balanced17. Benevolent18. Brilliant19. Calm20. Capable21. Captivating22. Caring23. Challenging24. Charismatic25. Charming26. Cheerful27. Clean28. Clear-headed29. Clever30. Colorful31. Companionably32. Compassionate33. Conciliatory34. Confident35. Conscientious36. Considerate37. Constant38. Contemplative39. Cooperative40. Courageous41. Courteous42. Creative

43. Cultured44. Curious45. Daring46. Debonair47. Decent48. Decisive49. Dedicated50. Deep51. Dignified52. Directed53. Disciplined54. Discreet55. Dramatic56. Dutiful57. Dynamic58. Earnest59. Ebullient60. Educated61. Efficient62. Elegant63. Eloquent64. Empathetic65. Energetic66. Enthusiastic67. Esthetic68. Exciting69. Extraordinary70. Fair71. Faithful72. Farsighted73. Felicific74. Firm75. Flexible76. Focused77. Forceful78. Forgiving79. Forthright80. Freethinking81. Friendly82. Fun-loving83. Gallant84. Generous

85. Gentle86. Genuine87. Good-natured88. Gracious89. Hardworking90. Healthy91. Hearty92. Helpful93. Heroic94. High-minded95. Honest96. Honorable97. Humble98. Humorous99. Idealistic100. Imaginative101. Impressive102. Incisive103. Incorruptible104. Independent105. Individualistic106. Innovative107. Inoffensive108. Insightful109. Insouciant110. Intelligent111. Intuitive112. Invulnerable113. Kind114. Knowledge115. Leaderly116. Leisurely117. Liberal118. Logical119. Lovable120. Loyal121. Lyrical122. Magnanimous123. Many-sided124. Masculine

(Manly)125. Mature

126. Methodical127. Meticulous128. Moderate129. Modest130. Multi-leveled131. Neat132. Nonauthoritarian133. Objective134. Observant135. Open136. Optimistic137. Orderly138. Organized139. Original140. Painstaking141. Passionate142. Patient143. Patriotic144. Peaceful145. Perceptive146. Perfectionist147. Personable148. Persuasive149. Planful150. Playful151. Polished152. Popular153. Practical154. Precise155. Principled156. Profound157. Protean158. Protective159. Providential160. Prudent161. Punctual162. Purposeful163. Rational164. Realistic165. Reflective166. Relaxed167. Reliable

168. Resourceful169. Respectful170. Responsible171. Responsive172. Reverential173. Romantic174. Rustic175. Sage176. Sane177. Scholarly178. Scrupulous179. Secure180. Selfless181. Self-critical182. Self-defacing183. Self-denying184. Self-reliant185. Self-sufficient186. Sensitive187. Sentimental188. Seraphic189. Serious190. Sexy191. Sharing192. Shrewd193. Simple194. Skillful195. Sober196. Sociable197. Solid198. Sophisticated199. Spontaneous200. Sporting201. Stable202. Steadfast203. Steady204. Stoic205. Strong206. Studious207. Suave208. Subtle209. Sweet

210. Sympathetic211. Systematic212. Tasteful213. Teacherly214. Thorough215. Tidy216. Tolerant217. Tractable218. Trusting219. Uncomplaining220. Understanding221. Undogmatic222. Unfoolable223. Upright224. Urbane225. Venturesome226. Vivacious227. Warm228. Well-bred229. Well-read230. Well-rounded231. Winning232. Wise233. Witty234. Youthful

Neutral Traits (292 = 18%)

1. Absentminded2. Aggressive3. Ambitious4. Amusing5. Artful6. Ascetic7. Authoritarian8. Big-thinking9. Boyish10. Breezy11. Businesslike12. Busy13. Casual14. Crebral15. Chummy

http://ideonomy.mit.edu/essays/traits.html





You are the Brandtwo.



Do Something DifferentTo Stand Out.



Michael O’Donnell@photo


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Calvin Lee@mayhemstudios


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Make Them Feel Special.



Stefan Aronsen@sfintercom


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Share What You Believe In.



Create More Than A FilmWith Merchandise.



Be Recognizable.



How toRepresent Yourself.

three.



Update Your LinkedIn.



Get A Domain And Park It.www.duh.com


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http://www.duh.com


Always Have Business Cards.



Networking



Network At Events You Like.(You might enjoy it more).



Why Is Networking Important?



Body Language



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

Your Body LanguageShapes Who You Are.

AMY CUDDY





The Energy Of Those Around You.Mirror

When you think the night has seen your mindThat inside you're twisted and unkindLet me stand to show that you are blindPlease put down your hands 'cause I see you

Read more: Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror Lyrics | MetroLyrics



Confidence = Self Promotion.



The Temperature Is Already Set...Adjust To It Or Leave.



Be Curious.



Eye Contact is Important.



The Business Gaze



The Social Gaze



The Sexy Gaze



The Death Gaze



Hide Behind A Camera.



Give a Compliment.



Have Integrity.



“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.”

CS Lewis



Self Promotion is Perception.



How Do You Perceive Yourself?



Know Your True Value.



Become The PersonYou Admire Most.



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