Lead with LOVE: The best kept secret of Personal Branding

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Love. What has Love got to do with Personal Branding?

Of course I love my brand, I love myself- if I got you thinking! Well, who doesn’t?

But when love does make the world go round; vanity-doesn’t. Period. If you love the Brand YOU on borderline narcissism, you don’t love your brand, you just love yourself-and that’s one huge difference. When one truly embarks upon a journey with love-selfless love, when one learns to lead with love; rest all becomes immaterial.

We all lead our lives, our families, our communities, our employees, our dreams at some point of our life-the leadership seasons thereof might vary in time and duration; but lead do we. When one learns to lead their life with love, one hopelessly falls in love with all these aforementioned elements of our life; and constantly works towards loving better, living better and most importantly giving better.

Now, as a human-it is easier to love-as it is mostly selfish love, but as a leader, it gets equally challenging-because it now needs to be unadulterated selfless love. But histories have witnessed the evolution and iconification of a few handful leaders who have lead with love- all life long. This love has immortalized them in the annals of mankind as celebrated thought leaders and icons of their generation. How did they do this: They loved and they gave.

Giving selflessly is the hallmark of true love. And so is the hallmark of great people brands. And is indeed the best kept secret of Personal Branding. “Only when thou shall give, thou shall receive.” But giving your all, requires LOVE, a different level of commitment to a cause a dream a legacy larger than life. This legacy is your personal brand, your place in history. A celebration of love, gifts and legacy of the Brand YOU.

Are you ready? today? to lead? But not just lead, lead with LOVE; with commitment to give, to build, to celebrate your moment in history, your brand legacy?

Then Love. Give. Bequeath.

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