Tie Your Personal Brand To Your Natural Talents with Ryan Rhoten

Published: June 29, 2015, 7:30 a.m.

This Episode\u2019s Focus On Strengths

Ryan Rhoten\xa0joined me to chat about using your natural talents to understand and design your Personal Brand.\xa0If you want to have a rockin\u2019 career, you need to know what your brand is (you have one whether you tried to\xa0or not). And then you can do branding efforts to leverage your personal strengths.

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What You\u2019ll Learn
You\u2019ll hear a personal story\u2013how Ryan discovered the importance of knowing how others perceive you at work (and on Google). You\u2019ll see how taking the StrengthsFinder assessment was his starting point for understanding the talents he needed to lean into at work. And:

  • How you can take strengths\xa0like \u201cWhiteboard Weirdo\u201d and turn them into you biggest brand asset.
  • Using\xa0your natural talents so that you can consciously select your next job\u2013you can use it as a way to vet job descriptions and work cultures.
  • If you\u2019re\xa0feeling dread and misery at work\u2026this episode might just reveal why.
  • What to do when you\u2019re working with leaders who have an opposite style to yours.
  • Find out the difference between Personal Brand and Personal Branding. There IS a difference, and Ryan makes a cool distinction so you can align\xa0who you are\xa0with\xa0what you do\xa0and then\xa0market your strengths to the world.
  • What to do when you realize that\xa0your current job forces you into your weakness zone.
Resource of the Episode You get four of them this time!\xa0Check out\xa0Ryan\u2019s Personal Brand Assessment\xa0to see where you are today. Now that you\u2019re excited to dig in further, check out Ryan\u2019s\xa0Brand New You\xa0show. And he offers a full course calledThe Personal Branding Blueprint. \xa0 \xa0 We also talked a lot about the StrengthsFinder assessment. If you grab the\xa0book StrengthsFinder2.0\xa0you\u2019ll get a code to take the assessment and learn your Top 5 Talent Themes. \xa0 \xa0 Remember, using your strengths at work makes you a stronger performer. If you\u2019re focused on fixing your weaknesses, you\u2019re choosing the path of\xa0most\xa0resistance. So claim your talents. And share them with the world. \xa0

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