Career Change & Personal BrandingBlog

Exactly two years ago, I left my corporate marketing job behind. The kind of job that actually looked pretty decent on paper—nice salary, comfy corporate office, fancy job title, and the automatic reputation that comes with working for a blue-chip corporation. The kind of job you’re “supposed” to have after you finish your MBA, one [...]

In the summer of 2015, I realised all my systems to organize my work were making me feel disorganised. I was tracking tasks using Apple Reminders, random To-do-lists and lots of checklists on Post-It Notes. My notes were scattered across random notebooks and my iPhone notes app. Managing projects was a mish-mesh of calendar reminders […]

Q&A with Ben de Grouchy, Recruiter & Co-Founder of the de Grouchy Partnership, London For many years, I didn’t know a thing about how to work with recruiters, mostly because I hadn’t really crossed paths with them until I was several years into my professional career. The first time I was ever contacted by a […]

Last month, I gave myself a whole month off from work. That’s right. A whole month. My wife and I went to Japan, my favourite country in the world. We took the picture above in one of the many beautiful Japanese gardens in the Nanzenji Temple area of Kyoto. Then, we went to Taiwan to meet […]

Branding is an incredibly powerful tool great companies and products use to differentiate their offerings from others. The same is true when it comes to personal branding, the process of establishing & consistently reinforcing who you are and what you stand for.  What’s interesting is that the same characteristics that make brands great also make personal brands […]