My Brand Academy Blog

Here, we provide valuable insights, expert advice, and practical tools to help you build and scale your personal brand.

Whether you're just starting your journey or looking to elevate your influence, our blog offers strategies to unlock your full potential.

Dive in and start shaping the personal brand that will set you apart in your industry!

You already have a personal brand.
The problem is, people are interpreting it differently than you think.

And that’s why your value, visibility, and recognition may not reflect your actual ability.

In 3 minutes, discover how your personal brand naturally comes across, what signals you are sending, and what may be helping or limiting how you are seen.

This isn’t a personality test.

It’s a personal brand archetype assessment built around how people perceive, remember, and trust you.

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Why Strong Personal Brands Are Built on Principles, Not Popularity authenticity brand identity career growth leadership personal brand principles professional development reputation values Mar 02, 2026

The strongest personal brands aren’t built when things are easy.

They’re revealed when things become difficult.

When pressure arrives.

When opportunities create temptation.

When trends encourage p...

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The Authenticity Triangle: Where Your Strengths, Passions, and Values Meet authenticity brand identity career growth leadership personal brand personal development self awareness strengths values Feb 23, 2026

One of the biggest challenges in personal branding is figuring out where to focus.

Should you build around your skills?

Your passions?

Your experience?

Your values?

The answer is all of them.

Bu...

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Find Your Superpower: You’re More Talented Than You Think. You’re More Distinctive Than You Realise. brand identity career growth leadership personal brand personal development professional growth self awareness strengths superpower Feb 16, 2026

Most people can tell you what they’re bad at.

They can list their weaknesses.

Their mistakes.

Their insecurities.

Their self-doubt.

What they often struggle to identify is something far more impo...

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Your Kryptonites: What’s Really Holding You Back? career development confidence emotional intelligence kryptonites leadership mindset personal brand personal growth self awareness Feb 09, 2026

Most people spend their lives trying to unlock their strengths.

And that’s important.

But there’s another side to growth that often gets ignored.

Understanding what’s holding you back.

Superman wa...

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Your Origin Story Beats Your Résumé Every Time brand identity career growth leadership origin story personal brand personal development professional growth self awareness storytelling Feb 02, 2026

Most people think their career is defined by their résumé.

Their qualifications.

Their job titles.

Their experience.

Their achievements.

And while those things matter, they rarely explain what ma...

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What’s Obvious to You Is Gold to Someone Else personal brand personal branding Nov 11, 2025

Sounds simple.
But it’s one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned over 25+ years working across industries, disciplines, countries and cultures.

From founders to creatives, from account directors to c‑sui...

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Dream Big or Big Dream? branding personal brand personal branding Nov 10, 2025

Which one are you chasing?
“Dream Big” is the motivational poster we’ve all seen.

But flip it around to “Big Dream” and it becomes personal. 

Yours. Not abstract. Not theoretical.

It’s the vision that pul...

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Work Hard or Hard Work - Which one are you doing? personal brand personal branding Nov 06, 2025

Which one are you doing?
“Work Hard” sounds heroic. But Hard Work? That’s real.

It’s not glamorous.
It’s not always recognised.
But it’s where the breakthroughs live.

There’s a difference between being bus...

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Which one are you? One Day or Day One personal brand personal branding Oct 27, 2025

Which one are you?
Out of all the slides I’ve ever used in my workshops, keynotes, and offsite sessions, this is the one I end with. Every time.

“One day…” or “Day one”?

And without fail, it’s the one pe...

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Personal Marketing or Personal Branding. Which stage are you in? personal brand personal branding Oct 20, 2025

If you’re posting content.
Building an audience.
Focusing on reach, clicks, or visibility.

You’re probably marketing.

And that’s not wrong. 

Marketing = Attention.
It’s loud. It’s fast.
It’s a great starting...

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Disclaimer. I’m not a recruitment expert. personal brand personal branding Oct 13, 2025

But I’ve now been fortunate enough to have helped countless people, from graduates to executives, use storytelling and their Origin Story to stand out in interviews.

And there’s one thing that has help...

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What’s your default setting? personal brand personal branding Oct 06, 2025

You’ve probably heard this advice: “Add value.”

It’s solid.

But I challenge people to flip it:

“Value Add.”

Because it’s not just something you do.
It’s something you are.

In your content.
In your meetings.
I...

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