8 Pieces of Creative Advice I Keep Coming Back To
A curated collection of creativity tips that has stayed with me, shaped the way I think, and influenced how I approach the work of creating.
Your Style Statement: How to Define Your Distinctive Personal Style in Just a Few Words
Your personal style doesn’t need a category, body shape or colour wheel. It needs more of you. Your personality, your perspective and your point of view.
Know Thyself: Build Your Personal Brand Around Your Strengths
What if building a stronger personal brand isn’t about fixing your weaknesses, but understanding your strengths — then stretching them beyond what you thought possible?
Grow Like a CEO: Build Your Personal Board of Directors & Be Strategic About Your Mentors
The best personal brands don’t beg for a seat at your table - they create their own table and move with the confidence of those they respect most.
Mental Real Estate: How to Become Known for an Idea in the Market
The most powerful personal brands aren’t known for everything they can do. They own an idea so clearly that people associate it with their name.
Sound More Like a Vibe: How the Right Words Set the Tone for Your Personal Brand
Words are like a dress code. Learn the language of the room you want to enter, then make it your own. The right words can create the vibe before you’ve said much at all.
Stop Boxing Your Personal Brand Into Your Niche. Start Building Your World.
A niche tells people what box to put you in. A world gives them somewhere to enter. The problem isn't having a niche. The problem is mistaking your niche for your entire identity.
Seek Beauty: How Neuroaesthetics Shows Us That “Superficial” Isn’t Such A Bad Thing
What if caring about beautiful things isn’t frivolous at all? Research suggests our brains are wired to notice, seek and respond to beauty.
Everyone is Yapping. But Do You Have a POV?
In a world where everyone is talking, the most memorable personal brands aren’t necessarily louder. They’re chattier, yet clearer about what they believe and why.
Future Memories: Write the Life You Want, Then Work Backwards
Discover how future-focused journalling can clarify your vision, shape your identity and turn your aspirations into action. What if, instead of only writing about your past or your day, you occasionally wrote about your future?
Upgrade Your Self-Concept: Stop Living From an Outdated Version of Yourself
The biggest thing holding you back may not be your skills, experiences, circumstances or confidence, but rather, the identity you keep rehearsing every day.
Social IQ: The Quiet Side of Personal Branding
Discover how some people seem to effortlessly navigate a room, build rapport and leave a lasting impression, without necessarily being the loudest or most charismatic person there.
How do you read a room, understand people and adapt your behaviour without losing your own identity? There is always a lot of talk about emotional intelligence in professional development. But what about social intelligence?