The Identity Circle Blog

What's your personal brand?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Feb 22, 2010 @ 02:32 AM | No comments

There’s so much talk these days about personal branding and how important it is to shaping a successful career. But exactly what is a "personal brand" and where does it come from?

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Keywords: authenticity, career development, career success, happiness, identity, individuality, know thyself, leadership, personal brand, personal development, potential, purpose

What is the purpose of aging?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Aug 22, 2009 @ 01:30 AM | Comment (7)

What do we do with ourselves when we wake up to the press of time? When one’s physical abilities to excel are largely past? When one’s chance to “be somebody” through one’s children is no longer an option? When one’s opportunity – if not root desire – to make a million bucks has slipped by?

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Keywords: authenticity, change, human, individuality, potential, transitions, purpose, youth

The Problem with Human Resources

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Aug 11, 2008 @ 01:11 AM | Comments (1)

For all the value it provides to organizations, “human resources” may not be doing itself a favor when it comes to how it describes itself to the world.

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Keywords: career development, corporate culture, executive titles, happiness, human, humanity, identity, individuality, leadership, personal development, potential

What should you do with your life?

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Dec 14, 2007 @ 04:42 AM | No comments

Last week, the New York Times ran an article, entitled What Do I Do? What Week It Is about a guy named Sean Aiken, who was trying out a new job every week for a year. The article quotes Sean as saying, "We have been told our whole life that anything is possible. Well, our parents did a great job, cause now we actually believe it."

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Keywords: career development, happiness, human, identity, individuality, personal development

"Business Discovers Happiness Pays."

Posted By: Larry Ackerman on Sep 21, 2007 @ 09:26 AM | No comments

That's my fantasy news flash for the day. I came across the article Businesses Offer Ways for Employees to Balance Work and Family on the ABC News site the other day that described how helping people deal with non-business related stress - marriage, children, etc. - makes employees more productive workers. Helping people achieve a greater sense of well-being seems to be a "perk" with clear benefits for everyone.

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Keywords: Google, happiness, human, identity, individuality, potential, productivity

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