Archive : Brand You

I’m not sure if any of you have ever experienced the panic of striking a blank when you are supposed to know the answer to something. Yes, I know you have. Whether you were sitting in an exam staring blankly at the test paper, or even when you were expected to introduce someone who you completely forgot the name of. You know the feeling. It’s like a wave of tingly embarrassment, followed [...]

A little while ago I heard someone say, “just because I am ugly doesn’t mean that I like ugly people.” Now I guess you could look at that from two different angles. Firstly, is the person saying that they don’t like themselves? Or possibly, they just could be like most of us who really are affected by the sight of something beautiful. Right, just before you go off at me with [...]

This is not the first or last time I’m going to write about being true to yourself. Why? Because I see so many people struggling with this fundamental life skill and it seems it’s a lot easier to talk about than to actually apply in practice. It fascinates me not only as an outsider, or observer, but because I have no doubt that I have also suffered from this dilemma. Okay, so let’s take a view [...]