Personal Branding Are you Obnoxious or Pleasant

Personal Branding Are you Obnoxious or Pleasant In the last month Ive received many messages from people.  Most of them are very pleasant, kind, thankful, excited, etc. A small handful of them are impatient, obnoxious, blaming, mad, finger-pointing, entitled, etc. Ill let you in on a little secret: I am ALWAYS judging you, wondering if you would make a great fit for my company, or for an introduction to one of my contacts. Ill let you in on another little secret: Everyone else is always judging you, too. You are being judged.  Stereotyped, if you will. If you are obnoxious (or any of those bad correlations), the people judging you (interviewing you, meeting you at a network event, seeing your writings online, etc.) will not want to do anything with you.  Theyll be hard-pressed to help you. You havent sold them on YOU yet. However, if you are pleasant (or any of those nice correlations), people will want to be around you.  They will be open to introducing you, referring you, helping you, etc. I know the job search sucks.  I know, from personal experience, that toxic attitudes can seep in by surprise, and can sour your effectiveness.  Read how I learned the hard way: I Smell Blood Please, develop the skill of being less obnoxious and more pleasant.  It will be a skill that will help you the rest of your life. Personal Branding Are you Obnoxious or Pleasant In the last month Ive received many messages from people.  Most of them are very pleasant, kind, thankful, excited, etc. A small handful of them are impatient, obnoxious, blaming, mad, finger-pointing, entitled, etc. Ill let you in on a little secret: I am ALWAYS judging you, wondering if you would make a great fit for my company, or for an introduction to one of my contacts. Ill let you in on another little secret: Everyone else is always judging you, too. You are being judged.  Stereotyped, if you will. If you are obnoxious (or any of those bad correlations), the people judging you (interviewing you, meeting you at a network event, seeing your writings online, etc.) will not want to do anything with you.  Theyll be hard-pressed to help you. You havent sold them on YOU yet. However, if you are pleasant (or any of those nice correlations), people will want to be around you.  They will be open to introducing you, referring you, helping you, etc. I know the job search sucks.  I know, from personal experience, that toxic attitudes can seep in by surprise, and can sour your effectiveness.  Read how I learned the hard way: I Smell Blood Please, develop the skill of being less obnoxious and more pleasant.  It will be a skill that will help you the rest of your life. Personal Branding Are you Obnoxious or Pleasant In the last month Ive received many messages from people.  Most of them are very pleasant, kind, thankful, excited, etc. A small handful of them are impatient, obnoxious, blaming, mad, finger-pointing, entitled, etc. Ill let you in on a little secret: I am ALWAYS judging you, wondering if you would make a great fit for my company, or for an introduction to one of my contacts. Ill let you in on another little secret: Everyone else is always judging you, too. You are being judged.  Stereotyped, if you will. If you are obnoxious (or any of those bad correlations), the people judging you (interviewing you, meeting you at a network event, seeing your writings online, etc.) will not want to do anything with you.  Theyll be hard-pressed to help you. You havent sold them on YOU yet. However, if you are pleasant (or any of those nice correlations), people will want to be around you.  They will be open to introducing you, referring you, helping you, etc. I know the job search sucks.  I know, from personal experience, that toxic attitudes can seep in by surprise, and can sour your effectiveness.  Read how I learned the hard way: I Smell Blood Please, develop the skill of being less obnoxious and more pleasant.  It will be a skill that will help you the rest of your life.