It is Friday evening and you are looking forward to your long overdue vacation. You are working on the final touches of your proposal to get a new line of business approved. The proposal is almost ready barring some details on some legal challenges that you are awaiting from your legal department. You receive the legal opinion and when you read it, you realize that a key element is missing. Not considering this aspect might hurt the franchise of the business in the future. The only person aware about this is you and none else.
What would you do?
Would you rather let it go because you’ll never be found out or blamed or would you listen to your inner voice which tells you how important it is to highlight this specific legal risk.
What is this inner voice that whispers to you at various moments in your day and life. A whisper to the effect “There is no way you can do that. it’s not right”.
Each of us have core values whether we realize it or not. Core values is what is imbibed in us from the day we are born. Some values we instill in us as we are growing. Values sit within our memory and are deep-rooted. They are not written anywhere but are those which we live through our behavior and actions.
Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave ‘em all over everything you do. ~Elvis Presley
You are your personal brand. Personal brand is not just about you being a CEO or CFO or Fashion designer but it is what you are in what you do and how you choose to show your values in your career and the various roles you perform.
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Jon M (@ThinDifference) says
A great reminder to leave the right type of “smudges” behind on what we do and say. Understanding and living our “fingerprints” are a necessity in leading and living! Thanks!
Lalita Raman says
Beautiful comment Jon. Thank you.
Lalita Raman says
Thank you Chris. I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment. Thank you.