Comments on: Personal Branding: Think About Your Purpose http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-11/personal-branding-think-about-your-purpose/ Leadership, followership, and purpose at work Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:37:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bret L. Simmons http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-11/personal-branding-think-about-your-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-1844 Bret L. Simmons Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:11:18 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1808#comment-1844 That's a great idea, Sharon, to start talking to our young folks about purpose. As you know, I think it is a powerful driver of behavior. As I think back to when I was a teen, I think was purpose driven more than goal driven, even though I had no idea of the concept at that time. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Bret That’s a great idea, Sharon, to start talking to our young folks about purpose. As you know, I think it is a powerful driver of behavior. As I think back to when I was a teen, I think was purpose driven more than goal driven, even though I had no idea of the concept at that time. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Bret

]]> By: Sharon Markovsky http://www.bretlsimmons.com/2009-11/personal-branding-think-about-your-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Sharon Markovsky Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:20:04 +0000 http://www.bretlsimmons.com/?p=1808#comment-1842 Bret, I love the idea of a statement of purpose. I think that we should be teaching our kids about statement of purpose at an early age. Think of what I could have accomplished if I had identified my statement of purpose before the age of 20, 30....39!!! When my son gets older, I am not only going to ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, but also have him think about what his statement of purpose might be. Laying the ground work for the future. Then, when he becomes a teenager and gets presented with all the teenager "situations".... maybe, just maybe, he will run his response to these situations against his statement of purpose before he behaves badly. Thanks for the post. Some great food for thought! Bret, I love the idea of a statement of purpose. I think that we should be teaching our kids about statement of purpose at an early age. Think of what I could have accomplished if I had identified my statement of purpose before the age of 20, 30….39!!!

When my son gets older, I am not only going to ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, but also have him think about what his statement of purpose might be. Laying the ground work for the future. Then, when he becomes a teenager and gets presented with all the teenager “situations”…. maybe, just maybe, he will run his response to these situations against his statement of purpose before he behaves badly.

Thanks for the post. Some great food for thought!

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