I’ll remove the mystery: It’s a powerpoint presentation about personal branding.  “From who am I, to Here’s who I AM.”  As much as this slide is basic without the accompanying presenter speaking on its points, there’s definitely a lot of great takeaways here.  I’ve always been an advocate of working on your personal image; i.e. your “brand”.  Being an expert at something is half the battle; without a clear statement about who you are and what you’re good at, your knowledge will be lost.

Take time out of your life to reflect on who you are, what you’re good at, and act consistently with it.  For example, if you think that commitment is something you would like to brand yourself as, then show commitment in everything you do.  Commit yourself to being on time, completing your work well, following through until you finish.

I’ve always felt that life is one big business pitch: it’s not about who has the best business idea; it’s about who can market their business idea the best.

Once I get into work, the office is quiet.  People aren’t around – they’re all using their vacation time now – so it becomes difficult to track the people you need to get your work done.  So while you’re in the office, it becomes a struggle to be productive.

This actually falls at a very convenient time for me because it gives me time to familiarize myself with our product.  I can read through the documentation, install it and run into issues on my own.  I can use it, test it, and report any problems I see.

It’s easy to ease myself into this job because of how relaxed work is.  Everybody’s happy so you get to see the real bright side of people – not the busy, stressful sides.  This is a great time to network and go to patios and do lunches and learn about them.

Aside from that, I’m also beginning to think about my career path.  I’m not quite sure what road to take, but a few nights ago my goal become clear to me: to become a key contributor.  It is my next life milestone.  I’ve had several in the past.

First was to get my lifeguard license.  After that, it was to get into Computer Science co-op at UW.  While in UW, the next milestone was to get into IBM or Microsoft (yes, can you believe I managed to achieve it?).

Now my next goal is to be make a difference.  It is to do something that bears weight in this world – something with value.  And a way I can do that is to become a contributor.  I want to help people, work with people and be able to contribute my ideas and see them propagate out to others.

That’s my idealistic next goal.  To be able to say I made an impact on this world and did something real, that’s what fulfillment I seek.

So I’m really looking forward to setting the goals and taking the next steps to achieving that.  Life is a game of competition and improvement and I love working on it everyday.  Even on Saturday.

New exciting quests await and therefore, a re-design and re-branding is necessary to get into the next phase. This will become the hub for which I now communicate with the outside world.

Welcome to my site, and please don’t hesitate to contact me.  I would like to meet you.

-Adam