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If you've been here awhile, you might've noticed I've been gone a couple weeks. Humour me, pretend you noticed.

I've been head down for awhile now working on a couple non-profit campaigns and sitting with a truth about personal brands...

You can't buy your reputation; you can only build it.

A brand is not much more than the residue of how you show up, over and over, when no one’s watching.

If you’ve shown up as generous, that’s your brand.
If you’ve shown up as tactical, that’s your brand.
If you’ve shown up as thoughtful and creative, that’s your brand.

I hired a woman in New Zealand to help me put structure to mine, but the heavy lifting isn’t fonts or color palettes. It’s making sure what I say matches who I actually am.

When it comes to branding, some clients think what they’re buying is a website, but what they’re really buying is the emotional labor of helping them see themselves. That’s the part most of us undercharge for.

And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Branding stops being performative and starts being alignment. Sometimes that means refining the message. Other times, it means being honest with the reputation itself (which is hard for some people to reckon with).

It’s a beautiful process if you’re open to it. It’s when you try to be something you’re not that you end up f*cking it up.

📈 Behind the Business: Invitations > Algorithms

The best "social media" moments I’ve had this month weren’t planned, they were just invitations I said Yes to:

• A client lecture in Cambridge
• A housesitting gig in London
• A newborn baby in Rome

None of these were planned. They were just invitations I said yes to. And in saying yes, I found myself with new stories to live, new ideas to test, and new people to learn from.

It’s not glamorous. It’s just showing up and being somewhere else with open eyes.

Social media then simply becomes documenting your observations––which is hard to do if you don't work the muscle of finding beauty everywhere.

If you're overthinking social media, don't. Try this instead:

1. Accept invitations you're interested in, even if they stretch you a bit.
2. Experience them fully (take photos of what excites you and note your observations).
3. Reflect and Articulate. What did you see? What did you love? What made you think? You don't have to share this right away, but I do recommend you give yourself 10 minutes to write down how you feel in the evening. Make tea and make it a thing.

Envy is overrated. Inspire, and bring people with you instead. Photos from Cambridge, London, and soon Rome are up on Instagram if you’d like to follow along.

PS: Send me all your favorite London spots. I will go and I'll be posting mine.

👋🏼 Cheerio!

Tanya Moushi ("moo-shee"),
​Moushi & Co. | Daily Inspire
​Making Business Human

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