The Best Brand Is Being You: A Tribute to Dolly Parton & Gloria Steinem

Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem looked nothing alike, but they mastered the same rare skill: they stayed themselves for decades while the whole world tried to hand them a script. That contrast is where we start, because it shines a light on a question so many of us carry quietly, especially in midlife and beyond: when did I stop being a person and start acting like a “brand”? We pull a surprising lesson from Ted Lasso, where the advice to “package it right” gets flipped into something ...