Can You Outrun Reality? The Complexity of Your Personal Brand

Branding used to be a box on a shelf. Now it’s your name, your work, your “vibe,” and the story people repeat about you when you are not in the room. We dig into why that shift makes so many of us uncomfortable, especially when the pressure to “promote your brand” can feel like you are being asked to perform instead of simply be real. We explore the episode’s core question: can branding outrun reality? Sometimes it can, at least for a while, and that’s where the risk lives. We talk about the...