Prospective Career Thinking

Eventually we have to commit.  The problem is deciding what to commit too...  Its so tough!  Especially for a dude like me who thrives on variation and novelty.

My conundrum is that I would like to begin branding myself so that it can aid me in my professional life, but in order to do that I have to commit to a path. I am not sure what path that is and therefore I have to continue postponing my personal brand strategy.

Originally I wanted to be the environmental economist who tries to educate people on the ins and outs of economics, people, and policy... However, try telling people about things that people already have a conviction toward!  You can't tell a christian that god doesn't exist, and you can't educate the population about the realities that economics points too...  Scrap that brand!

     Next I was thinking I would help people understand money and personal finance.  Something I think I would do fairly well at, however when your talking about people's money what your really talking about is people's habits, and most people don't want you to tell them that they actually have to change themselves before their money situation can change. I don't want to hold people's hands while they learn about the differences between wants and needs...  Scrap that brand!!

I then wanted to help other business students to be successful in business school. I wanted to show them how to utilize their time in school to their greatest advantage, and how to not be another poor student with a ton of student loan debt.  I feel I am qualified to assist in this, because I am a pretty successful business student.  For example, I haven't had to drop off a resume this year.  But I have been asked to drop my resume off in three different places and have been offered a job twice by two others. So much for the "there is no work" complaint! This is only because I utilized the right resources available to me. However I won't be a business student forever, and helping other students be great is like herding cats anyway...  Scrap that brand!!!

    So what should I do?  I want to start creating content about something that will bring people value, and that is valuable enough to them that they would pay for it eventually. I need a brand that will further my career path, that will reinforce my professional front, and something I simply love to do.  But what the hell is it?!?!

Whatever the case may be, I am searching in the right places. I'm thinking way ahead and am trying to devise a long term strategy to my personal brand and how it will fit into my career.