Gwen Witherspoon | Coach, Artist, Entrepreneur

31JanJanuary 31, 2021

Vision Will Get You Through Anything

In the interest of providing you with more guidance and support to build your business, last week Vivid Talk™ was all new. After hosting 36 episodes LIVE, I decided to start streaming pre-recorded shows going forward. There were a number of reasons: 1) I wanted to make each one shorter and easier to digest, 2) break the concepts that I have already shared down further so you can grasp them faster, 3) provide clearer action steps, and 4) include segments to...

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25JanJanuary 25, 2021

Developing Your Personal Brand Map, Part 5: Impact

Your impact is defined by three factors. Two of them are: 1) who you are and 2) how you influence people. When these two forces collide with your actions, you (and everyone around you) will experience a noticeable, lasting result. The only conclusion I can draw from this reality is that you were created to make a difference. Just as I recommend that you create Productivity, Identity, and Influence Maps, defining and analyzing your impact will finish off your Personal...

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17JanJanuary 17, 2021

Developing Your Personal Brand Map, Part 4: Influence

Have you ever been on a road trip? I love them. My father was in the Army. As a little girl some of my favorite memories are of me reading the map for him and helping to navigate the trip. As an adult, my heart still sings when I have the opportunity to jump in a car and go. Let’s compare preparing for a physical road trip with developing your personal brand map. On the Road with a Productivity Map Your productivity...

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10JanJanuary 10, 2021

Developing Your Personal Brand Map, Part 3: Productivity & Identity

Plan your work. Produce what you've planned. Spend more time at Play. I define Play as effectively doing while delightfully being. That's where you want to get to–learning how to live your life at play. Play is not more leisure or frivolous pursuits. It's more about finding the work that matters, planning the positive future that you imagine, and yielding the fruit of effectiveness and delight. It's a journey filled with growth and achievement and making a difference. (I started talking...

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03JanJanuary 3, 2021

Developing Your Personal Brand Map, Part 2: Earning a PhD in YOU

Everything that you do literally is a project, so you need to learn how to manage projects at every level. And no matter what type it is–internal or external or those that impact other people–all of them together, form your vision. Alert! When you are going on this journey, you are the most central and important part in the whole thing. In the past, I thought that the vision was the most important. The vision was everything. My way of thinking...

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28DecDecember 28, 2020

Developing Your Personal Brand Map, Part 1: Making the Case

In my quest to help you get a vision for every area of life (and to make your vision V.I.V.I.D.™), I wouldn’t feel good about myself if I didn’t invite you to do the foundation work. If you accept my invitation, I want to help you plot your productivity, your identity, your influence, and your impact. We’re going to do that with a personal brand map. I feel the need to make a case for why you want one, but it’s...

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13DecDecember 13, 2020

Something to Guide You

Any company you've ever worked for probably has a mission, vision and values. The idea is that they should be the basis for everything they do. Your life really is no different. What could be more important than your ultimate success and fulfillment? There's no way to know exactly what steps to take as you pursue your dreams. However, your direction has to come from a clear understanding of what matters to you. You need your own personal mission, vision, and...

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06DecDecember 6, 2020

The Key to Your Life is Finding a Vision That Imposes Discipline On You

I have this unique ability to see big, giant, colossal, ridiculously huge projects–equal parts artist and architect. There is the most intense level of satisfaction as a big picture is defined and comes to life for others to understand and embrace. I'm a visionary. If there's a problem to be solved, I'm like a moth to a flame. I have to try to solve it. I'm a visionary. Whenever I'm asked, "What are you working on?" I have to giggle...

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30NovNovember 30, 2020

7 Signs It’s Time to Update Your Personal Brand

I am 57 years old, and I suppose like most of the AARP generation, I don't feel any different than when I was 25. I am still that hopeful, joyous, inspired soul...who always wanted to be and live as an artist. You could say that I have been building my personal brand over a lifetime...one heartbreak, one triumph, and one hairstyle at a time. There have been turning points...moments, decisions that led to shifts in my perceptions of myself. Most of...

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Gwen Witherspoon, Coach | Gratitude is the Gift You Give Yourself First

22NovNovember 22, 2020

Gratitude is a gift you give yourself first.

Are you having a hard time figuring out how you're even still standing after all that has happened this year? As of the date of this post, there are only 39 days left in 2020, and before you know it, this will all be behind you. The holidays are typically a very hopeful time for me because I can see the finish line. Eternal optimist that I am, I revel in the fact that on January 1, I can press the...

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