Quiet tenacity

This Sunday, we did a tagging exercise where we first tagged ourselves by answering questions and then went around the room anonymously tagging each other. This was a very powerful and fun exercise.

My Tags
Three phrases to introduce myself (I tend to hold my cards close so introduction tend to be pretty surface level for me):

• I live in Olympia
• I'm a sustainable MBA candidate
• I work in the sustainability program at Fort Lewis

Three things I'm most passionate about:

• My family
• Sustainability
• Justice and Equity (I'm one of those whose always saying "That's not fair!")

Three unique things about myself:

• I hug trees for the Army
• I used to be a missionary
• I'm a birth mother in an open adoption

Other people's tags

• fresh
• listener
• dedication
• authentic
• quiet tenacity
  
• beautiful soul
• neat financials (I'm guessing that came from an accounting teammate!)
• sweet
• real
• love

My final tags

• Quiet tenacity
• Patient listener
• Authentic dedication

I was moved by these tags and really felt that the people who "tagged" me really knew me. I greatly appreciated the beautiful things that were said about me. I have to say though, "quiet tenacity" was my favorite. Way to peg me!

At first I was a little hesitant about finding my personal brand, it sounded almost shallow. I've come realize that it's completely the opposite. Your personal brand has to be your authentic self or people won't buy into it. Finding your personal brand is just another way of delving deeper into who I am. I am excited about all of the ways I am able to explore who I am this quarter