Comments on: Personal Branding is a Real Life Role Playing Game

By: Trygon

Trygon — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:07:10 +0000

This one hits near and dear to me, due to my hobbies,. but it’s DAMN good info.

By: Adult Role Playing

Adult Role Playing — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:04:31 +0000

I like this analogy simply because it is a known, existing truth. Companies use role play (e.g. role reversal, pretending to be a competitor) when designing their overarching strategy for marketing products to adults and other demographics.

By: Role Playing

Role Playing — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:30:50 +0000

There’s more to role playing than sitting in front of a computer. It was originally designed as a means to get inside another’s head. Role playing in this sense has some pretty significant uses – from exploring how others may react to a situation, to how you might – confronting and adjusting yourself accordingly.

By: Will K

Will K — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:06:55 +0000

Nice comparison of WoW and succeeding in real life.
I was having a similar thought recently, but you beat me to writing about it!

Great job, Jun, looking forward to see more of your posts.

By: Tessa Heijmer

Tessa Heijmer — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:39:44 +0000

I like this analogy and I am maybe on of few people who knows and loves both roleplaying games (ff is my drug of choice) and personal branding principles. And for Steve’s comment, if videogames were designed to replicate life…How appealing would they be then? I think they are designed to approach experiencing -and fantasizing about – the things that makes your heart beat faster and to do and accomplish things that are (almost) beyond your imagination and one can only dream of… Who dares and does all these things in real life? Maybe some, but still only a few. Also play is very important to learn in life, it is in animals crucial to survival even. It is a bit underestimated i think. It is just great to get even a few people to see how much more fun and fulfilling life can be. Know thyself – Brand thyself, and create means to attract the right opportunities.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:41:17 +0000

really? really really? this is so fantastically wrong on every level (oops, no pun intended).

video games attempt to replicate life, not vice versa dear. if your only experiences are based on video games I wouldn’t give you a penny or trust anything you had to say. i think you might find out the hard way that you can’t reload life from the last save point…

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By: yinka olaito

yinka olaito — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:12:26 +0000

This is apt, concise, nail it at the right spot. Thanks for this explanation. It is an eye opener. We must all believe, there are no rehearsals in this game of life, everything is transmitted life.

By: Byron Woodson

Byron Woodson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:19:23 +0000

In the book Widsom of the Crowds, James Surowiecki hammers how a diverse set of intellectual talents can produce greater results for groups than any one smart person. It seems that his book can be applied to showing you how to craft a diverse network into a well-oiled machine, or with your analogy, how you can whip yourself into shape using a battery of thinking caps.

By: Maria Duron

Maria Duron — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:10:32 +0000

I really liked your explanation and the analogy you used. This was well written, Jun. And, it shows the importance of unearthing and developing your brand. And, yes, I agree – it IS the journey that’s the prize!