Imay still be discovering who I am as each new day passes, but this much I know for sure: I’m not normal. I never did blend in and never wanted to. But I knew I wanted to be a speaker and storyteller. So I left college to continue to be the person I knew I was. I wouldn’t settle for becoming something I wasn’t, even if it would have been easier. | Foreword by Andy Andrews NewYorkTimes Bestselling Author The Traveler s Gift May Hav A Your f ttttnS BUILD A BETTER BUSINESS BY TELLING YOUR TRUE STORY d ILICKI More Praise for May I Have Your Attention Please Give Chris Hilicki your attention and she ll give you something priceless the ability to discover and live your true story. She not only helped me tap into the core essence of my publishing company she helped me tap into the core essence of my personal story. My brand and my life are the richer for it. Allen Arnold Senior Vice President and Publisher WestBow Press A Division of Thomas Nelson Inc. A few years ago Chris set out to build a children s book company and created a powerful brand recognized and adored by children and parents across America. Along the way she discovered and nurtured her own personal brand identity a feat that served to catapult her career and contribute to a high level of personal satisfaction. Chris true story approach to branding is compelling and motivational. At last we have a unique branding strategy with insight and advice to empower us on both a personal and a professional level. Yvonne Martin Kidd Director Marketing and Communications Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Chris Hilicki has written a profoundly human business book that urges each of us to be aware of ourselves as brands. Whether we know it or not we all stand for something in the eyes of others. Our reputations account for only part of this for that term too narrowly reflects the rational side of our natures. Our personal brand identities encompass reputation but also the deeper symbols and values we embody and that frame our social personas. Chris Hilicki s enormously warm and readable book reminds us that we are the ones responsible for constructing and shaping this social persona our personal brands. It is not just Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates who create their own personal brands it is each of us. In awareness of this lies unique power and freedom. .
