When do we need celebration the most? Paradoxically, in the darkest moments. True leaders and professionals can redirect attention from despair toward something—anything—worth honoring.

Celebration doesn’t require birthdays or milestones. Every step along your journey matters. By celebrating daily, you train your mind to live here and now—content, fulfilled, and grounded, even in turbulent environments.

In times of economic uncertainty and political divide, leaders have a unique role:

• Celebrate small wins—yours and your team’s.

• Foster trust, camaraderie, and belonging.

• Anchor your people while inspiring them forward.

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Leaders and organizations alike need to check their anchors (values, beliefs, purpose) and trim their sails (strategies, plans, adaptability). A solid anchor keeps you steady; well-set sails let you harness the winds of AI, economics, and change to reach your true destination.

Bon voyage.

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Think about it:

• What’s Amazon got to do with the river? Nothing.

• What’s Apple got to do with the fruit? Nothing.

• What’s Axion got to do with house cleaning products? Nothing.

That’s exactly the point. A strong business name doesn’t have to describe the product or service—it needs to be short, crisp (2–3 syllables), easy to remember, and owner-proprietary. Names like Apple, Nvidia, or Google work because they’re simple and open for the brand to define.

Done right, naming gives you control of your own story without letting others reframe it. Done wrong, it can box you in for years, and make you lose control of its ownership.

How do you get it right? That’s a deep, tailored process. Joanne Z. Tan, with nearly two decades of experience in brand identity and corporate naming, unpacks these ideas further in her upcoming book Brand Building and Thought Leadership Coaching in the AI Age.

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Is it time to reinvent, rename, rebrand your organization?

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Sometimes the easiest way to reset a computer is to turn it off and back on again.

In life, we can leverage the thought of mortality to reset our priorities. We can simplify and clarify what’s important. It lets us see what we missed.

The reminder of our own mortality makes us humble, grateful, peaceful, and focused. It helps us let go of distractions, keep our eyes on the horizon, stay true to ourselves, and rejoice in living.

It makes us appreciate our relationships and simple things that we’ve taken for granted.

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https://10plusbrand.com/2024/11/25/leaders-how-to-reinvent-yourself-and-your-organization-in-ai-world-joanne-tan/

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Here is the link to the combined 3 parts podcast about building thought leadership, as mentioned at the end of this Sip of Solace.

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What is a thought leadership coach? -Thought leadership coaching is a specialized professional service that helps leaders such as CEOs, founders, executives, coaches, board members, and experts become recognized as authoritative voices, influencers, and thought leaders in their fields.

A thought leadership coach can help leaders in at least five areas:

(1st) Discover new ideas that set you apart, to strategically position them as thought leaders;

(2nd) Build a personal brand or professional brand;

(3rd) Content strategy and content creation;

(4th) Amplify and distribute thought leading content on media outlets, to foster trust and recognition, and increase visibility by engaging the target audience.

(5th) Performance coaching

The humbling fact is that no one can become a thought leader on his or her own. In the age of AI, human to human interdependency is needed more than ever to develop EQ, team building, relationship skills, and other qualities mentioned in Pt. 2.

The time to reinvent yourself is now.

Control your destiny with self leadership.

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(The above is an introduction to Joanne Z. Tan’s upcoming book: “Brand Building and Thought Leadership Coaching in the AI Age”. Joanne will share parts of the book in her newsletter on Substack, you can get a sneak preview of the book by subscribing at: https://10plusbrand.substack.com/embed )

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