I's becoming increasingly essential to think of ourselves as a brand. This doesn't mean selling out or compromising integrity; instead, it's about understanding and marketing our unique value in the world. As professionals, creators, or entrepreneurs, our experience, knowledge, and skills are akin to raw materials. Like any raw material, to maximize its value, it needs to be processed and packaged – or, in modern terms, “productized.”
Productization allows market participants like you and I to offer our value directly by making products that reflect our experience. You already have it, it’s only a matter of putting it on a “paper”.
Think about the wealth of experiences you've amassed over the years: the classes you've taken, the books you've read, the projects you've managed, and even the mistakes you've made. Each of these experiences provides a data point. On its own, a data point might not seem valuable. But collectively, when you digest, process, and reflect on these data points, you convert them into meaningful information that can be turned into a product worth at least $5 per copy.
