
CHAPTER 1
WHO AM I AND HOW
DID I GET HERE?
STEP ONE: DO THE BRAND YOU AUDIT
“It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we
know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, un-
less we know what we ought to be.”
—T. S. ELIOT
WHO AM I? How did I get here? The first step of the Brand
YOU journey is an honest self-assessment. Consumer brand com-
panies call this a brand audit, and so, true to our premise of adapt-
ing the principles and processes of corporate and product
branding, we use the same term here for your first step in the 7
Steps to Creating Your Most Successful Self. Whether their prod-
uct is Harley-Davidson motorcycles or Tide ...