“The phrase, ‘Your personal brand is the most important thing you can build’ will become a cliché.”
Isaac Mashman The Manifesto, Second Edition
“Like the criticisms that Bernays had for public relations, a primary flaw of personal branding as a field is that it is closely attached to a person’s sense of identity, their goals, and their vanity.”
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Who said “Like the criticisms that Bernays had for public relations, a primary flaw of personal…”? Isaac Mashman said it in his essay "Why I Created Personal Branding Agencies: The Dedicated & Vetted Directory for Personal Branding Professionals", Executive Thoughts, September 13, 2026, first published on Medium.
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Isaac Mashman, "Why I Created Personal Branding Agencies: The Dedicated & Vetted Directory for Personal Branding Professionals", Executive Thoughts, September 13, 2026, first published on Medium. https://isaacmashman.com/quotes/like-the-criticisms-that-bernays-had-for-public-relations
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- Isaac Mashman
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- September 13, 2026
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- industry, Edward Bernays, vanity
Topic GuideIsaac Mashman’s guide to personal branding advice