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馃幀 HOW TO RUIN YOUR PERSONAL BRAND IN 5 MIN? POOP DURING A WEBINAR!

馃幀 HOW TO RUIN YOUR PERSONAL BRAND IN 5 MIN? POOP DURING A WEBINAR!

OK, I'll be doing a public humiliation of a certain girl I don't know personally but who was recently on a webinar call with me.

I will humiliate you because it was gross. Because you humiliated yourself and in today's world, I am not fully confident that you did not do it on purpose - but I genuinely hope, you didn't.

But I will humiliate her mainly because I want to save YOU from anything similar.

I joined the webinar on a zoom call with 14 other people. As I started to glance through the participants, I saw the weirdest stuff ever. At first, I tried to believe it was not what I was seeing. But then, I needed to admit:

I AM SEEING A GIRL POOPING.

No, I did not sign up for this. I signed up for a webinar on personal branding.

She was cleaning herself as nothing happens. And then she stood up. YES, guys, you could see literally her being naked in front of you while I was trying to focus on the nitty-gritty details of personal branding.

Meanwhile, on the other camera shot, there was a guy enjoying his dinner.

At this point I thought, we hit rock bottom in life and humanity.

But if you think this is where the story ends, just wait. Once she finished, she fetched her laptop and walked out of the bathroom without flushing the toilet or washing her hands. She walked into her kitchen and started to eat.

There, you have it.

This was the most bizarre webinar experiences I have ever had and needless to say I was puzzled: should I send her a message that we see her? Or was she doing it on purpose? Or what the hell should I do?

But here is your take-away message:
馃槺 Just because you are attending a webinar, try to put yourself together and be presentable - accidents happen.
馃槺 If you plug into a webinar. you always have the choice to switch off your camera. So if you feel that you want to run your day in parallel, just turn it off.
馃槺 If you wanna show your face, but suddenly you have diarrhea, I beg you, make sure you are not playing Big Brother reality show. Again, I beg you!
馃槺 Don't be a zombie. I still assume she had no idea that her camera was on, but then again, don't assume.
馃槺 Just because it is an online platform, try to take it as if it would be an offline one.

Her only luck was that she did not enter her full name - which, by the way, when you join a webinar about personal branding, is a really goofy choice. But, her un-luck is that the webinar was recorded and will be shared. (Yes, I hope the admin will see it and turn the participant camera off.)

She ruined her personal brand...like...forever! Please, don't ruin yours!

Thanks @erikaalpern
#personalbranding

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Virag is a digital communications strategist and personal branding whiz, who聽is helping聽individuals and brand owners building a successful online media presence that is authentic,聽sustainable, and recognizable. She is also the founder of Almost Jewish, a pro-Israel movement that aims to change the stereotypes about Israel and the Jewish people one day at a time.聽



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