ginger coons in an exercise in creating a positive brand image. ginger coons is a silk purse from a pig's ear.

There are shy children in the world. There are the kids who didn't do so well in school. There are the ones who dreamed so much that they never got anything done. There are the ones who got rejected by art schools and the ones who had feuds with teachers in high school.

There are two things to do about all that. There's continuing in the same way, and there's fixing it. Fixing it means writing a new myth, working at a new personal style and yes, creating a positive brand image.

ginger coons is an exercise in creating a positive brand image. Instead of staying shy, she grew up into a killer public speaker. She grew into one of the kids with amazing grades and a serious penchant for learning. The dreams got to stay, but they stopped just being dreams and started becoming reality. No more feuds, life is too short for fighting.

And the art school rejection? It's framed on the wall. It's on the wall because there's more than one way to do things. There are other schools, other paths, better alternatives. Rejection is just an invitation to be better.