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Personal Slogan: The One Sentence That Can Get You That Topnotcher Medal


"I am a librarian who manages a library, curates the collection, answers users' questions, helps users find the resource they need, and learns new trends to improve my service." - Ruby Galvez, RL, LPT

One-liners are important in life. Think of the many slogans that have boosted the sales of many small brands into the big brands that they are now. Off the top of my head... 

"Just do It" - Nike

"It's finger-lickin' good" - KFC

"Melts in your mouth, not in your hand" - M&Ms

"For everything else, there's MasterCard" - MasterCard 

“A Diamond is Forever.” - De Beers

Slogans are powerful because they reiterate the vision-mission of the brand, making people remember the brand as they remember the catchy phrase or sentence.


So, how would having a personal slogan help you become a topnotcher in your licensure examination.

1. It's an Affirmation of Who You Are

Affirmations are our wings in daily life. It's emotional support. A self-hug. The more you tell yourself something, the more you believe it. A positive affirmation will blow any negativity away. Just keep telling yourself your "truth" and all the other people's negativity won't even touch you.

2. It's a Reminder of What You Stand For

Do we need a reminder of what we stand for? Yes, sometimes, we do. What we stand for is what feeds our family. We are professionals who do our job well. We dress a certain way, and even speak a certain way. But, there are times when we forget all that and regress to our slacker selves, or rather, who we are when we are relaxed and carefree.  

It's easy to forget our mission in our daily life when the stress keeps building and we just want to be the way we are when we're home, we don't care about anything except dinner, sleep, coffee, and Netflix.  

Having the slogan perks us up and makes us remember, "hey, you have a job to do. Do it." Some people have their personal slogans tattoo'd on their body. Imagine that.

3. It's a Memory Aid

Your personal slogan can contain clues on the major subject areas that you're studying for. If you're in a crunch, you can remember your slogan and better organize your reviewers and your review in general.

Just to give you an example, here's my personal slogan:

"I am a librarian who manages a library, curates the collection, answers users' questions, helps users find the resource they need, and learns new trends to improve my service." 

With this sentence, I am able to remember the major subject areas of the Librarian Licensure Examination. "Manages" refers to Library Management. "Curates" refers to Collection Development, "Answers" refers to Refernce and Information Service. "Helps find" refers to Abstracting, Indexing, Cataloging, and Classification. "New trends" refers to information technology. 

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