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  <title>Sunny Bonnell reframes your vices as virtues</title>
  <description>On the podcast today: Sunny Bonnell, co-founder of&amp;amp;nbsp;Motto, one of the leading branding agencies in the country, with clients like Google, Hershey's, and Twentieth Century Fox. Sunny and her co-founder, Ashleigh Hansberger, recently wrote their first book,&amp;amp;nbsp;Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different.&amp;amp;nbsp;Sunny says the book started with a question: &amp;quot;What if you could take the parts of yourself that other people criticize—traits they call defiant, dangerous, and different—and turn those things into your selling points?&amp;quot; We talked about how Sunny and Ashleigh arrived at the seven &amp;quot;virtues&amp;quot; in Rare Breed:  Rebellious Audacious Obsessed Hot-blooded Weird Hypnotic Emotional  If you're curious which virtue applies to you, try the&amp;amp;nbsp;Rare Breed quiz. Sunny and Ashleigh also host a&amp;amp;nbsp;YouTube series, also called Rare Breed, where they sit down with guests like Charlamagne Tha God and Jon Batiste. I asked Sunny about Motto's origin story, the challenges of being one of very few female-owned agencies, the importance of diversity, and more. Toward the end of the conversation, Sunny recommended a few books:&amp;amp;nbsp;It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite, both by Paul Ardern, as well as&amp;amp;nbsp;The Hero and the Outlaw,&amp;amp;nbsp;by Margaret Mark and Carol Pearson. We ended with some of Sunny's motivating advice for anyone trying to grow their career: &amp;quot;Own who you are. In a world that wants to own you, owning yourself in this way can really hurt like hell. Being defiant, dangerous, and different is a gift. Succeed because of who you are, not despite who you are.&amp;quot; To learn more about Sunny, check out her agency's work at&amp;amp;nbsp;wearemotto.com.&amp;amp;nbsp;Rare Breed&amp;amp;nbsp;is available now on&amp;amp;nbsp;Amazon&amp;amp;nbsp;and elsewhere. And, if you go to&amp;amp;nbsp;rarebreedbook.com, you can watch episodes of Sunny and Ashleigh's YouTube show and take the Rare Breed quiz. If you take the quiz or read the book, drop us a line on social media-I'd love to hear your thoughts, and I'm sure Sunny would, too. Episode sponsors  The Brand Strategy Kit&amp;amp;nbsp;from Egle Karalyte. Available in both digital and print formats, the Kit provides structure and tools to streamline and gamify your branding process. Squadhelp. To begin a business name contest with hundreds of business naming experts, check out their services to get a fresh perspective on your company.  </description>
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