Reader Survey: What Does the Site Logo Mean to You?
Today’s post is going to be a little different from the usual ones 
Today, I’m going to do a little fun survey among all of you readers. As you know, the site went through a branding overhaul last month, getting a new domain name, new tagline and totally new layout in the process. With that also came a new logo, as you can see on the left of the header on the top of every page.
My question to all of you readers is: What does the PersonalExcellence.co logo mean to you? (Comment here!)
There are absolutely no right or wrong answers, just individual interpretations. It will be interesting to see what each person’s perspective will be – I already did a quick test through my facebook and got some pretty interesting answers Also, I have a as-of-yet unproven hypothesis that pessimistic people can only see a blob of black in the logo, which I’m eager to test out
Comments are specially open for this post and will be moderated before they are published. The comments option will be closed after a week, when I receive majority of responses. So, post your answers away!
Update: The survey is over! Thanks everyone for participating and sharing your thoughts! Feel free to browse the user comments below and read the follow-up post here.
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Filed in: Updates | Published: Jul 25 2009 | By Celes |
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Hi Celestine.
What I see is a person emphatically reaching out to the world, and standing on a sand dune. The person in the logo has his arms out like I envision myself doing when giving a speech to a stadium of people in the future. A message of success is in that logo.
This is so psychological
its like taking a Rorschach test ! My first impression of it is positive. It’s a person singing or shouting to the world saying “I did it! I finally did it!”. Its a triumphant message.
Someone shouting for joy.
I see a person stretching our his arms, receiving the energies of the world
Success =)
Celestine,
What I see is someone who has had sudden relief, and is extraordinarily happy.
PS. I really like the logo. Did you design it yourself?
The logo reminds me of a particular position called ‘the tree’ that I did on a stage during the sunrise to absorb the energy of the sun and take its energy.
It looks like someone who is standing in a high place, maybe the top of a mountain, opening their arms and welcoming anything that life has to throw at them, because they know they will be successful no matter what comes their way.
~ Kristi
Hi Celes, the logo makes me think of a woman who loves life and is opening her arms to embrace all that it has to offer. That’s kinda how I think of you so there may be some transference going on here.
It symbolizes freedom and achievement to me.
Someone who is reaching out for his/her dreams!
A person reached a level, feeling great about the future too, symbolizing that the sky is the only limit.
The logo to me looks like someone reaching for the sky, joyful, powerful. Full of energy, a celebration of life. I really like it.
Freedom, embracing life, opening up to the nourishment and warmth of sunshine in one’s life,
The first impression of it is someone who had achieve freedom.
Cheers,
Vincent
The first word that comes to my mind was “achievement”.
To me is like, “Somebody hell me please!!!”
i meant, help. opsie!
Thanks a lot everyone for sharing your thoughts so openly!!
It is highly interesting, seeing each of your interpretations of the logo 
Keep them coming if there’s still any! I’ll be sharing my own thoughts after everyone gets to say their piece.
Gooroo: I actually got the base image somewhere on the internet, and then improvised it in image editing program GIMP (http://personalexcellence.co/blog/useful-freeware) to make it the way it is. I really like the end outcome!
It pretty much epitomizes my vision and what I strive to achieve with everyone’s lives.
Dawn: Thanks Dawn! I really love the logo myself too
Joe: Your typo gave me a chuckle!
With the whole world under his feet, he is embracing his life with his arms wide open and probably shouting “oh gosh i really love my life!”
Hi Celes,
The Logo comes across to me as someone who’s reached the peak (symbolising ‘Top of the World’) after much relentless effort.
Cheers~
Mark
What I see is someone opening him/herself for abundance
Cheers,
Shun Jian
What I see is someone who is eager to embrace life with freshness and openness
For me stands for the “Youthfulness of the Spirit”
The joy of life. A person receiving the dawn light or getting ready to jump in the sea and swim. Being it “humanized” makes it more appealing than a symbolic approach.
For me it is: freedom.
Namaste.