Unless you have a time machine (that can go backward…one that can go forward won’t be especially useful in this case), today, right now, is the very best time to start working on your personal brand. Whether you realize it or not, you probably already have the beginnings of a personal brand that you’ve been building up since you began your professional career (or very likely, even before that). Whether you want to continue in this direction or strike out with a whole new brand, the sooner you get started pushing that brand the direction you want it to go (rather than letting it run loose like the family poodle), the sooner your brand will be strong enough to help you get where you want to be professionally.