Your Reputation!

Your Reputation!

From: Aquacool who wrote on Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Our reputation is important, but it's not too important to let it take over our lives, neither it is so insignificant so as to carry on doing whatever we desire wherever we wish without giving a damn about our surroundings.

The other day I came across this quote, and I wish I knew who said these words, but I didn't. Anyway, it says:

"Reputation is what people think you are.
Character is who you really are.
Take care of your character and
your reputation will take care of itself."
And I agree, reputation is what people think of what you are, and what people think is based upon what you really do, OR it could be based on what others say you do. And what others say you do could be true (stemming from what you really do), or could be false (in that case would be more of a rumour--or slander, malicious gossip--than a reputation).

In other words, the key to reputation is one's self. All you should do to get a good reputation is be natural, never cross others' red lines, be kind, stand up for your rights, be true to yourself and show respect to others. Now, if you do all this and you still hear others warn you of your "bad reputation" then don't care, don't be sad, because in this case--like I said before--they're merely rumours that are trying to give you a bad reputation.

Rumours come from people who hate you, envy you, are jealous of you or those who misunderstand you. You shouldn't worry at all. Why? Because whoever believes those rumours in the first place, and ignores his/her personal knowledge of you and who you truly are, doesn't deserve your empathy, your trust or even your friendship. And whoever really loves you and cares for your friendship will never ever let others affect his/her opinion of you.

It's only in hard times and through difficulties that a person could really test the friendship, loyalty and love of others around him/her. Therefore, don't care too much about what others think of you. Others will never be pleased with you, no matter what how hard you try to please them. Better to please yourself by doing the right thing and going to bed with a guilt-free mind and a smiling face.

And let me end this post with a quote of Mr. Herbert Bayard Swope:

"I cannot give you the formula for success,
but I can give you the formula for failure--
which is: try to please everybody."

Posted by Eman @ 3:30 PM
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