Take Control Of Your Reputation
In today’s world of information overload and never being quite sure what to believe, building your reputation has become more important then ever before. In the past if you became a ‘bad’ person, you could just get on your high-horse and trot out of town. But today there are few ways to escape your past. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and others all store persistence information that your great grandchildren will be able to search for and find.
So what do you do about it? How do you build a successful reputation that will help fend off the inevitable human condition causing mistakes to happen? Henry Ford once said “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” you must build you reputation through conscious action. Not by thinking about them, but by doing them!
It’s nice enough to think about taking out the trash on time. Telling your neighbor you will get it to the curb by the morning is fine. So long as you get it there.
The first thing you want to avoid when building your reputation is not to speak hollow words that let people down. The honesty of your words is one of the few things you can always control. You must protect that. If you make a habit of not following through on things you say you will, then you lose trust in people. Some might even say you lie, and that can be hard to fix.
The good news is that you can always choose to control what you say, and what you do. You have the power to fully control your reputation. Rather then being the person who is going to do something, be the person always doing something. Get in the habit of staying busy and you will both become more productive and increase the value of your reputation.
The next question is … What are you going to do about it??
If you find that hard to answer, then break it apart into thing you should probably stop doing. If you’re one to talk a lot but take little action, there is a good chance you have a reputation of not following through with things. The fastest way to start a change is to stop talking so much. with 2 ears and 1 mouth you should listen twice as much as you talk. Slow down and think about words before you say them and ask yourself “Am I really going to do this?” if not, stop talking right there.
Make the change in you mind, and take action on what you say.
Don’t wait, act!
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