[Treasure your reputation]

Some fight for custody of their dreams, some for control of their investments, others for value of their voices, and some for a place in the mind of their targets, while others for their worth to be recognized, and then comes you. Now the question is, "what are you fighting for?"

I met some young man who's responsible for happiness of his family. He said to me whilst in a materialistic conversation that his fight all of his time after high school has been for reputation. Said it's through that that he's able to put bread on their table and smile on their faces. He at some stage in the talk asked what I'll do and for how long to build and fight for protection of my reputation. I just looked at him and purposely said I don't know. And just by that, he cut the conversation and said his adieus. He was disappointed I could tell.

Reputation made men and women be, it built corporations, grew world population, and gave rise to love and hate. Partners rely on one's reputation when considering ventures, consumers decide on the reputation of a brand when purchasing, as such anyone should put much effort in building and protecting theirs. Reputation is both a magnet and a repellant, be very careful with it.

And because of today's intrise thinking, the damage to reputation has proved to be a quick erosion to one's solid name and proven timeously that it's thrise expensive to restore. The internet makes life easier whilst simultaneously making it harder on the other hand. It's now easy to sensationally tarnish an entity's name without any facts backing up the rubbishing claims, and get away with it without any consequence. Bad news run faster than good news, and the downside being unproven content.

I know of one social media influencer who once rubbished someone and in a day was losing credibility, and two days later came back to reverse the claims. It restored the name but was never that strong as before that. Reputational damage a game to some but hurtful and costly for the one involved. Reputation management is now an industry on its own and those who still don't see reason for it are in for a long haul.

In conclusion: sometimes people are there for you because of who you are. At times some things are done for or made possible for you because of who you are. Some people may be assisted just because of your name or presence attached to them. All this things are happening because of your repute. So, if there're any gains for you that results from that good repute, keep it intact no matter what, and fight for it if you can. Reputation might not be all things but an everything key, is expensive. It is the currency to all currencies, don't give it off cheaply, treasure it...dp