REPUTATION WILL PAY, NOT HONOUR

Develop Reputation

An American author, Lois McMaster Bujold (b. 1949), has said:

“Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honour is what you know about yourself.”

REPUTATION is the opinion that others hold about you. How is this opinion formed? It is developed through your deeds, and not through your words. Reputation represents your real personality; while, honour is your own perception about yourself. It is like self-praise, that is, believing that you are 'so and so', without taking into account of what others think about you.

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Reputation is the opinion that others hold about you; while, honour is your own perception about yourself.

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Your reputation is like a cheque that can be cashed from the bank. The market knows you through your reputation, and not through your selfperception. You cannot 'cash in' your self-perception or honour in the market. If you want to have a place for yourself in the market, then you have to create a reputation for yourself by your actual deeds. Honour or self-praise cannot give you any place in the market.

Some people live in self-pride. They are always engaged in praising themselves. But, self-praise can only satisfy oneself, the other person will never take heed to your self-praise.

Everyone is born with some special quality. If you discover that quality and utilize it, that will inculcate gratefulness for God. However, if you yearn to develop a quality that you do not possess, then that will lead to following of an unrealistic approach. As a result, you will always give others a reason for complaint