REPUTATION OR CHARACTER; BLOG # 2246; JULY 24, 2020

THE COMEBACK:

REPUTATION OR CHARACTER

I’m taking a private plane ...   

to my vacation mansion  

What about the extra     

greenhouse gas and electricity?

THE MESSAGE:

Reputation is the general belief or opinion that other people have about you. It determines the social standing of a person in the society and is a measure of his or her influence. A bad reputation is usually derived from an overemphasis on the need to be loved, selfish impulses, a large ego, the need for publicity or drives that some people possess. 

Character defines who you really are, regardless of the circumstances in which you find yourself. In the long term your reputation becomes a product of your character. Character is truly revealed by the distinctive qualities of an individual. The main difference between the two concepts is that while the character is more internal, reputation is rather external. 

To some citizens, reputation is everything;  but one needs to see that character is much more important. A reputation that is gained without character often is defined as hypocrisy. A reputation that grows out of a good character is something to treasure. Your appearance can change or diminish with time, but character is with you always. Who you present yourself as, and how you behave, is more important than your external appearance. If you are mostly concerned about your character, your reputation will take care of itself.

TONY TODAY:

Great people are usually judged  by  others on their character.  Having good character means possessing such  admirable traits as honesty, responsibility and courage.  It is important and  beneficial  for  one  to have  good   character.      

Being   honourable  and  honest in your efforts   and in   your relations with others are essential qualities.

Integrity is aderence to moral and ethical principles. Integrity describes how you act, it is a characteristic of you regardless of who is watching. Reputation is how you are perceived by others in any situation. It is a description of yourself that may or may not match what you decide or how you behave. True character is revealed in the choices a human being makes under pressure. The greater the pressure, the deeper the meaning and revelation of one’s essential nature and real character.

INTERESTING STUFF:

Men can read smaller print than women can; 
women can hear better. 

THE MUSIC:

THE QUESTION:

Is good character  not something we should expect in  the selection of our potential leaders?

THE QUOTE:

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are where your reputation is merely what others think of you”.

UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden

THE LEMON:

Hypocrite Al Gore

THE CLIP: