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“I'm building a reputation I can stand behind.”
A reputation built on real behavior is durable. One built on image management is fragile. The difference is simple: do you do right because people are watching, or because it's who you are? Keep building the durable kind.
Your Practice
Write down three behaviors you've made consistent that reflect who you want to be. These are your anchors. When a hard decision comes, ask which choice is consistent with those three things, then act accordingly.
The Architects
“I was more motivated by curiosity. Never by the desire for financial gain. I just wondered how things were put together.”
Claude Shannon, Interview with Anthony Liversidge, Omni magazine, August 1987; as reprinted in Claude E. Shannon: Collected Papers (IEEE Press, 1993)