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   Handicapped Chefposted 4 years ago

   The problem with a lot people is, they are more concerned about their image than they are about their reputation. It should be the other way around .....What more important to you.

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      Mark O Richardsonposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      I agree with that...I know some people that are very into fashion & fitness, but they are not nice people and treat others horribly. I would rather be a good person than look like one.

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         Handicapped Chefposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Your reputation lives a very real existence apart from you, representing the collective mental construct everyone but you shares about you, a construct based partially on your own actions but also on the perceptions others have about others' perceptions of your actions

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      Cristaleposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Image and reputation are almost the same exact thing, so they could be used interchangeably. It is just how another person sees or perceives another person to be. The question should really be who's thoughts are more important about yourself, yours or theirs?

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         Mark O Richardsonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         I think they are different. Image is how you appear, but reputation is more about character and what is on the inside. Image can be deceiving. A good reputation is harder to earn.

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            Handicapped Chefposted 3 years agoin reply to this

            In all things, it's harder to build than to destroy. Building a good reputation requires effort, patience, and time. Destroying a good reputation only requires a single moment's misstep so that hurt your Image because it don't take much

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               Mark O Richardsonposted 3 years agoin reply to this

               Amen.
               "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.". -Warren Buffett

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         Handicapped Chefposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         A good reputation smoothes out the journey somewhat, and a bad one causes doors to slam in our face and tests our confidence in ourselves. when there so different

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      Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I agree: a GOOD reputation should be sought after and valued as more important than mere image.
      
      A good reputation should be part of one's image.
      
      Maybe, image is short term and reputation is long term. The short term image gives way to the long term reputation
      
      Something to keep in mind.
      
      
      Thank You.

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   Kathryn L Hillposted 3 years ago

   I disagree. I was a showoff when younger. I cared about my image as a matter separated from my *reputation. I should have mingled the two and I wouldn't have suffered so much, nor would I have caused others to suffer.
   
   *I consider "good" to be part of "reputation." Reputation = good reputation.
   
   
   However, now that I think off it, I did develop a bad reputation in my blind efforts to reveal a particularly shallow image. Hmmmm.

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