“Worry about your character, not your reputation. Your character is who you are, your reputation is who people think you are.”
I love that sentiment. Too many people out there are only concerned with their reputation, their image– how they appear to others– rather than their actual self. Humph, I seriously doubt some people (certain people?) even know what ‘character’ is let alone worry about it. It is sad that nowadays it’s not about character, it’s not about being genuine, but it is all about your reputation or how well you can sell yourself to others. Very sad. This focus on outward appearances makes a fertile breeding ground for hypocrisy (faker -y), narcissism and psychopathology. Not only sad but scary as hell.
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Found a book about character that I want– link to limited view of it:
Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification
by Christopher Peterson & Martin E.P. Seligman
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