October 2019
Beginner
400 pages
7h 56m
English
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September 24Your Reputation
Your scruples: do they move as in a dusk? Challenge them. Make them advance and declare themselves.
Herman Melville—Billy Budd, Sailor (1924)
Instagram is fun. It's a great way to enhance your appearance and give people a fleeting glimpse into how awesome your life is. Or, #staruplife, the struggle is real, y'all. Just read my 47th book this month #killingit. Humbled to have a meeting with Richard Branson this week.
Okay, so it's also an amazing way to build up a wall around the truth and grace required for you and others to fully recognize who you are.
We can put a nice bow on this with words attributed to coach John Wooden:
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. The true test of one's character is what they do when no one is watching.
Your scruples advance and declare themselves through the work you do, the value you bring, the truth you live. That's all.
Self-reliance knows how great you are.
Challenge Question
- When will you know that you have achieved self-reliance? What hint will you witness?
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