What's so bad about being average? I repeat that you still seem to be in a position to choose something not average, and so am I. The average though, is something which keeps many things alive we take for granted.
I don't see it as a problem that I live in a world of other people, just a matter of fact. And that many things are to my dislikes as much as to my likes. I still can pick, can't I? I am part of the masses.
In case I meet a difficulty, I can act appropriate to the situation. In the meantime, I like to stay without too many sorrows and not put on those of others. Not good for health. It was different when I was younger, though. Everything has it's time. Once in a while the critic in me stands up and fights for something. But not only am I affected by the others, I do affect the others, too.
How could you know that my position is not derived or well thought through, a result of experience and weighing things up?
I see it that the status quo is in constant change. Maybe not immediate, maybe some changes do not happen during my lifetime or urgent desires. But that doesn't mean it's not in progress. Fortunately there are enough people who take on different activities and push things or hold them back. Who am I to see through it all?
Right, reputation is something different and not fully owned by us, only a result of our professions, relationships and activities.
To some degree, depending on what you are doing. Nudge might be a good book to read, also Thinking fast and slow concerning defaults and habits.
I only have the comments you have added here.
Right, reputation is something different and not fully owned by us, only a result of our professions, relationships and activities.
not a result - an externally applied impression. As someone said:
“Reputation is what strangers think of you and character is what your friends know you are”
Nah ... you have the chance to browse my blog. To get a taste of whom you might deal with.
Well, I would say that with the sovereignty to define reputation, the last word is not spoken. In my language at least - we also say reputation in German - it is not clearly defined. That is why I say that reputation is not just something that others have attached to us, but influenced by our own actions/omissions. If I expose another person in front of a group, then this has an influence on my reputation, my image among observers. In the case of a gang of thugs, this can lead to a strengthening of my position, in a company that pursues social goals, it can mean a drastic drop in my reputation.
Other than that, I like the quote.
You like a book recommendation from me, too? LOL :-D
You did not say what you find bad about being average. ... okay, I leave it.
Greetings to the US and thanks for the talk.
edit: actually I leave you with the question what it's good about being average. To stay positive. I am not insisting of an answer.
I have the chance, but I haven't so up until this point, I only have the comments.
While your actions affect your reputation in the eyes of others, you have very little control over what they ascribe to you and what one person might value, another will devalue. What this means is the reputation is not "the" it is as numerous as every person who has given you some kind of "reputation score" they have built. This makes the reputation one will protect not only egotistical, but quite impossible a journey because the protection in one set of eyes is the degradation in another pair.
Sure, but I barely read these days due to a lack of time.
You are welcome and I will pass along the greetings if I am ever near the US.
HaHa!! LOL Where do I have to send the greetings?
My emphasis lies on the fact that reputation and my own actions are not separated. At least, I will not earn a reputation from things totally unrelated to my profession, relationships and expressions. What you talk mostly about is the interpretation of others, what I talked about is the reputation I can create and want others to believe or see in me. Both is correct and happens all the time.