How much do you care about your reputation?

Reputation is really a complicated thing. There's this story I really love about a Chinese warlord so here goes: There was a Chinese lieutenant (I don't really know what they call war leaders back in ancient times) who had a reputation of being too witty. His evasive tactics became apparent to every warlords and this is the reason why they fear him. One time, this lieutenant, along with his men, celebrated a victory at a small town. Little did they know that there was a counter attack coming; it was a midnight. The enemy's numbers are way greater than theirs, they were on the losing end. What our witty lieutenant did was, he ordered his men to hide inside the houses and turn all the lights off. Then he sat just outside the walls of this town. He wore a hood and played the flute. When the enemy came they were about to enter the town when their leader saw this fellow playing the flute beside the town walls. He asked him if he saw an army that passed by. The fellow nodded and pointed to the entrance of the town. Then a little light shined just right on this fellow's face and it was enough for the enemy leader to recognize him. He quickly retreated his army and went away. I read this in a book called 48 Laws of Power. It's a great book and I recommend everyone to read it. Going back, now why did the enemy leader retreated his army? Because he knew right away that the fellow playing the flute wasn't an ordinary townsman, it was the famous warlord they all feared. He thought maybe they knew about the attack and the lieutenant had setup a trap for them. That's how valuable a reputation can be. I hope you learned something here.

the only thing we can make proud to our children is our reputation. doing what is good and being honest to what tasks you are assigned to is the start of building a legacy/reputation.

I always do-because i don't want my kids to be humiliated,that's the last thing i could do. And i don't think that reputation will suffer if we knows what we are doing,and we knows we are fighting for our rights.

hi, actually love is the most i care rather than to my career/reputation,but my father was not,he really care for the reputation we have rather the feeling i have to my lover,being an educated person,of course i should choose the reputation together with that love.sometimes that happen to me sometimes im not lucky.

How much do I care about my reputation? As an adult I care a great deal about making sure I behave in an acceptable manner for society and not bring shame to my name. As a preteen through my teen years I wanted a reputation I wouldn't find very favorable today. Was my reputation challenged probably more then once. You just cope with it just like you do anything else and you move on.

I come from a very small town, so I care about my reputation very much. Our town is full of somewhat nosy people who always seem to be in everyone's business, so I try to keep a low profile. Regardless of how hard you try to have a good reputation in life though, there are always going to be certain people who want to tarnish your reputation.