I solemnly vow that none of the content on my blog has been plagiarized in any way, shape, or form. However, if it were discovered that I plagiarized a blog post, my joyride would be over. The term plagiarist overshadows all of a blogger’s achievements, even the earned ones. Plagiarizing a speech puts all of your other speeches in question, even if the first 10 speeches were all your own and inspired bestselling books.
Employers are getting more social media savvy, and they don’t like when the job applicant has a private Twitter account. There are several stories of young adults getting arrested for the things that they posted on Facebook. Although those kinds of posts should not be on Facebook in the first place, people have gone from normal lives to being behind bars.
To many Americans, the Watergate Scandal overshadowed many (if not all) of Richard Nixon’s accomplishments. When you think of Richard Nixon, you don’t think of the guy who launched initiatives to fight cancer and illegal drugs. You think of Watergate.
Whether they are big or small, good or bad, we all have reputations. Unfortunately, the odds of having a bad reputation are greater than the odds of having a good reputation. In some cases, one bad mistake resulted in someone being known for a bad reputation. In order to be known as someone with a good reputation, you need to stay true to yourself and avoid doing anything that you believe would be bad enough to get a bad reputation. People are more likely to remember mistakes than they are to remember acts of kindness. However, multiple acts of kindness get remembered more often than a single mistake.
What others are thinking about me is not me
and thinking changes every day, at least 🙂
Beautifully said Algirdas.
What’s worse than being plagiarized is being falsely accused of it.
Oh, definitely. I didn’t even think about that.
Hello Marc! You had to of plagiarized, this content is beyond your years! 🙂 I’m sure we’ll be hearing more from you. Blessings!
Blessings to you too Michael. You can check me on Grammarly but you won’t find plagiarized content 🙂
Thanks for stopping by. I wish you a wonderful week.
Dear Mr. Guberti; Ahh, quite the young philosopher! I am standing for being able to quote other people.However it must be done with footnotes and references on the page the quote is written..Is that not standard practice? I have been out of school for awhile now,but never did I forget the rules of how to not plagiarize!And like you, I’m sure, I like my own writings for the education and uplifting of the public, Good Luck…~Terrie~
Those are still the rules, but unfortunately there are still many people who break them. I have found my content on other people’s blogs without them asking me for permission. I had to go through the annoying process of contacting a bunch of people to get the content taken down. It’s amazing what people are willing to do to make themselves look bigger than you really are.
Interesting view. I can’t agree more. Despite huge efforts for damage control, you can’t get over the bad reputation when something goes wrong. Prevention is indeed better than cure!
Manu, I agree that prevention is better than a cure. Why look for a cure when you can avoid it in the first place.
“Employers are getting more social media savvy, and they don’t like when the job applicant has a private Twitter account.” I disagree. My boss knows I have a private one to talk about politics and a public one for work and he’s happy I’m effectively using social media for work at all.
Not all companies work the same. I understand that some companies have employees use private and public accounts. There are also some companies who think that job applicants keep their accounts private because of inappropriate content.