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Just To Give You An Idea Of How Fragile Our Reputations Are…

April 9, 2014 by Marc Guberti 12 Comments

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.

 

Filed Under: Entrepreneur Tagged With: life tips, truths about life

How We All Need To Think Of Excuses

April 6, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

You could have come up with the best excuse for why your book did not get published when you said it would. The best excuse does not change the result–the book was still not published at the time you said it would be published.

“I didn’t study for the test because I had a project that week.” Although this excuse was well done, it does not change the fact that the person scored a low grade on the test.

“I don’t use Instagram because I don’t want to start from scratch when I have 500,000 followers on Twitter.” This is not an excuse. This is a logical reason. Focusing on the 500,000 followers on Twitter is more important than creating the Instagram account.

There is a difference between a reason and an excuse. An excuse is a cover up for a flaw on your part that could have been addressed better. It is better to admit mistakes than to cover them up so everyone can learn from those mistakes, not just you. A reason is something that makes sense but is not trying to cover up a flaw. Not having an Instagram account is not a flaw when you have a strong presence on Twitter. Likewise, not having a Twitter account is not a flaw when you have a strong presence on Instagram.

Excuses should not be tolerated. Mistakes should be admitted. Excuses are just the long route that ends up going exactly where the short route goes–the realization that there is a flaw. Reasons are good especially when they can be supported. Reasons are logical, and reasons don’t hide flaws because there is nothing to hide.

 

Filed Under: Motivation, productivity Tagged With: life tips

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