Worry more about your character than your reputation. Reputation is fragile. It lives in other people’s mouths, shaped by opinions, misunderstandings, and half-heard stories. You can do everything right and still be misjudged. You can stay silent and still be talked about. Chasing reputation is a never-ending performance for an audience that keeps changing. Character is different. Character is who you are when no one is watching. It’s the choices you make when there’s nothing to gain, the way yo