2007-01-02 06:32:09 · 31 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Or both, for that matter...
2007-01-02 06:32:37 · update #1
It depends on what side of the coin you are looking at... a good reputation is hard to build... it takes honesty, integrity, respect...and consistency. You mess up ONE time and your reputation is forever in question. That makes it a burden... trying to be perfect. However, having struggled through a bad reputation and rebuilding my own character.... it is an honor to have someone view me as trustworthy, honest, and respectful.... it took a long time for me to get there. It is a fine line you walk - but when it is all said and done, the good reputation is by far the better choice...
And a side-note... the good reputation is built through honesty...which means, I will respect you MORE when you admit your mistakes, try to correct them, and move on. Don't try to be perfect....and hide your errors. That will only cause people to not trust you anymore!!!
2007-01-02 06:37:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think a good reputation is both an honor and a burden. Its an honor because people can look to you, people would be more apt to trust you, etc. and a burden because people assume that because you have a good reputation that more responsibility could be put on you because youre the person to get the job done however you might not want or need that extra responsibility. I think its both however i think that i would personally rather have a good reputation for my own personal standards!
2007-01-02 14:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by rebecca d 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can be both. Having a good reputation can create the burden of not being able to be human in making a mistake since someone expects you to be perfect.
On the other hand, having a good reputation for being honorable, trustworthy, reliable, sincere and dedicated is something that is an honor and thus not a burden.
Great Question!
2007-01-02 14:39:14 · answer #3 · answered by D N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you consider a good reputation a burden you need not worry, you probably don't have one. If you think it is a honour you will soon lose it.It is not something bestowed like a medal or an Oscar. A good reputation requires constant work, self restraint and denial of instant gratification. You have to always have you eye on the big picture.And all of this from unconsciously acting according to your sense of right and wrong and human decency.
Just remember tho when you introduced to a person of "good reputation" that what is considered right and what is human decency is different at different latitudes and longitudes. Osama ben Landen has a great reputation in certain areas of the world. So does the shrub for reasons less understandable then Osama.
2007-01-02 14:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Titles do not honour men; Men honour titles.
The ensuing rat race to build reputation, title and wealth, makes everyone a rat. It does not change the fact that the winner is still a rat.
No exceptions.
One's opinion is that it is a burden not to tarnish the notion and ideals of an honour bestowed through titles by those greater than ourselves for the reputation so built. These ideals that come before reputation are preserved as would a lighthouse be repaired to remain a guide to those at sea.
At the heart of reputation, usually lies a kind of hope for a cause that was made real and the desire that this action of usually high and lofty aspirations can be replicated. Sometimes, dreaming dreams keeps society going no matter how bleak.
It is dubious that anyone asks great tasks to be thrust on them, whilst many seek it.
My two pennies worth.
2007-01-02 15:03:51 · answer #5 · answered by pax veritas 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is both. However, a good reputation doesn't mean you are a good person, necessarily. A good person has no need for a positive reputation, by other people, and eventually, learns how not to be hurt when a majority of people who their very honor, without proof of the lack. Example: George Bush.
2007-01-02 14:40:52 · answer #6 · answered by xenypoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say an honor, for the most part. It is something earned and not easily attained.
It is much easier to fall than climb. . .and most are far too quick to judge when someone slips.
A good reputation is only a burden if you do not want live up to it.
2007-01-03 09:54:52 · answer #7 · answered by YuckItUp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both. But more of a burden.
It's an honor the first times you're called upon..."Hey hottie..." or "Hey smarty pants" It's almost kinda hilarious.
But once you get into college like me and still hang with people you've known since middle school, and then you bump into people from Junior High, it gets sooooooooooooooo annoying.
I've always been known for my hilarious humor, irrestitable charm, and definately my smarts. I was given a nick-name in middle school that still haunts me today: Hot Genius. I loved it then, i became popular because of it and life was fabulous. Untill it carried on with me into Junior high. "Hey Hot Genius...what up?" Even people i didn't even know called me it. I then had reputation for being hot and smart and having a reputation. It really stunk.
But then i kinda let it flow and i stopped answering to it. (Even though it had practically become my birthname...sad thing is my own BROTHER started calling me it..:(
Then everything was alright. But i still run across some old friends who give me that look and call me a hot genius. I like it now, once again. But if you let your reputation be completely consistant, then it's almost like you're stuck. Especially in High school when everyone wants to categorize you into a specific group.
But my final answer is having a reputation is a good thing for a while, but just don't let it stick with you forever. You don't want to live your life as one specific person, you want to change time and time again.
-Carly
Ps. Word from the un-wise...NEVER let yourself have a reputation for having a reputation!!!!!!!! LOL!
2007-01-02 14:45:21 · answer #8 · answered by Sample ID 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends a good reputation is an honor as long as it is not just a facade to the real you then it can be a burden.
2007-01-02 14:35:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would see it as a burden because then a person is expected to act a certain way by the public or by the people who consider them to have a good reputation. Almost any celebrity these days is a good example; they're expected to be perfect people just because they're popular, but they're all just real people with feelings and bad habits, heartache and things they do that they shouldn't, etc.
2007-01-02 14:50:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋