Reputation

“A good reputation is the most valuable thing we have. If you steal my reputation, you’re robbing me of something that doesn’t make you richer, but makes me much poorer.” – Iago, page 143

What I get from this quote is that, even though you have lost your reputation you get hurt money wise. Also, if someone else takes your reputation away then how do you get it back? Well, first of all you can’t take back what you had already lost. If, lets say, you get revenge on someone and it doesn’t work out quite the way you like it to, then you get caught up for it and you can’t do anything about it. I think that if someone screws up your reputation and you are hurt by it, then there isn’t much you can do besides take it like a man and stop complaining about it. Lets say you have a job and your co-worker saw you stealing something, he tells his boss, you get in trouble, and then people think that your not a hard worker, your just a thief. (reputation down!) If things were the other way around and you saw him stealing something, you tell your boss, he gets in trouble, then you are seen as an open and honest person. (reputation up!) If you believe in being an open and honest person that cares about something, then don’t change who you are, strive to become a better person, and don’t give up on your hopes and dreams.