A man’s worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.

People cannot see your intentions, your effort or your inner reasoning; they see what you do, and they draw conclusions from that alone. It can feel unjust when the thing you meant is better than the thing you managed, but the world has no other evidence to work from. Over time the pattern of your conduct becomes the only accurate summary of you that anyone, including you, can read.

Take one situation where you keep explaining yourself and stop explaining. Change what you do next time instead, and let the record accumulate in your favour without commentary.