In the end people describe you with one or two words. Live like you get a say in which words.
REFLECTION
WHAT THIS MEANS
Reputations compress. Whatever you are actually like, the version other people carry is short: steady, funny, sharp, difficult. That compression happens whether or not you participate, and it is built out of a few hundred small moments rather than any single impressive one. Which means you have more influence over it than it feels like.
Decide on the word you would want, then look for the few moments this week that will actually decide it. Usually it is how you treat somebody when nothing is at stake.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which two words would your friends use about you?
MORE IN MEANING & PERSPECTIVE
- People a hundred years ago worried about their kids, their rent and whether anyone liked them. Some things never change.
- At twelve you wanted to be sixteen. At sixteen you want to be twenty-one. Try being the age you are for a while.
- If you only do things you can post, you’ll miss the ones that matter most.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.