You can’t microwave a reputation. It slow-cooks.

What people think of you is assembled out of dozens of small moments they barely register at the time. One impressive act does not do it, and one good week does not do it, because a reputation is an average rather than a highlight. It builds at the speed of repeated behaviour. The upside is that it also holds up when you have a bad day.

Choose the thing you want to be known for and make it boringly consistent instead of occasionally spectacular. Showing up on time, doing what you said you would do. Six months of that is worth more than any single performance.