by Mary Foley
http://www.LiveLikeYourNailColor.com
© 2007
When it comes to building your business or your
career in a company, how people perceive you is often to the difference
between more sales, promotions, and certainly your satisfaction.
Here are ten things you want your reputation to say about you.
Use it for yourself and share it with a friend to help her build
her business or career (these tips work for personal relationships,
too!).
- Give credit where it's due. You're nothing without the support
of other peoples' contributions, technical know-how, and creative
ideas. When it's obvious that you respect others by taking this
step more support always shows up.
- Create a safe place for brainstorming. People need to know
you'll receive their ideas in a respectful and kind manner.
Remember, you don't have to like or even agree with everything
that comes out of a brainstorming session; simply listen with
an open mind. The most valuable input will be things you never
thought of yourself.
- Respect yourself and take yourself lightly too. Your ability
to laugh at your own moments of foolishness or mistakes will
make everyone relax around you. Perfection is extremely tough
to obtain and impossible to maintain so don't set yourself up!
- Keep confidences. Make sure you remain discreet and people
will continue sharing valuable information with you. Remember
the saying "Loose lips sink ships"? Simple but true.
It may be tempting to share, especially if it means you'll get
another juicy morsel in return but it's never worth it.
- Seek out diversity. Create space in your life that will hold
anyone of caliber.
- Be comfortable with conflict. You may not love it, but you
need to accept that conflict is a dynamic circumstance that
can lead to even more powerful creativity. Conflicts that reach
resolution are our most powerful assets.
- Share information. Share "public domain" information
from your department or other parts of the business that will
help others. It's a universal law, what you put out is what
you can expect in return. Foster this camaraderie.
- Try to assume the positive in a questionable circumstance.
People will feel safe with you if they know you're thinking
the best of them. As a single person on the outside, you cannot
possibly know every thought or element of what has happened.
Trust that the intention was good.
- Don't inflate negative situations. Sure bad things happen,
but try to keep them in perspective. Don't take anything personal
because it very rarely is. If you refuse to absorb it on a personal
level, it's much easier to see it objectively and consequently
have the outcome be of value to you. Those things that don't
kill us truly do make us stronger.
- Don't appear doubtful about your principles. When you put
a stake in the ground, mean it. Take a stand. Don't be swayed
by difficulty. Remember Eleanor Roosevelt's words: "Women
are like tea bags, we don't know our true strength until we
are in hot water". Don't betray yourself just to get out
of that water.
Your reputation is sort of like a tail, it follows
you everywhere. At all times, in any situation staying true to
yourself and standing firm on it will create and preserve your
reputation – the one you want to have following you.
Credit:
About The Author:
Mary Foley, author of "Bodacious! Woman: Outrageously in
Charge of Your Life and Lovin' It!" and founder of the Bodacious
Women's Club, inspires women to be courageously in charge of their
lives. You can be inspired, too! Get the free audio "Live
Like Your Nail Color!" today at http://www.LiveLikeYourNailColor.com
.
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