Reputation

"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company." - George Washington

Reputation is the esteem to which your peers assume that you can perform your function as a professional. For instance, a lawyer with a good reputation is assumed to be able to win court cases.

People's tendency to associate with likeminded people

• New study finds our desire for 'like-minded others' is hard-wired, Science Daily, 2016

• Academic Achievement and Its Impact on Friend Dynamics. Sociology of Education. 2012 Jan; 85(1): 61–80. doi: 10.1177/0038040711417014

Building a good reputation

• What's Your Reputation?
• 17 Ways To Build a Reputation, Indeed

Building a good professional reputation

• Building a professional reputation, American Pyschological Association

• Building Your Reputation, Society for Human Resource Management

• 8 Ways To Build A Good Reputation In The Workplace

See also

• Social analysis
• Social intelligence
• Social influence
• Social networking
• Social rejection
• Quotes related to ignoring unreasonable critics
• Character
• Virtue

Essay:

• Essay: Positive social influence