You’re going to get noticed. The question is: for what?

Every day, you’re deciding which kind of attention you want to command. The person who shows up with integrity, who does the work, who delivers quality and treats people with kindness and respect – they become the center of attention through presence, not performance. People lean in because there’s substance there. Something solid. Trust. Goodwill.

Then there’s the other way. The manipulation. The need to be right. The superiority complex dressed up as confidence. The troublemaker. The anger that demands space. The greed that takes without giving. This gets attention too – but it’s the kind that repels even as it commands the room.

Try them both on. Seriously. Stand in front of your mirror and ask: which one am I wearing today? What fits me?

Because here’s what matters – you’re making this choice in every interaction. Every email. Every conversation. Every transaction. Moment to moment, you’re either building integrity or eroding it. There’s no neutral ground.

What name are you encouraging people to call you? What will be your reputation?

The long run? It’s just the accumulation of these moments. The person you’re becoming is the person you’re choosing to be right now. The attention you’re getting today is training people how to see, think, and talk about you tomorrow.

Which spotlight do you want? The one that illuminates your fine character or the one that exposes your evil and insecurity?

You already know which one respects you back.

Thanks – Michael (he, him)

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This matters too – How Precious is Your Good Name.

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