Soliloquio

"Your reputation is not located in you. It resides in the minds of others. Therefore, you have no control over it at all. (...)
Connecting to intention mean listening to your heart and conducting yourself based on what your Inner Voice tells you what is your purpose here.
If you're overly concerned with how you're going to be perceived by everyone, then you've disconnected yourself from intention and allowed the opinions of others to guide you. This is your ego at work. It's an illusion that stands between you and the power of intention. (...)
Stay on purpose, detach from outcome, and take responsability for what does reside in you: your character. Leave your reputations for others to debate; it has nothing to do with you."

The Power of Intention, by Wayne W. Dyer