PLAY HIGH TO STAY HIGHER

55      PLAY HIGH

The tempo of every king bearer successor or great-man’s heart is usually very high, highly intense that he/she wishes to break every barriers that could militate against the realization of the intended dream(s).

Indeed, defending your charisma is the best in making your reputation stands firm and tall before your counterparts. Pay the price of maneuver in order to set the pace high and enviable. You need to play the game of a mastermind or leveraging as the case may be; whereby everyone would conclude or believe you are the real controller of the acclaimed territories in terms of finance, power or reputation. Don’t forget; that was what earned Columbus his marks in 1492, with his oratory prowess, creativity and psychological doggedness by hiding his real self; but pose to the entire world that he was the highest acclaimed or known sailor (that discovered the new world [America]).

Confidence and reputation go hand-in-hand; and when one loses its stand, the other has no balance. More so, “Reputation is like a white robe, easy to stain than remain immaculate; so beware of the companies you keep in order not to sour your reputation or lose your confidence to cowardice”

Playing high would make you stand taller, even in the midst of the stormiest weather, due to simple secret of you knowing where you are going or what you are doing. Mind you, don’t always get too intoxicated with puffed-up spirit or self-acclaimed-super-human for the fact that you have just tasted success or greatness; besides, don’t always forget; it’s easier to fall than to rise. Play high, play safe, but maintain a reputable status quo, that wouldn’t soil your nomenclature in the nearest or farthest future.

Reputation is a goldmine; and everyone who has it must strive to sustain it, by guarding it from the reach of (the) enemies – that’s exactly why the rich see it as a taboo for them to have relationship with the have-nots in order to extend the hiatus and widen the chasm between the latter and the former. Moreover, the noblest and the richest amongst the few would wisely use their reputation to broaden their horizon.