Do we place too high of a value on "reputation?"

There are a good deal of concepts in "the modern world" (I only put that in quotes because it kind of sounds like a buzzword) that we seem to assign a lot of value to, but maybe we should rethink that. One major example for me is the whole idea of professionalism. It's extremely important as a baseline concept, yes, but often bosses start to use it as a…