Image management is a skill and a very valuable one. In most of the situations, battle is half won if you can project yourself properly or rather correctly or better still, in a politically correct manner. The strength of your character and the positives associated with it may constitute your core, but a huge percentage of it may just prove unproductive if you do not know how to position yourself. A negative image ruins substantially the chances you might have otherwise caught hold of.
Yes, this is what I thought runs in the big bad outside world. The insight now is that this image game does not leave even the finer relationships untouched. I cannot stand the treacherous plots of Ekta Kapoor’s soaps (though I do salute her for changing the face of Indian television) but do believe in the simplified essence of image/impression management. Like a movie star, it does not take very long to get labeled in your own circles and even worse, in the much closer relationships. The most frustrating aspect is not the fact that you get labeled, but to know that there is hardly anything you can do to get it off your back! The biggest reason being the convenience “others” enjoy while you continue with the baggage. Their own image management exercise gets a bit easier and simplified at your cost.
Fake it, if you think it is necessary to maintain a good picture for yourself. You never know, who will join the “big bad world’s brigade” next and make every attempt to scale off your self-confidence. Do not forget, we are part of the process of evolution…survival of the fittest!
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