You can’t control what people think so let them gossip. Better to be talked about than to not register at all.
Not a good day to go against the grain. You will meet with resistance and only undermine your own efforts. Put strategy ahead of urgency.
Recent experience taught that you don’t need to do anything special to be you. You’re “you” already. The question is: what do you do with you?
The best way to establish yourself is to shore up your position. Expanding too fast weakens resources whereas consolidation maximizes them.
It’s not a good idea to argue when opinions are so heated. Switch from debate to persuasion and you’ll talk people down from their high horses.
Backing someone who’s a long shot counts more than you know. To you it’s a calculated risk, but for a struggling talent it’s a vote of confidence.
