Being a “high profile” person

I feel that i am always being “buried”. Just recently, i found out that there’s a need to build up your reputation if you want to get business deals and even you want to have more friends or success. Being a low profile guy won’t do you any good in future, that what i realised. In the past, i thought that by staying in a “low profile” form, i could have the same trust, i could got the same opportunities as others, but over the years, i am wrong. Frankly speaking, deep in my heart, i always admire those people who have good looks, good appearance because they are by in default, “high profile”. Normally, they don’t need to make friends or have opportunities, those just come to them naturally.

I am that kind of person whom just wanted to complete things silently on my own, putting in my finest effort ( a slient worker). But this kind of attitude that i have is not going to bring me towards my dream, in fact, it impeding my progress. I really do not know how to define trust and ability? Here’s two of the many scenarios that i faced.

1) There’s one guy who is a straight A’s student in the past but however he is kind of cocky (Strangely, he have alot of friends and words he said have “impact”). This happen in a scenario where it’s just a few hours before examination. Someone was discussing about some questions before examination and asked some questions regarding a subject. The straight A’s student wasn’t really right in explaining that questions, he was wrong. Well, i was there too and i tried to correct the mistake that he made. But however, no one listened to me, they doubted me. Just because i am not as good as that guy, my words have no influence at all. I know i am right, but i failed to convince people around me. This type of incident happens regularly to me. i don’t know why people can’t just believe in me. That is why i feel very inspired when people tend to ask me for question and advice. And normally, i would my best to help them and teach them all i know,  if i know the solution.

2) Here’s another one. This happen when i was in some sort of community and we are doing some proposal work. As usual, i was a low profile guy but however i did my part as a member. Here comes to the part where i tried to offer my help in some report using microsoft word. I have experience in microsoft word for years and have been using it since i was in middle school. Ok, this guy was trying to insert a report header in the document and he was doing it wrong. He just copy and paste in every page of the document. I saw that mistake and i tried to explain to him. Then he said, “You know, our senior told us to do this, we need to insert header in the report every page, just don’t bother me, you are just a helper”. So i just smiled and walk away. Ok, if that’s the way you want, fine with me. That is the reason why i quit that community later on. Community with that kind of project leaders isn’t worth it for me to serve.

All this happened because i do not have the reputation and influence over others. Just like being as an employee in a company, opportunties are always given to those “high profile” people even though you are more skilled. Actually, this is my bad and i failed to realise it till then. Just like starting a website, if you do not advertise it, people wont know it’s existence. Same thing applies, if you have the skills but no one know your real skills, what is the use? When doing business such as buying web hosting, even though i can offer the same package with lower price, better quality, better support, people just choose those reputable companies over me. Why?

That’s how the world works and let’s face it.

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