Celebrity culture

Judge reputation by actions or judge actions by reputation? If we judge people by their reputation, rather than by their actions, what would be more effective to spend time and effort on: performing the greatest actions or improving your reputation?

Ring!..Ring!..”Bouquet’s residence, lady of the house speaking!!”…”Ehh hello?..Is this miss Bucket?”

Do we want a culture where people who are good at keeping up appearances (unlike lady Bucket) are the ‘haves’ and the people only good at actions are the ‘havenots’? Should we teach our children personal marketing skills or something else?