Regardless how smart , how capable and how famous you are, irresponsible actions would lead you to lose all your former efforts and reputation and bring you to failure.
Casting his reputation for caution to the winds, Mr Barroso also queried the legality of such German ideas as suspending voting rights for euro-zone miscreants.
He had a reputation of being an ornery SOB and the epitome of the loud, aggressive drill instructor, but each and every one of his recruits would forever utter his name with respect.
Jobs had a reputation as a control freak, and his critics complained that the products and systems he designed were closed and inflexible, in the name of greater ease of use.