Ability + Reliability = Reputation
Ability is not reliability.
Ability is what you are intrinsically capable of doing. Reliability is your ability to consistently do what you are capable of doing.
Ability and reliability work together to create one’s reputation.
Your reputation is simply your body of work. Your reputation as is your single greatest asset that you possess in your life. It takes years to develop and only a few moments to decimate.
Most people have shades of ability and reliability but when you think of any great boss, friend, or teammate, they all had both.
Brendan