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No one wants to take a hit to their reputation. But if it happens to you, not only does it not have to keep you down, but it can transform into an experience from which you emerge stronger and more trustworthy.

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Uh-oh. A long-ago social post resurfaces. An email that doesn’t cast you in a flattering light somehow gets leaked. Or you make an on-the-spot comment … and two minutes after the words come out of your mouth, your internal nervous system starts blaring an alarm.