“Don’t let yourself be led on by those vanity metrics that would drive you to make a rash purchase that sacrifices your laurels in an attempt to boost or artificially bolster your credibility.”

Who said it, and where.

Who said “Don’t let yourself be led on by those vanity metrics that would drive you to make a rash…”? Isaac Mashman wrote it in Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence, Second Edition (2025), Section 5.3, It Can’t Be Bought.