[[{“type”:“media”,“view_mode”:“media_large”,“fid”:null,“attributes”:{“class”:“media-image alignright size-full wp-image-1612”,“typeof”:“foaf:Image”,“style”:“”,“width”:“100”,“height”:“100”,“alt”:“U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report”}}]]The United States succeeded on the international stage at the 2012 London Olympics, but the reputation of the U.S. beyond the Olympic spotlight is suffering, writes Paul Argenti, a professor of corporate communications at the Tuck School of Business. “A malaise hovers over the country itself during this long, hot summer as Americans question their country’s supremacy and its place in the world outside of the Olympics,” he writes in U.S. News & World Report.

Argenti notes that based on research from the Reputation Institute, the U.S. ranks 23rd in the world in terms of reputation. In order to “bring gold back to America’s reputation,” Argenti recommends that Americans:

• Be optimistic
• Do something for someone else
• Volunteer their time in their community
• Vote
• Say “thank you” more often
• Instill a sense of hope in their children