Grow up your bank account VS Grow up your EGO

Warren Buffett has talked about living by this in a score cards，he says you should think about how you'd answer this question. Would you bother be the world's greatest level that have everyone think that you're the world's worst ever? Would you rather be the world's worst lover that everyone else think that you're the world's best? In other words, would you rather be at the Top of your ladder socially, even if you're not and you're complete fraud? Or would you be at the bottom of your ladder socially knowing deep down yourself that your number one.