What do the following companies have in common?
Hyatt Corp
Burger King Corp
IHOP Corp
The Jim Henson Company
LexisNexis
FedEx Corp
Microsoft Corp
CNN
MTV Networks
Trader Joe’s
Wikipedia Foundation Inc
Sports Illustrated
GE
HP
Tonight’s post is short and simple and it applies to everyone.
Did you say that you were going to do something?
Did you do it?
If yes then great job, you will continue to be considered a trustworthy and reliable person.
If no then you failed.
Not only did you fail the person/people that you told that you would do something but you also failed yourself.
Are you able to live with yourself?
Does it no bother you that you didn’t follow through with what you said?
Does it not bother you that you have now caste down in this person/peoples mind about you not being trustworthy?
If it doesn’t bother you then so be it.
If it does then the only way to fix the problem is deliver on what you tell people.
I’m out.
I’m not sure if it’s the cold weather or the fact that the holiday season is starting to drain my energy but this has been a long week.
Today wraps up my fifth day of writing (in a row) which was a personal goal of mine which is good.
I was also able to get more progress made on my most recent project.
I also just got off the phone with a business contact that should (hopefully) prove to be very lucrative.
Not a bad week at all but just long, very long however productive.
Fifty one more weeks like this and I might be able to start making a larger mark in this world.
I’m out, enjoy the weekend.
I would say that the phrase, “you are the company that you keep” is pretty accurate the majority of the time but what if you don’t keep the company of others?
Does that make you a nobody?
I would say (more…)