#honoryourword

[elevatedstaffingservices]

Promise?

Keeping your word is one of the most important virtues we have. It shows your integrity, reliability, and professionalism, it can earn you credibility, respect, and a good reputation.  When you make a commitment to someone, you are essentially making a promise. You are telling the other person that they can count on you to do what you say you will do. This promise is not just about the task at hand, but it is also about your character and your values as a professional. When you keep your word, you are showing that you are trustworthy, dependable, and committed to your work.

When you fail to keep your word, you are breaking that promise, and you are letting down the people who rely on you. This can have consequences, both for your reputation and for your career. Your colleagues may lose respect for you, your clients may lose faith in your ability to deliver, and your reputation will suffer as a result. Failing to keep your word also creates unnecessary stress and anxiety, both for you and for those around you.

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[lifethedaybeforetomorrow]

*I still honor My Word*

Call me old-fashioned but if I give you my word to do something, you can be certain that I will do it.


I’m the kind of person that believe that giving your word means assuming your responsibilities, responding to your commitments and full filling your roles. That feels good and right until you find out that you are the only one doing it and that most people don’t give a dime.


I’m taking about friends or people we know outside work since “professionally” people from work at least have to pretend they care about giving you their word.


But let’s go back to friends and people that we know. There was a time when I could simply not understand why was so hard for people to honouring their word?
The part that most used to irritate me about someone bailing on me was that when the ball was in my court, I really tried to make things happen, after all I have committed to do something. If I have given my word, I basically felt obligated to do it, even if I didn’t feel like doing it and even if I had a real reason to excuse myself from it, I was still prepared to honor my word.

I stupidly (or not) thought that giving your word was something set on stone, a valuable promise, a irrefutable commitment, a pact of good faith, an invisible contract that no lawyer can destroy. But life has taught me differently, I have learned to put boundaries, to be realistic, to lower my expectations, to be flexible, to turn a blind eye to the selfishness of some people, and many other things that have helped me to be less disappointed on people.


Now, I can clearly see that my problem was that I was expecting people to do the same I did, I strongly believed that people should have had the same considerations I had with them, and that people should have been willing to make sacrifices (if needed) to make things happen for others; and these beliefs were definitely the wrong way to approach things involving someone else besides me, someone who actions did not depend on me. Expecting people to do the same I did, was not only bringing me disappointment, but it was also making me vulnerable to their indifference, so I decided, many years ago, to change my approach towards these people.

First reality hits you, but then you learn to go with the flow and to understand a lot of things.
Understanding is key!

Understanding that people are just not willing to change their plans, or to do the extra mile for others. Understanding that people have lives, schedules, and priorities and that they just work things around their convenience, driven by their purely sole self-interests. Understanding that some human beings could be irrationally selfish, and that we are still living in a world of excuses: from the classic ones “the dog eat my homework”, the stupid ones “sorry, I completely forgot about it”, the smart ones “my kid is sick” (this one goes especially for people with children), to the elaborated ones “I was driving to your place but I forgot something, so I turned around and then realized I didn’t have any gas, as I was coming from the gas station I got a traffic ticket and blah blah blah”. Understanding that there is always something that comes up for some people. Understanding the people that after making a commitment, believe it is OK to cancel, bail, ditch or ignore others.


It sure takes a lot of understanding to get used to the lack of commitment and responsibility from some people. So please, before committing to something, and with the purpose of avoiding the fake apologies, think twice; do not fulfill your calendar without organizing yourself; do not reply immediately without thinking through; and most of all, do not feel bad for declining, this is actually better than failing at the end.


Knowing that people’s interests are not always mine is OK for me, and I can totally live with that. Now, before making a commitment I think more than twice to give room to my priorities, to my life. I still honor my word but I commit to significant less things. I have to admit it feels good to be less considerate to others but I do it by purposely avoiding commitment.

[ecentrikartistry]

(Repost) *Pic added for attention* . Just a reminder: Once custom order is negotiated, a PayPal invoice/payment request will be sent to the customer with price, order information, etc. All invoices must be paid within 24 hours, NO EXCEPTIONS. If an invoice is not paid within that time your order request will be cancelled and a $50 fee will be added on to the price of the original order if asked to send it again. . #seriouscustomersonly #strictrules #seriousinquiresonly #noflakers #thankyouforyourcooperation #model #timeismoney #businessisbusiness #keepyourword #honoryourword #keepyourpromises #honestbusiness #respectmytimeplease #respectmytime - #regrann

[craneca]

Choose for yourself who your people are and respect and protect those connections. Don’t allow peer pressure to influence your decisions or dictate who you will have in your life. Anyone who would ask you to turn your back on someone you care about because they don’t approve is not being a good friend to you.

[fan-maddson]

So....I have a space between my mattress and the wall (under the headboard) and I let my cat Louise in tonight since she was mewing. She seems to like my bathing suit 🐱 Guess I'm gonna have to clean my room so I can keep my door open for her. #shieldmaiden #warrior #iamthecomingstorm #viking #wyrd #oldways #honoryourself #honoryourancestors #honoryourfamily #honoryourroots #honoryourword #honortheoneyoulove #honortheoldways #freyjahearmyheart #freyjahearmyprayers #cats #catsofig

[carlosrodriguesphoto]

Só easy, why complicate?!?!?! #carlosrodrigues #carlosrodriguesphotographer #carregarodrigues #dontconplicatewhatisnotthere #dontcomplicatethings #respectyouragreements #honoryourword https://www.instagram.com/p/BrPrvfqnZD8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8ibk218rzjoj

[chris9076]

I know A LOT of people who SAY they will DO things but NEVER do....#limitless #followyourpassion #chaseyourdreams #success #successquotes #entrepreneur #entrepreneurquotes #mindset #dowhatyousay #beyourword #quotes #quotestoliveby #life #lifequotes #honoryourword #goals #dreamchaser #dreamcatcher

[julissadesigns]

In Life!!! #witheverything #honoryourword #consistency #notbasedonfeelings #commitment #live #lifequotes #julissadesigns #GlorytoGod #Danbury #nyc #fashion (at Julissadesigns LLC)

[joeygalon]

Tired of flakey peeps. Wanna get my attention, follow through with what you say & what you promise. Otherwise your words are just wind with absolutely no substance. #byefelicia #noflakes #byebyeflakes #ciaoflakes #yourwordyourbond #honoryourword #dontwastemytime

[myedenscorner-blog]

Speak only when your words... - The love you have in your mind and heart is always expressed in your word, thought and deed." Honor your word, it is powerful.

[msshannon-journey]

People with good intentions make promises, but people with good character keep their promises! #honoryourwords #withaction

[ecentrikartistry]

*Pic added for attention* . Just a reminder: Once custom order is negotiated, a PayPal invoice/payment request will be sent to the customer with price, order information, etc. All invoices must be paid within 24 hours, NO EXCEPTIONS. If an invoice is not paid within that time your order request will be cancelled and a $50 fee will be added on to the price of the original order if asked to send it again. Having dealt with too many flakes and people who pretend to be serious about custom requests, I feel umfortunately that these steps are needed. Hopefully I won't have to change 24 hours to 2 hours in the future. . PAY YOUR INVOICES. . #seriouscustomersonly #strictrules #seriousinquiresonly #noflakers #thankyouforyourcooperation #model #timeismoney #businessisbusiness #keepyourword #honoryourword #keepyourpromises #honestbusiness #respectmytimeplease #respectmytime

[fan-maddson]

Night two of Louise hanging out with me. She's kinda sweet when she's not trying to talk my male cat into sex 😵 #shieldmaiden #warrior #iamthecomingstorm #viking #wyrd #warrior #honoryourself #honoryourancestors #honoryourfamily #honoryourroots #honoryourword #honortheoneyoulove #honortheoldways #oldways #faithfolkfamily #freyjahearmyheart #freyjahearmyprayers #cats #catsofig