Comments on: Stop Making Commitments When You Can’t Live Up to Them!

By: james

james — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:06:42 +0000

Ive had this problem recently, but it’s just the nature of some people, it’s the world we live in. It would be a strange world if everybody you dealt with in business and life was as nice as your mum.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:40:03 +0000

I agree with this. It is very painful when someone commit something to you and unexpectedly keeps you hanging and when you do a follow ups they keep promises. It would be really bad if the one who did this are those who are close to you.

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By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:07:23 +0000

Amen. I recently had a programmer take two weeks to respond to a simple email about a custom coding project that is outside my expertise. Two weeks just to respond? How long can I assume it will take you if I were to hire you? If I wanted to drag this on for 3 months, I’d just learn to do it myself!

End rant.

By: Elisandra Tomacheski

Elisandra Tomacheski — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:01:26 +0000

Thank you. summarized nicely what I’ve been coming to grips with myself. This is very helpful

By: Maite Hospedaje

Maite Hospedaje — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:33:51 +0000

I believe that the problem has deep roots in the culture. Unfortunately, the people of my country are we know for being
“the men of tomorrow ” , we do not make the things, we delayed them. The culture of “in a little” is very harmful, but the worse thing is that is one of the most common practices!

By: Zila

Zila — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:15:32 +0000

Glad that many above agreed and I do agree with you Joshua too. PS am entrepreneur too

By: Issiana

Issiana — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:49:46 +0000

It really pisses me off when I keep my part of the agreement but the other party didn’t. If it was just a one time blow, I wouldn’t stress over it that much but if they build up- those little things that are thought to be forgotten, I drop them from ny circle

By: Andrew @ Blogging Guide

Andrew @ Blogging Guide — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:50:23 +0000

Not fulfilling commitments is a big mistake. It ruins everything, good relationships and your reputation too. To avoid this, I think it’s better to say an outright no when you think you can’t fulfill it rather than a yes when you know you can’t do it. Be honest.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:40:49 +0000

Thanks, you’ve summarized nicely what I’ve been coming to grips with myself. This is very helpful.

By: Anna T

Anna T — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:37:07 +0000

I agree with this completely. And I must add, it’s not just the major committments, even the small ones. Missing a promised deadline by a day, constantly moving dates, everything adds up to ruin creditibility.

By: simon

simon — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:13:30 +0000

I also live by this saying. And have never made a commitment to any of my customer that i couldn’t deliver.