The take home lesson of today is be true to your word. By this, I simply mean do what you say you are going to do. There is a balance in this because sometimes people have tendency to back down from challenges in order to keep this ideal. Besides, if you never said you would accomplish the task, and you don't; you're being true to your word, aren't you?
Technically, you are. But you aren't progressing. You haven't taken any lessons home or moved any closer to meeting your goals. Implicit in today's take home lesson is (perhaps a future post?) stepping up to the plate. Taking on an assignment. Don't lie, or take on something that you shouldn't. BUT, the balance of that is grabbing opportunities and running with them. This isn't digressing, but it is getting off topic.....
Once you've stepped up to the plate, grabbed the opportunity and started running with it, finish. Finish on time. With the highest quality you are capable of. When you meet others expectations, you also meet your own. Satisfying needs in others is only part of the deal. When you meet a deadline, finish a product or service and get it to your "client" within the agreed timeframe, you build confidence in yourself. Proving to yourself that you can be true to your own word builds a bedrock of character within you from which many good things can spring forth.
The confidence you build with others when you are true to your word is vital to any social relationship. Think about those around you that you trust. Why do you trust them? What have they done to gain that trust? Somewhere along the line, they kept their word with you. They met your expectation. This means everything when there's a real live problem and you must place your trust in someone else to solve that problem.
Do what you say you will do. Be true to your word.
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