Last time, we touched on honoring your word as a key to creating a legacy.
To honor means to fulfill or keep an agreement, both to yourself and to others.
The ability to honor your word is the foundation for building trust and credibility in any sphere of life.
There are two simple things I wish to share today.
Two Tips to Keeping Your Word
1. Learn the importance of Yes and No.
Own your Yes and your No. Be responsible for your words.
Stop saying maybe.
Stop saying I’ll try.
These phrases give one a sense of possibility or probability, with no urgency to actually act on what has been said.
You can say something like I’ll try and make only a half hearted effort because, “after all I didn’t promise anything”
Another phrase that gives us liberty to be careless with words is, ‘I was just joking’
When your words become trivial you become someone to be taken lightly, after all, anything can be a joke to you.
The wisest man who ever lived King Solomon says that our words are directly linked to our achievements. (Paraphrased)
2. Learn to Speak Less
If you are on this table, you are not alone.
Saying something then meaning another, saying something doing another. Saying something then claiming it as a joke.
While you try to work on the first tip, learn to talk less.
Yes and No are simple and short words if you think about it.
Go past living to impress others.
You can’t impress anyone now.
If you really want to leave a legacy, first work on honoring your words!
TGIF, please rest ! Live in the moment and truly enjoy your life. Cheers, Nguper
