The Ability to Meet Commitments
When you make a commitment, it is a personal statement about yourself. It says that you can be depended on, that you will do everything within your abilities to honor the pledge that you have made.
The success of any organization depends on its ability to meet its commitments. As the saying goes, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The project structure, represented as a chain, can break quickly when one or more commitments are broken.
Make no commitments lightly. Commit only to that which you believe you can achieve. To commit unconditionally to more is to be distrustful, for if your commitment is weak, so too are those commitments that depend on you. Pull your own weight, and do as you say you will. ...
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