Show II Uncommon I I S ense By JOHN BLAKE i r I KEEP YOUR PRO PROMISE IISE TN IN N BUSINESS the man whose rating rating- among his associates Is the hl highest hest is s the mon man who keeps his promises Promises to pay of course must be te kept If they are tint not there Is no nomore nomore more snore credit for the gentleman who makes Crakes them lIum But business Is not all nil promises to pay ay There are promises to enter Into Contracts promises to have ha shipments trendy ready reo d at nt a 0 certain time promises to tomake make Crake ake business en engagements And the man who Is more prodigal wf lOt promises titan than he Is of at rememberIng remember remember- Ing ng lug to keep them soon Is regarded e with ith distrust and onel suspicion A man who has hus been heen Immensely sue sac successful In the manufacturing business Is lis re regarded by hy hl his associates as ns hard tolled boiled In the thc matter ot of promises It Is almost Impo impossible to get one out lut of him But once his promise Is given Driven hen performance p Is even een though hou h the performance may mean menn n a envy financial 10 loss 1 I to him He lie has bus discovered ered that It Is 18 Just ins profitable to him to keep his prom prom- ilses at lit per par as ns It Is to fa keep the stock lOt of hl his concern at nt par You may not he In III business or con call with Ith business sitye In the ca ca- of a n minor employee But you OU will find that lint the value of oC p your promises Is Just us UN Important to lyou bou as the value o 0 or your employers employer's promises are to lo him You will learn If you OU are ole that Mat you ire are Judged not by making promises but b by keeping them And AmI If It after many trials your our promises ire rp- rp found to be good you will be trusted When a 0 man mon Is trusted he has hns made madean an on excellent start It Is 18 always well to consider the matter motter of at a 0 promise before you make It This applies ns as much to t I. I promise promise prom prom- ise to take lunch at n a certain time of ot ofa oto a o certain day ns os to fulfill an on important Important tant business engagement en a If It you make no promises that you are not reasonably sure to keep you will III come to regard your word ward n as asworth asworth worth something If your friends know that they will not need to call you ou up nn and remind you of ot n 0 promise your value will Increase In their ees eyes The promise breaker Is n a word word- Mealier bleaker and word breakers h h. e ve no standing Think well of your word and you ou will keep your promises And Ami Andas Andas as os soon as liS this Is established the world will trill think yell veil of you ou Copyright by John Blake Make Blake |