Show 13 uncommon sense 11 y J 0 HN BLAKE a a jr KEEP el el ill YOUR PROMISE IN BUSINESS the man whose rating among his associates Is the highest Is the man who keeps his promises promises to pay of course must be kept if they are arc not there Is no more credit for the gentleman who makes them dut cut business Is not all pro promises mases to pay there are promises to enter into contracts promises to have shipments ready at a certain time promises to make business engagements and the man who mho Is more prodigal of promises than he Is ot of remembering to keep them soon Is regarded with distrust and suspicion A man who has been immensely successful in the manufacturing business Is regarded by his big associates as hard boiled in the matter ot of promises it is almost impossible to get one 0 out U t of him but onre onee his big promise Is given performance Is assured even though the performance may mean a heavy financial loss to him lie ile has discovered that it Is just as profitable to him to keep his promises at par as it Is to keep th the e stock of his big concern at par you may not be in business or connected with business save in the capacity of a minor employee but you will find that the value of your promises Is just as important to you as the value of your employers promises are to him you will learn it if you are observant that you are judged not by making promises but by keeping them and if after many trials your promises are found to be good you will be trusted when a mon man Is trusted he be has baa made an excellent start it Is always well to consider the matter of a promise before you make it this applies as much to a promise to take lunch at a certain time of a certain day as to fulfill an important business engagement if you make no promises that you are not reasonably sure to keep you will come to regard your word as worth something it if your friends know that they will not need to call you up and remind you of a promise your value will increase in their eyes the promise brenker breaker Is a word breaker and word breakers have no standing think well mell of your word and IIO you will keel your promises and as soon is as this Is established the world will think well of you copyright by john blak |