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When others fail to keep their commitments

When others fail to keep their commitments

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When others fail to keep their commitments

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- I believe the most important rule of success is to do what you say you will do when you said you will do it. However, from time to time it's natural for all of us, myself included, to fail to keep our commitments. What if someone does that to you? What is the most productive way to respond? If you're a manager with accountability for that person I recommend you visit my course Time Management for Managers because the level of responsibility is a bit different. But here, I want to talk about friends, family members, or even coworkers who don't follow through. It's frustrating for you when it happens. Here are a few things I keep in mind that might be helpful. First, don't take it personally. It's a normal human reaction to feel that we have been personally slighted when someone doesn't do something. Yet often the reasons have very little to do with us and everything to do with what's happening in that person's life.…

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