Making big promises.... how important is it?

Hi Dien,

Happy New Year to you and your family.

I think keeping your promise is one of the most important things in life.

I live my the saying, "My Word Is My Bond".

If I tell some one that I'll do something for them or even down to keeping an appointment....
I will "crawl over broken glass under flood lights" to use the expression to be there or do it.

If I can't or I'm running late, I will always call and let the person know.... But I will never "stand a person up" or let them down.

This is what Life is all about in terms of human relations.... Being reliable!... Countability.

The best thoughts some one can have of you, is that "they can depend on you and they know you will deliver when it counts".

A true man is one who can stand up, back straight, look you in the eye and say you have my word".

I always say to my wife, "See this marriage certificate of ours we both signed years ago... Well it's not worth the paper it's written on... Unless their is FAITH and TRUST between us".

I also believe in doing business with a "nod and a hanshake", business based on trust between the two parties.

This is how it should be.... Not just contracts with paragraphs of fine print that only a Philidelphia lawyer can understand and interpret.

I have signed large contracts with commercial and domestic clients over the years for $20,000 or more for capital equipment, and very often, the contract or order never even stated what they were getting in terms of equipment, model numbers or parts, etc.
They signed on the dotted line because they TRUSTED me... That I would deliver on what I had promised... And deliver I always did.

Business transactions should be a "gentleman's agreement" with both parties keeping their side of the deal and what they promised. The physical paper contract being just a business formality.

Unfortunately, the world we live in dictates that we have contracts, credit checks, and that we are always on guard because people can't keep their side of the bargain or promise. The world is full of trickery as they say.

Big promises or small ones, whether in business dealings or a promise to a young child, is all the same.

Always keep your promises, let those who know you know that you are a person of your WORD.

Stand and be counted!...I say

Warmest Regards & Success

Ricky Higgs




Ricky now gives you PROOF not just promises