Become known as someone who follows through

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Become known as someone who follows through

The rarest reputation available, and the cheapest to build.

Most people mean everything they offer in the moment and remember about a third of it by Thursday. The gap is where trust is won or lost.

The fix is mechanical, not moral: write down every offer you make at the moment you make it, and set a date on it.

Do this for a year and you will be the person other people describe as reliable, which quietly changes what you get invited to.

Become known as someone who follows through, 1
Date it.
Become known as someone who follows through, 2
Do it.
Become known as someone who follows through, 3
Done it.

How to actually do it

  1. 01Capture every promise in one place as you make it.
  2. 02Give each one a date, not a someday.
  3. 03Say no more often so the yeses are real.

You already know if this is the one. Go put a date on it.

Date it in the app

Send it to whoever came to mind.

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