Now we all know about doing what you say to other people. This is part of keeping your word and that is important. If you break your word there is a lack of trust. That lack of trust has ramifications through more than what you want to think, and this is part of what is keeping you from going for the big prize in life. You don’t even believe in yourself.
People Don’t Believe You
It may be a given but I would still reiterate the point that if you can’t keep your word others are not going to believe you. Sounds crazy I know yet I have seen so many people who say one thing and then don’t do it. I am guilty of this as every other person in the world is also guilty of doing this very same thing. We say we are going to mow the lawn and then the weekend comes around and the grass is still as long as it was at the start of the weekend. Why? That is from us not paying attention to the words we say and believing that words don’t have meaning.
Now this is different than believing that words have power. That is because words don’t have power yet they do have meaning and that meaning is what allows for thoughts to be spread.
Your Wife Doesn’t Believe You
How many times have you let your wife down and only for you to do the very same thing again? Why should she believe you?
People Won’t Believe You
If you let your boss down too many times they are going to let you go. If you let your neighbor down too many times they will not include you.
You Don’t Believe Yourself
If you let yourself down you believe that it has no ramifications in the grand scheme of things. Yet that is the worst one of all. You will not let your thoughts go. You often hold yourself accountable more severely than anybody else.
So What Do You Do?
Keep your word. If you say you are going to walk 15 minutes a day then walk 15 minutes a day. If you are saying you are going to do something do it for you. If you do it for yourself it may take a while but eventually, your wife or ex-wife will see that are actually a man of your word.
You have to become a man of integrity.
Start Paying Attention To What You Are Saying.
Like your actions and thoughts, you need to start using your words with intentionality. If you say you are going to do something then say it
Understand Why You Are Saying What You Are Saying.
Are you just trying to make people like you? That’s not gonna work. You can’t make people do anything they don’t want. You are just opening yourself up to be taken advantage of and be let down.
