As my family, friends, and coworkers know, I am very big on keeping my promises and being dependable.  I believe this is important at home and at the job.  As you can appreciate, when someone makes a promise then the "receiver" of the benefits relies on the promisor to deliver.

I can go into all kinds of examples, reasons, yadi yadi yadi, and bore you with stories.  But, I won't.  Let me just say if you are interested in seeing a true life business example of what happens when you don't deliver your promises ... just check out the latest Boeing and Airbus fiasco wherein Airbus just anounced further delays in its jumbo A380 plane program.

One day later:

(a) Singapore Airlines in retaliation/frustration (they were the first to order the A380 plane) announced a new plane order to Boeing worth $4.5G in firm purchases and $4.9G in options ..... yep US$9,000,000,000.00 .... that's a lot of dough, and

(b) the stock market increased Boeing's (and my) network by about 7% ($5G - Boeing; $xx - for me) ... while at the same time wiping out 25% of the value of Airbus

 .... ALL IN ONE DAY ...

Ouch !!!! Keep your promises.  Besides, your family and friends count on you !!! Say what you mean.  Mean what you say.  Honor your commitments ....

ciao ciao