by Ted Eytan, on 09 Feb 2007 05:46 pm
The Journey
Quote of the Week
I like this quote a lot today. I have been working with colleagues who want to always do the right thing and be supported in doing so, which means being focused and saying “no” sometimes, so that the things we said “yes” to will get done.
For proper attribution, this comes from You are Being Lied To and Other Truths, by Larry Winget
Larry’s all-time best advice for business success:
Do what you said you were going to do, when you said you were going to do it, in exactly the way you said you were going to do it. You won’t ever get any better business advice than that.
Be there when you said you would be there. Deliver when you said you would deliver. Call when you said you would call. Be a person who can be counted on by keeping his word every time.
“If I do all of this, Larry, will I be successful?”
Beats me. Success is a funny thing. Sometimes you can do everything right and it still all goes wrong. If you don’t understand that, then you are naïve. So I can’t guarantee your success. However, don’t do any of these things and I can guarantee your failure.