The Power of Keeping a Promise

Published: Jan. 9, 2017, 10 a.m.

\u201cCan you make it to my birthday tonight,\u201d asks your friend who\u2019s planned an annoyingly hipster \u201cdrinks thing\u201d in a totally inconvenient neighborhood, starting at 11pm on a rainy Friday night when you\u2019re exhausted and all you want to do is go home and binge on Netflix in your PJs. Do you say \u201cyes\u201d to spare her feelings\u2026and bail later? Or be honest up front and risk disappointing her? What about when your boss asks if you can complete that big project by Monday? Do you agree even though you doubt you\u2019ll have the time or the resources to follow through? In today\u2019s episode of LOVE Life, we\u2019re talking about why your word is the most important thing you have, and why the people who count on you will respect you more when you say the difficult thing first rather than let them down later.