Your word is the most powerful thing you own.

The most underrated driver of professional success and personal happiness.
The greatest entrepreneurs of our time wow people with their word.

They promise something INSANE like:

"a revolutionary mobile phone"
"a mass market electric vehicle"
"a rocket that lands back to earth"

But they keep their word and make it happen.
The greatest employees in a business keep their word.

They're on time to meetings.
They promise to deliver & they do.
They are thoughtful & planned in their actions.
And the happiest people keep their word to themselves.

The reason we're pissed when we procrastinate,

The reason we feel shitty when we miss a workout,

Is because we're treating our word like trash.
Keeping your word is an obvious, but under-appreciated unlock in work & life.

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