16 Have a Full Wallet

DOI: 10.4324/9781003218258-16

Nothing is more embarrassing than promising the people in your party the best night ever and when the evening comes, you under-deliver. You also can’t run up a $10,000 tab and expect to cover the expenses on your credit card that has a $5,000 limit. In the business world, you need to make sure you set reasonable expectations whether you are dealing with your customers, colleagues, or bosses. If you tell them you are going to do something by a certain date or at a certain level and do not deliver on the promise, it tells them you are not of value or, even worse, you purposely deceived them. One of the worst things you can do is leave your customer with the thought that you have pulled the ...

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