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Cannot agree more, this is a life lesson that should be taught in school. Especially in medium/large companies where you got rewards like promotions, bonuses an

Cannot agree more, this is a life lesson that should be taught in school. Especially in medium/large companies where you got rewards like promotions, bonuses and so on, then your colleagues are competitors. Pretty much like politics, the one over promising and under delivering wins over the quiet one that delivers.

pitt1980 8y ago
exactly how much to promise is an art form over promising and under delivering isn't a sustainable model under promising too much and you won't get the chance to deliver there's a sweet spot somewhere in there, which can be sometimes tricky to find
- dawidw 8y ago
  Is it a poem or you're just missing capital letters and punctuation?
  - pitt1980 8y ago
    just missing capital letters and punctuation (maybe stream of consciousness posting isn't the way to go)
    - dawidw 8y ago
      Are you aware that it's difficult to get your message from such form and some people might ignore your posts?
      - pitt1980 8y ago
        I guess that's a risk, opaqueness was not my intention, thank you for the heads up.
- Devils_Avocado 8y ago
  ...if everyone is over-promising & you're confident in your delivery, all you need to do is "promise" something between what is expected & over-promised in order to "under-promise".../ ,,, ... ,,, ...