{"id":3539,"date":"2017-05-10T00:17:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T00:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2017-05-10T00:17:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T00:17:41","slug":"4-reasons-keeping-our-word-is-so-important-in-sales-and-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/4-reasons-keeping-our-word-is-so-important-in-sales-and-life\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Reasons Keeping Our Word is So Important (in Sales and Life)"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Respecting other people’s time.<\/strong>
\nWhen we\u00a0back out of a sales commitment, it’s like saying, “My time is more valuable than yours.” Sacrificing another person’s time for our own is an arrogant trade. Our time is not more important than theirs, and it’s not more important than our word. It’s important that we avoid making commitments we\u00a0might not have time for.<\/p>\n

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2. Creating a habit of commitment.<\/strong>
\nBacking out of a promise is practicing a lack of commitment. A rule I use that applies to most things is, when you do anything wrong (like procrastinating, giving half-effort, etc.), it makes that thing easier to do again. Practice makes perfect whether we\u00a0mean it to or not, and if we\u00a0back out of a commitment, we\u00a0set a bad precedent for ourselves. Especially if nothing really terrible happened, the next sales situation we’re\u00a0tempted to back out of will be a little easier to quit, and the next a little easier than that, and so on.<\/p>\n

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3. Earning people’s trust.<\/strong>
\nOur\u00a0trustworthiness is one of the most important aspects of our\u00a0reputation\u2014as a friend, family member, and business partner. How we\u00a0fulfill commitments today affects how people interact with and see us\u00a0in the future, and in sales, this is vital to our\u00a0success as salespeople.<\/p>\n

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4. Honoring God.<\/strong>
\nThe best reason to keep our\u00a0word is because it’s simply the right thing to do. When we keep our word, we honor God by valuing honesty and showing love to our neighbor.<\/p>\n

1 John 2:5 – But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Respecting other people’s time. When we\u00a0back out of a sales commitment, it’s like saying, “My time is more valuable than yours.” Sacrificing another person’s time for our own is an arrogant trade. Our time is not more important than theirs, and it’s not more important than our word. It’s important that we avoid making […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3540,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3539\/revisions\/3540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}