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by pitt1980 2766 days 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

2 comments

...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".../ ,,, ... ,,, ...
Is it a poem or you're just missing capital letters and punctuation?
just missing capital letters and punctuation (maybe stream of consciousness posting isn't the way to go)
Are you aware that it's difficult to get your message from such form and some people might ignore your posts?
I guess that's a risk, opaqueness was not my intention, thank you for the heads up.