How Life Changes When You Do What You Say You’ll Do
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Julia Austin
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You earn respect
Often, double-booking and over-booking one’s self – scheduling and flaking for something else – stems from a desire to have others like you. You said yes to the first person who claimed a time slot because you wanted them to like you. Now you’re bailing on them, to say yes to the second person asking for the same time slot, so that person will like you. But what happens in the end, is that neither party respects you. The person you bailed on doesn’t, and the person you bailed for doesn’t either – they see how easily you break plans. They see you as somebody who is easy to influence, rather than someone with conviction.
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