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My dad told me 'always underpromise and overdeliver' and I finally saw it work today.
I told my boss I'd have a report done by Friday and got it to him Wednesday morning instead. He was so surprised he gave me a bonus on the spot lol. Has anyone else had a simple piece of advice like that pay off big time?
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dakota41526d ago
Totally get where @avery_flores17 is coming from but I don't think it's that deep man. Like yeah sometimes you can't beat a deadline but that's life not some grand philosophy failure. The whole point is just not making promises you can't keep, not setting the bar so low you trip over it. I've used this trick plenty of times and it's always worked out fine, nothing catastrophic happened when I missed one.
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quinna8925d agoMost Upvoted
Nothing catastrophic happened when I missed one" bro that's the whole point. It's not about some life or death thing, it's about not creating drama over a deadline you set yourself. People act like missing a date is some moral failure when really it's just like, who cares? You said you'd do something in a week, you did it in ten days, the world didn't end. It's not that deep.
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Always underpromise and overdeliver"? More like always undersell yourself and set low expectations. What happens when you finally can't beat the deadline?
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