{"id":104,"date":"2008-08-19T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/104\/under-promise-over-deliver\/"},"modified":"2017-06-13T16:44:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T20:44:30","slug":"under-promise-over-deliver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/104\/under-promise-over-deliver\/","title":{"rendered":"UNDER Promise &#8211; OVER Deliver!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Have you ever made a promise that you couldn&#8217;t keep?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nHow disappointed did you feel for breaking your promise?<\/p>\n<p>How badly did the person who you made your promise to feel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>You are not alone<\/strong> here, I have found myself in this horrible situation time and time again. I truly mean to keep my promise but then I find myself simply not able to keep it.<\/p>\n<p>But we can change that!<\/p>\n<p>Try this one next time you find yourself making a promise&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UNDER promise &#8211; OVER deliver!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I always teach my kids to under promise and over deliver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2257 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cover50-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cover50-200x300.png 200w, http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cover50-300x450.png 300w, http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/blog\/wp-content\/cover50.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Actually I&#8217;ve done this on purpose in one of the ebooks that I give away for free to kids, it&#8217;s an ebook with <strong>50 money making ideas for kids<\/strong> but when they open it up <strong>there are actually 57!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want them to learn at a young age that you really need to watch what you promise. You&#8217;ll make people so much happier if you surprise them with more than they expect instead of under delivering on your promise.<\/p>\n<p>If you think a job will take you a week to accomplish, then say it will take you two or at least a week and a half. <strong>Give yourself the space for any mishaps<\/strong> to be concurred and then you can have the wonderful luxury of telling your happy client, &#8220;I&#8217;m done already!&#8221; and thoroughly enjoy their happy surprise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s to your continued success! ;o)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheers&#8230;.Amanda van der Gulik&#8230;Excited Life Enthusiast!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get your <strong>FREE &#8220;50 Money Making Ideas for Kids&#8221;<\/strong> ebook <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachingchildrenaboutmoney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><br \/>\nThen <strong>Create Your Own Mind Movie<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.createyourownmindmovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever made a promise that you couldn&#8217;t keep? How disappointed did you feel for breaking your promise? How badly did the person who you made your promise to feel? 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