Hi, I'm Matthew Hussie, welcome to Love Life. It's a privilege to be able to offer you

bite-sized bits of advice on this podcast that you can use every day. But what if you're

ready for a big transformation and you want to do it now? You want to reinvent your career

or finally find lasting love or break free from the self-doubt that's holding you back

from living the abundant life you were meant to live. If you're saying yes, Matt, that's

me. I'm going to tell you exactly how to do just that at the end of today's show. So

make sure you stay tuned. First, let's get to today's episode.

Your word is the most important thing you have. It's the thing that builds trust in relationships.

It's the thing that makes you seem credible. It's the thing that makes people believe you.

The next time you say something, keeping to your word is what makes people value what

we say. Too many of us treat our word too lightly. I really want to, I want my word to be

my bond and I'm working on my word being my bond. I'm working on being more realistic

with what I tell people I can and can't do, but delivering on the things that I say I

can do. Because I know that I know is a word people don't always like, but they respect

it. When you say you can't do something, it actually engenders respect. So we have to

get good at saying no. And we have to get good at really assessing whether it's realistic

for us to say yes. Is it realistic in terms of our capabilities? Is it realistic in terms

of our timeline and how long we've given ourselves for a task? There's one of the quickest

ways to lose credibility is someone says can you do this? And you say yes, but you have

no ability to do it. And then when they ask you again a week from now, have you done

it? And you realize you haven't done it because you haven't even got the skills or the ability

or the experience or the contacts or whatever it is to be able to do it. In other words,

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