Last year we posted a blog about the 4 Agreements and business in the future. The other day on Coffee with Soul Bonnie
Agreement, Trust, Business Relationships
Copland and I were speaking about the agreements and the importance of the 5th agreement
Carrying on the theme of the importance of numbers in business today’s blog shares the importance of the 5 Agreements for business owners who want to deliver value and be of service.
What are the agreements:
- Do your best
- Keep your word
- Never assume anything
- Never take things personally.
- Never regret
When you do your best, it is all anyone can expect of you. Doing your best and keeping your word mean people trust you. If you deliver what you promised or people informed when you will be unable to meet your commitments, then clients will usually allow you to continue to help them. Fail to deliver or keep your word without informing them and trust dies. Uncertainty and disquiet grows and the entire relationship is put at risk.
People stop trusting when you repeatedly fail to deliver as promised. People stop believing you will meet their needs. When they stop trusting you, they start looking for another provider, another solution. They are open to other provider’s information, different support and alternate solutions. In the long run, you lose their business because you failed to keep your word and do your best.
Life is about assumptions and everything is personal but in business you need to ask your buyers what they want and why they want it. You need to realize that if you get a no, it just means that the potential client is still looking for a reason to buy from you. The old rule about sales being a numbers game is true. At this moment in time the person you are talking or writing to may have no need for your offering. Their ‘no’ expresses their current situation. You need to keep the doors open for future possibilities.
And If you do your best, keep your word, you have nothing to regret.
Whatever just failed to work out. You need to keep moving on because today is another day to do your best, yesterday is about lessons learned and tomorrow is a promise.
And always remember, your best means working with what you know today because tomorrow you will be that much smarter because you have learned something new today from yesterday.
The five agreements are a tool that help you live on purpose, work on purpose and help other people trust you because they know that you are responsible for yourself.
Please leave a comment in the box below on your business agreements. So you use these 5 agreements in your life or business?
Roberta
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This is so true and apt for both business and life. I generalise and assume far too often. Must work on that. Thanks
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Me too Madonna and I think many people do the same even if they never admit it. Keeping your word and doing your best though I believe are the secret to business success. I know that I would love to see more so called “professionals” and tradesmen keep their word for a change and deliver on time and on budget
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May 5, 2012
Regrets, I’ve had a few, but then, again, too few to mention…
But, regretting is not the same as realizing things could have been done better. That’s why life is a continual learning experience.
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Roy we have to stop singing to each other’s blogs. I agree regretting is not the same as learning and improving but some people get stuck in their regrets and forget the keep doing their best. And others just don’t seem to give a d**n
Well 5 is my lucky number Roberta and the 5 Agreements are simply daily affirmations we can all go by. I think keeping your word in business and our personal lives is really an important factor. Especially with today’s business and social media. I tire of those that make commitments only to never keep them.
So that is when the other agreements come into play …. don’t take it personally and always do my best. Thanks for sharing this Roberta!
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Pleasure to share Lynn. I believe that we would all be better off if we taught children to do their best and keep their word but to teach it we have to do it as adults and sadly, not too many people in the public eye seem to be doing that anymore.
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Thanks you for your comment. I understand how important agreements are to you do thank your for your comment
Every company must have some purpose, goals and specific terms which need to be followed when governing the internal affairs of the management and conducting business. Thanks!!
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