Give 'Em Somethin' To Talk About

When your name is mentioned, what is said about you? Do people say you're lazy or a hard worker? Do they say you're nice or a name I can't mention? Do they say you're always late, or always on time? Do they say you're reliable or not, trustworthy or the opposite and so on? Good word of mouth travels fast, but bad word of mouth travel ten times as fast.

When I was in construction, a fellow contractor told me that one good word of mouth will get you ten jobs, and one bad word of mouth will lose you one hundred. That's pretty heavy. The moral of the story...make sure there is nothing but good word of mouth going around about you. Here is how you give 'em somethin' to talk about.

Whether you are a business owner, a manager or an employee, you need to be a person of your word. If you say you are going to do something, do it. This includes many different topics including punctuality.

Always tell the truth. It's been said, "honesty is the best policy." You know why? Because it is! You do not want to be known as a liar. Moreover, don't gossip.

Here is another way to gain a good name, put others before yourself. The word "selfish" came up at our staff meeting this week. We live in a society that stresses, "take care of you." I'm stressing, take care of others. You remember the golden rule? How about dusting it off and putting it back into practice. By the way, I'm preaching to myself on all these points too.

Be a person with good morals and ethics. You should give your business or the company you work for your absolute best effort. Make sure you don't steal anything and don't cheat anyone. You should not only be morally and ethically correct at work, but at home as well, especially when no one is watching. That is the true measure of character.

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