Doing What You Said You’d Do Shouldn’t Be Impressive. Yet Here We Are.
You used to be able to count on certain things.
If someone said they’d call, they called.
If they had a deadline, they met it.
If they were running late, they let you know.
Now? You’re lucky if you get a reply at all.
I don’t know exactly when reliability became optional. But it’s a weird thing to watch erode — especially in business, where it used to be the bare minimum.
These days people want to be paid like professionals, spoken to like experts, and praised like geniuses. But a lot of them work like interns on their third strike.
They’re late. They ghost. They vanish without warning. And then when you call them on it, they act like you’re the problem — for expecting something they promised to deliver.
Being competent used to be table stakes. Now it’s a differentiator.
I’ve said before that being on time is a kind of superpower. This is the broader version of that. Just do what you say you’re going to do, and you’re in the top 10% automatically. Maybe higher.
Which is both sad and useful.
Sad that it’s where we are.
Useful if you’re trying to stand out.
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