Honoring promises comes easy to some people.  Unfortunately, keeping promises may come as a challenge to some people.  There are people who often say yes to a lot of things, and to a lot of people and end up doing nothing at all.  They eventually end up failing to follow through their promise.  Oftentimes, people would say yes just so they won’t offend people, but they end up coming out as unreliable.  Too often, they’d end up hurting or offending people.

What are Broken Promises?

How good are you at keeping your promises?  How do you feel when you are not able to keep a promise?  What are broken promises?  Broken promises are promises that were not kept.  Is it okay to break promises?  Absolutely not.  Although it may be understandable that things may crop up that would hinder you from keeping your promise, still, it is not okay to break one.

Broken promises hurt.  People do not want to expect and end up clutching at straws.  People do not like to be dumped or set aside.  This is insulting, disrespectful, and hurtful.  If you are fond of breaking promises, you will be regarded as unreliable.  People will not respect or rely on your word.  In fact, you may lose your integrity.  You may lose people’s trust.

How to Avoid Breaking Promises

You may not want to break promises, but you seem to have the habit of doing so.  Your family is disappointed with you, and your friends do not rely on your word.  If you noticed that you have created a pattern of breaking promises, then you’re in trouble.  If you want to avoid breaking promises, you must know how to keep them.  Here are some tips on how to keep promises and avoid breaking them:
a.    Learn to say no.  Oftentimes, people break promises because they try to please a lot of people.  By wanting to please people, they end up failing miserably.
b.    Do not give your promise if you don’t feel like doing what you promised.  Oftentimes, people break their promise because of their disinterest.
c.    Reflect on why you break promises and pinpoint the problem.  By doing this, you would know where to start correcting your habit.
d.    Learn to prioritize.  By prioritizing things, you learn what to put first and what to put last.  You do not end up harassed trying to cope with a lot of things.
e.    Keep a schedule so you don’t end up promising two things to two people at the same time.