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Hello.My name is Yasui, and I run a small company as a solo founder, mainly handling inspections of high-pressure gas facilities.
Today, I finally fulfilled a promise I had made a long time ago.
To be honest, it was a promise I could have escaped from if I really wanted to.
But once it was over, I felt a sense of relief—and at the same time, I was reminded of how heavy a promise really is.
When work becomes the top priority in life, it’s easy to take promises lightly—especially promises made to your children.
That was me, in the past.
But at some point, I realized that this wasn’t okay, and I decided to start changing, little by little.
Keeping a promise doesn’t usually create some dramatic positive result.
But breaking a promise creates a negative impact far greater than you might expect.
Trust erodes.
Expectations drop.
And the next time, people stop taking you seriously.
Keeping promises may be taken for granted.
But what happens when you break one?
Let me put it another way.
How do you feel when someone breaks a promise made to you?
Sometimes they explain why they couldn’t keep it.
Sometimes they don’t give any reason at all.
How does it feel when a promise is broken without explanation?
For the person on the receiving end, the reason often doesn’t matter much.
What matters is the fact that the promise was not kept.
Meanwhile, the one who broke the promise desperately tries to explain the reason.
This gap in perspective is what quietly destroys trust.
When promises made to children are broken because of work,
how do you think the children feel?
And thinking back—how did you feel when you were a child?
Keeping promises may be obvious.
But clearly, we can’t afford to break them casually.
Keeping a promise doesn’t move the needle much in a positive direction,
but breaking one swings things heavily toward the negative.
Of course, you could avoid this by not making promises at all—but that’s not realistic.
Coordinating schedules to go to a job site is a promise.
Meeting deadlines is a promise.
Our lives are full of promises.
People who treat small promises lightly
will eventually treat big promises the same way.
At work, at home, and even in promises to yourself.
Decide—and then do it.
That alone is enough to bring the steering wheel of your life firmly back into your own hands.
Thank you for reading all the way to the end.
See you again.
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