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<\/a><\/p>\nIndeed, it’s the way I have set my own course in life, not just in work, but in general. I have screwed this up more than once, but the over-arching mission most days is to excel and rise to the highest level I can.<\/p>\n
My dad was an awesome human, but he wasn’t the most colorful flower in the vase. He just had a way of being real about life. One of the most poignant things I ever heard him say was, “If you don’t expect much, you can’t be let down.” That was his way of instilling in me a way to manage my\u00a0expectations. He was usually referring to people and their commitments when he delivered this lesson.<\/p>\n
Recently, I introduced a group of business acquaintances to a long-time friend who had the need for what this group had to offer. The thought of screwing up my friendship and working relationship with “Joe” really weighed on me. As I talked to my wife and my other business partners about it, I never did feel like I was totally sold on it, but\u00a0my friend needed this to happen, as he was trying to deliver on his strong commitment to his customer.<\/p>\n
Fast forward a year. And… Surprise! I trusted in a process and the verbal commitments of a few people that have now stressed many relationships. I guess I didn’t listen to Pop’s advice earnestly enough.<\/p>\n
This saga is nothing more of a self-reminder that I am making public. In business and in life, remember that we really only get one chance to sabotage friendships that other people do not hold in high regard.<\/p>\n
Keep your commitments when you make them, work to exceed them, don’t falter for all the world to see and then try to excuse your way out of it.<\/p>\n
Remember how and why you were even in the game to begin with.<\/p>\n
Stay curious, stay strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Years of work. Continually trying to exceed the expectations. Staying current so you can help people. Becoming a trusted ally. Someone others can count on. Being there. Never saying “I can’t help”. In my mind this is how an achiever lives. Indeed, it’s the way I have set my own course in life, not just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7,25,23,8,19,6,24],"class_list":["post-4932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-airtight-facilitech","tag-commitment","tag-excellence","tag-greg-crumpton","tag-hvac","tag-personal-development","tag-teamwork"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4932"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4958,"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4932\/revisions\/4958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gregcrumpton.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}