Got a Big Hat, But No Cattle

I realize now that these posts are actually, and to some extent, about lying to people.  But in business you do have people who lie and people who are honest and then the final group who are honestly believe their lies.

I know a lot of people who are big on promises, short on delivery.  In some aspect, my previous post was all about one such person.  In most organizations, there is someone like that.  Sometimes it is the leader, or a new sales man, or some contractor or even one of the regular employees who has an ego in need of check.

I hold high self-opinions in low regard.

You know, now that I think about it, In the last 5 years I’ve met and worked with at least a dozen people like this.  Now most of the time they left on their own accord, unable to meet their high goals, they simply walked away from the job.  Other times, they stuck in there and failed to deliver only to be called out by their coworkers creating a ‘difficult’ situation.

Recently, most recently, one of my clients was approached by an oil drilling firm whom had great plans to drill in texas for oil, but needd an investor.  Now they made this deal sound great.  So my client called his bluff and asked to see his books, meet in person and meet with his lawyer.  Never heard from that snake oil tycoon again.

Lesson Learned

Know yourself, Know your limits and abilities.  Know what you can deliver.  Never brag when you have nothing to back it up because there is always someone who can play poker better than you.

Related posts:

1. Too Clever By Half
2. Putting Lipstick on a Pig
3. The Dog That Won’t Hunt
4. It’s Monday, June 11th 2007 and this is the Talking Points
5. Three Immediate Steps to take in Improving Your Business
6. Dee Durr doop dehr Dootylu derp dur doo
7. Five Mistakes of New Businesses

June 20th, 2009 by DTSL Williams posted in Business |

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