{"id":4634,"date":"2020-12-03T20:38:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T20:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/?p=4634"},"modified":"2021-09-19T15:13:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T15:13:51","slug":"dwysywd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloomsoup.com\/dwysywd\/","title":{"rendered":"DWYSYWD: Do What You Say You Will Do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve just said I’d do something with a friend and quickly realise I can’t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel like a yes man, enthusiastically agreeing to an engagement I can’t attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DWYSYWD or ‘do what you say you will do’ might not seem important on the surface, but in reality, it has an outsized impact on your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is DWYSYWD?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner are elite educators who wrote The Leadership Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their first law of leadership is, \u201cIf you don\u2019t believe the messenger, you won\u2019t believe the message.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s to say, gaining trust is essential to become a better leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To build that trust, we have their second law of leadership\u2026DWYSYWD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DWYSYWD is an acronym that stands for ‘do what you say you will do’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two areas where it’s important; internal credibility and external expectations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both can have a sizable effect on psychology and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internal credibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We all have goals. Common examples include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n