They also mean the most to everyone, as in to everyone you ever work with. Over on TIME magazine, Auren Hoffman, CEO of LiveRamp says what these two are though if anything, I’d say it’s just the first one that matters the most. Or the first one that makes the biggest impact.
If you consistently do what you say you will do, you will almost certainly be someone people desire to have on their teams. It is so rare that when you work with someone who is reliable, you never ever want to work with anyone else. You will do anything to keep that person on your team.
Doing what you say you are going to do starts with setting the right expectations. If you tell someone you will get them the deliverable by Tuesday, you need to understand that it can actually be delivered by Tuesday. If you are good, you are probably factoring in slack in case someone in corporate slows you down or your child gets sick.
These Are the Most Underrated Skills That Many People Lack – Auren Hoffman, TIME (27 June 2015
The second one is about keeping track of yourself which I take to mean doing what you need to to do in order to make this first skill work. Read the full piece.