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Lesson 69. Mean What You Say
第69課 說話算話
Some people say that promises are made to be broken.
有些人說承諾就是許下來違背的。
That certainly seems to be true in this cutthroat society that we live in.
這種情形在我們所處的這個競爭激烈的社會里似乎是真話。
But if you break your promise, you will ruin your reputation and no one will trust you anymore.
但是如果你違背你的謊言，就會損毀你的名譽，而且沒有人會再相信你了。
So whenever we say, "I give you my word," we should mean it.
所以每當我們說：“我向你保證，”我們應該是真心誠意。
There is nothing worse than to be let down by others because they have not kept their promises.
再也沒有比因為別人未能遵守謊言而讓你失望更糟的事了。
In fact, it isn't so difficult to keep promises.
事實上，守信并不是那么困難的事。
Just remember never to promise anything we are not sure we can live up to.
只要記住絕對不要許下任何你沒把握遵守的謊言。
In short, therefore, to be trustworthy, we should always say what we mean and mean what we say.
總之，要成為一個值得依賴的人，我們應該時時說內心話和說話算話。
