Why people make promises they cant keep?

Sometimes we make promises we can’t keep. We make them because they seem kinder than the alternative. We don’t want to deny people their wishes or tell someone that the thing they want is impossible.

What types of promises should you avoid?

Through your conversations with each prospect, find out what they’re likely to care about the most so that broken promises don’t land you in trouble….Making Promises Is a Dangerous Game

• Setting unrealistic expectations.
• Letting a client pressure you into a “yes”
• Making a promise that relies on the deliverables of others.

Can you sue for a broken promise?

The general rule is that broken promises, by themselves, are not actionable in court. However, there is a little-known exception: promissory estoppel. In the absence of a contract or agreement, which requires benefit to both sides (referred to as consideration), the law is generally unavailable to enforce a promise.

What does it mean to not keep a promise?

to decide not to do something that you had promised or agreed to do.

Why do so many promises fail to deliver?

The reason why promises fail is because: They did not mean it, it was just meant to put you at ease and make you happy if you were worried. They do much talking, make promises without evaluating if they are able to meet them or without setting a plan on how the promise is able to be delivered or if it’s even achievable.

Why do people make promises to other people?

People make promises: To please and impress the ones they make their promise to. Especially if some person needs something to be done for them, someone may promise them that they’d do it for them just to put them at ease or make them happy. To make themselves feel worthy, obliged and able to do something for someone.

Do you have friends who over-promise and under-deliver?

You may have friends who over-promise and under-deliver; who are susceptible to continuously disappointing you by raising your hopes. These people don’t entice the best version of ourselves to show, as to them, being in the heat of the moment is reason enough to make important promises.

Why would a man promise a woman something he can’t fulfill?

If you love someone and you really don’t want them to leave you then you’ll promise them something so they won’t leave you. many relationships I have seen was because a man was losing his girlfriend and he really loved her so he promised her something he would never be able to fulfill. Most of it has to do with loneliness.