Are promises made to be broken?

Promises are ment to be kept.. but often Broken..

Promises are made to be broken and lies are meant to be kept. If you examine the above phrase you will find out that 9 out of 10 times it is true. Hence the saying broken promises. At this stage you might be tempted to ask the question what does this have to do with investing. If you bear with me, the answer will be provided to you shortly. Lets take the first part of the statement. Promises are made to be broken. First of all let’s examine the state one usually is when one makes a promise or vows to do something. 90% of the time one is in an emotional state of frustration, despair, anger and or in a euphoric state. What is the theme here, each of these states of emotion represents an extreme deviation from the norm, either an extreme positive or an extreme negative deviation from the mean. The first thing an investor learns after losing some money in the market is that doing anything based on emotion is a recipe for disaster. So following that principle is it not more then obvious that promises rather than lies will most likely be broken, as one did not sit down to logically evaluate all the information before making the promise.

hmm.. not all but sometime i broken.. dont to much promise to everyone so you can enjoy your life..

I never make promises that I do not keep. yes, I have had people make promises to me and they have not kept it is hard to believe what they say or do all the time. Some people make say that rules were meant to be broken and that seems to be true from everything I read in the papers and hear about.

I do NOT make a promise I can not keep. My father instilled in me that my name is one of the most valueable assets I will ever possess...when people hear/know your name, do they associate it with someone who lies...cheats...steals..breaks their word....or do they hear your name and think...that is a good human being and you are well thought of and kown to be a person of character and true to your word

always make promises but always end up to be broken...and you?

I never promise if I cant make it. And if I have no other option but to break, I feel terrible about it and I cant forget it for days. May be its a weakness. But I cant do otherwise.

my promises are always, always kept. I make promises to show my word is trusted.

No, they are made to be kept. Now rules though, now those are some things that are meant to be broken...

This can be true about Politicians only and not for everyone.

yes it applies to some and not to all. So don't expect too much, just wait what will it be.

They are only made to make other people feel confident

if i make promise to someone .i will keep it .but i hardly make a promise to someone .

Same thing happens to me and ihope hat n the future i keep my promise.