Our Word, Our Legacy

A thought has reverberated in my mind for a few days. I keep thinking that one of the most important assets we have as human beings is our "word," the sometimes elusive concept of personal commitment to complete what we say we will do in the best possible way. Most adults will agree that the importance of keeping our word is extremely high, yet they will also tell you that there are more and more examples of people not keeping their word on important matters. For example, I feel the computer industry has failed to maintain proper quality control on their products, failing to keep their word on what they sell. Computer users should not have to be concerned with the security of their systems because of lax quality assurance. To me, that is a broken implied promise by the computer industry. From WiFi chips to major software packages, all have been sold with security flaws that have caused all of us greatly in terms of confidence and the effort to "patch" ad infinitum to correct problems that should not have been there in the first place. Let us remember to keep our word and deliver only outstanding products and results. That is what others will remember us by.