When we judge a person, we are likely to think about whether he or she is keeping promises, the person who always keeps his promises is popular, people around him are willing¹ to make friends with him. So keeping promises is very important, we should never break our promises, or we will be abandoned² by others. First, we should never late for meeting or date. When we make a deal with others to meet at some places, we shall be there in time or earlier, it is rude to be late and let others wait for a long time. I hate my friends late for meeting, though they have reasons, they could have been here in advance. Second, we’d better think twice before making a promise, if we promise people, it means³ we have ability to finish it, people are hold great hope on us, if we fail, how disappoint it is. So we should measure ourselves before we making a promise.

当我们判断一个人的时候，我们倾向于考虑他或者她是否信守承诺，守承诺的人受欢迎，周围的人都喜欢和他做朋友。所以受承诺很重要，我们不要违背我们的诺言，不然会被大家遗弃。第一，我们永远都不要在开会和约会时迟到。当我们和别人相约见面时，应该准时到达或者提前到达，迟到和让别人长时间等待是很无礼的。我不喜欢我的朋友开会迟到，虽然他们有各种理由，但是他们本可以提前到。第二，在许下诺言前我们要三思，如果我们答应了他人，这意味着我们有能力去完成，人们对我们有很大的期望，如果我们失败了，这么失望啊。因此我们在许诺前要衡量自己。