Keeping promises builds trust. Saygin Yalcin’s advice made me reflect on reliability and whether I always keep my own word.
Archived Project Mindset post, originally published in 2022. Dates and roles reflect the original publication.
Keeping promises: a lesson from Saygin Yalcin
“Keep your promises!” Bremen-born Saygin Yalcin founded a billion-dollar unicorn, experienced an exit involving Amazon and built a social-media following of several million. Reliability was his most important advice in our Project Mindset conversation 💯
That carried weight and stayed with me. I began considering whether I had kept my own promises in every situation. More on that soon.
Everyone enjoys spending time or working with reliable people and companies that keep their word. Business trust takes years to build, yet a single broken promise can destroy it.
We discussed this and much more in his Dubai office. It was a wonderful experience, and I learned a lot.
More in the Project Mindset archive (German) and the Reza Mehman Podcast.
