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When your estimates are treated like promises you must keep

I've gotten scary good at estimating, close enough that people trust my numbers completely. But that's the problem, because they treat every guess I make like a promise carved in stone. When reality shifts even a little, I'm the one who broke a vow I never actually made.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Your estimates are so trusted that people treat every one as a promise you must keep.

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