Be Honest, it's the Best Way to Build a Business - 72/101 Entrepreneur Mistakes & Lessons

Because lies, scams and deceptions hurt your reputation and your business.You can make money in the short term, but people will catch on, tell others and your reputation will be damaged. And when this happens, people will not shop from you anymore. Your first punishment is that people will know you're a scam and deceived them, so they will stop buying from you which means your income will cease.You don't want a bad reputation. You need to have a good reputation in your dealings with all people and your actions.Be genuine in your venture, otherwise people will hunt you down.When you to start develop the wrong reputation, it begins to make it difficult to do business.Reputation can take years to build, but only seconds to destroy.Treasure how people see you and your business. Your public image is important.And honesty is the best way to do business.If a customer says you got their order wrong, or that there was some mistake, then correct the problem and bend over backwards for your customer.It is better to turn an unhappy customer in someone that is thankful and loves your business, as opposed to keeping their money that they spent hoping to get a good service. I'd prefer the long term gains from them spreading a good reputation about me as opposed to having the short term profit.Reputation is everything. Treasure it.Question of the day: what are you doing now to increase your reputation?There are another 100 mistakes that I made here.