Posted on 03/08/2017 9:37:08 AM PST by blam
For some people, "early bird gets the worm" is a life motto. To them, "fashionably" late is not a thing.
These people are "on-timers," and they have unique habits that make them who they are.
Seeing as showing up late is disrespectful, and can negatively affect your career as well as your relationships, it may be time to take a page out of their book.
Here are 10 habits that make punctual people tick.
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One thing I started doing years ago was to set all of my clocks 5-15 minutes fast. That would keep me a little uncertain about the exact time but always ahead of schedule.
It got harder to do that with computers and cell phones that have the time set automatically.
1. Be on time.
Around here five minutes early is “on time”. Meetings start at the scheduled time and end on schedule if not before. Oh and the door gets shut at the scheduled time.
would be good to see listed in the comments what the ten things are.
Without looking I’d guess some to be:
1. Prepare. Lay out everything you need the day or several hours beforehand. Water bottle for the car? Directions? Charged phone? The file you are going to discuss? Whatever. All in a neat little pile.
2. Allow enough time to get there. Assume there will be a small delay. Check your GPS or your timetable or whatever. Pad with 5 minutes or 10 minutes or half an hour depending on the length/complexity of your trip.
3. Don’t depend on other people’s timeliness. Like, if you have kids? You are going to be late. Unless you get herculean about it and prep them completely, too, and if they are small, you can never prep completely. Your car pool? Unless they are considerate prompt people like you. . . don’t. The bus? Unless it has a really good on time record take the earlier one. Etc.
4. Have a regular day to gas up your car, fill your bus card, whatever. So you are never caught short.
5. Always have a plan B as to how to get there.
6. Plan for a small activity beforehand (lunch at the airport, pick up cheese and crackers at the drug store) which can be dropped if you enter a time crunch. Or the activity can be done afterward. Point is, it’s expendable.
Being on time (or early) is one of my most consistent characteristics.
I am too. I think by being late you tell people you don’t value their time and late people tend to be selfish and self centered “I think I’m more important than you”
You can never be on time and still get all the way to the presidency!
I used to always keep all my clocks ten minutes ahead, and was never late for anything. When I got married, my husband didn’t like it; he doesn’t need it. Now he’s my alarm clock.
It’s always better to be 10mins early, than 3mins late. Always.
11. Don’t live in Hawaii
12. There is not always time for one more FR thread
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They have a Germanic surname?
I had a colleague that always said “early is on time and on time is late.” By that standard, I was always super-late.
Early is on time, on time is late
My dad (born in 1912) drove a bus for 15 years, mostly before I was born. But we referred to him and still do as “the old bus driver.” He and therefore my mother, were usually 5-10 minutes early and sat in the car outside until time to come into the house, office, church, whatever. I remember years ago my siblings and I hosted a big family party for our nephew and his bride to be. My niece’s husband was there early as well but said that since the invite said that the party started at 6:30, he didn’t expect anyone there until 7. All of the bus driver’s descendants chuckled and said, “just wait.” Everyone was there on time, some early. I also remember my mother’s funeral. My dad had passed away years before. All the poll bearers were to meet at the funeral home - my mother had six adult grandsons. Our younger son was late. Oh my goodness.... I though that my brother’s head was going to explode. This was before cell phones and we finally got hold of the son and met him at the church. Later, our son asked why his uncle was so upset. I said he was channeling the old bus driver and he said, oh yeah.
I’m going to overcome my habit of procrastination. Just you wait!
As am I but I had a good trainer. When I worked underground, if you got there after your assigned cage had left the surface, you got an unexcused absence, four of which in a year got you fired. I liked my job and more particularly the money it payed.
Being late (and blowing off meetings) is disrespectful.
Some of the people I knew would do those things, and I found myself starting to do those too. I had to make a conscious effort to get back to where I felt comfortable.
“early bird gets the worm”
The early worm gets eaten
They wake up before their alarm rings
They think ahead
They give themselves a time buffer
They’re considerate of other people’s time
They’re organized
They don’t procrastinate or need to multitask
They’re realistic, and they know the fastest route to any location
They appreciate down time
They return calls, emails, and texts ASAP
They never forget a friend or relative’s birthday
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