| There's an old saying that 90% of what you do in life | | | | Put your brain to better use by arriving on time and |
| is just showing up. While some people consider this to | | | | concentrating on the things that really matter. You also |
| be true, almost everyone will agree that showing up on | | | | cause yourself undue stress by being late, so don't |
| time is 100% of life. However, some people still think | | | | add another unnecessary source of stress to your life; |
| that it's okay to be consistently late to various | | | | you have enough already. |
| appointments. | | | | If you're paid as an hourly employee by your company, |
| Your friends will most likely consider it quite rude if | | | | it's almost a guarantee that they want you to show up |
| you're supposed to do something with them and they | | | | on time every day. Many offices allow a five-minute |
| have to wait on you to show up. Do it often enough, | | | | grace period before they consider you tardy, but it's |
| and they may start to think that you don't value their | | | | really best not to push your employer's patience. |
| friendship as much as you say. | | | | Being on time for work every day can have long-term |
| Being frequently late to your job is an obvious behavior | | | | benefits. If you're very punctual when it comes to |
| to avoid, yet some people continue to do it. Most | | | | arriving to work, you'll be seen as a hard worker - |
| companies have no problem firing an employee who's | | | | someone with a good work ethic. A coworker who is |
| consistently late. Similarly, being late to classes can | | | | late on a consistent basis, by contrast, will be seen as |
| mean that you miss out on important information that | | | | someone with poor time management skills. When it's |
| could have an effect on your grade. Being late will | | | | time for a promotion, the company would likely choose |
| almost always result in negative consequences, while it | | | | the punctual candidate over the consistently tardy one. |
| will rarely impart any benefits. | | | | The truth is that being on time will always provide |
| First, being late is a good way to waste your energy | | | | benefits, while being late will create consequences |
| unnecessarily. You'll often be forced to make up | | | | more often than not. Give yourself an advantage in |
| excuses for your lateness, and you'll start to run out of | | | | whatever you do in life by being punctual in everything |
| excuses very quickly if it happens regularly. | | | | that you do. |