Are you one of those people who is always late? For a business meeting, for lunch, to the theater, on a date? In addition to being rude, being late one day can affect your relationships at work and your career prospects. Without delay, start learning from those who are always consistently punctual. We'll give you some tips to get you started!
Be realistic about your time
Are you convinced that 10 minutes will be enough for you to make your morning coffee and leaf through the newspapers? Have you ever paid attention to how much time you actually spend on everyday activities? If not, then tomorrow morning (and the next few days) take a moment and write down what you really spend time on. Just in case, add a few more minutes to the result, and you will have a more realistic idea, based on which you can plan your time in the future.
Get ready for surprises
Always have time to spare. This is a simple recommendation, but it seems that it is often very difficult for people to follow this advice. If you leave the house 10 hours earlier, your day will not become much shorter, but it will allow you to avoid an uncomfortable rush, if, for example, you find yourself on a street that is blocked due to an accident, or if the "antennae" of a trolley bus falls off, or halfway through you find that you have forgotten your mobile phone at home, or if you meet one of your childhood friends along the way. Yes, you can get there without any incidents and be at the place 10 minutes earlier, but, in any case, you will not be late.
Be realistic about your time
Are you convinced that 10 minutes will be enough for you to make your morning coffee and leaf through the newspapers? Have you ever paid attention to how much time you actually spend on everyday activities? If not, then tomorrow morning (and the next few days) take a moment and write down what you really spend time on. Just in case, add a few more minutes to the result, and you will have a more realistic idea, based on which you can plan your time in the future.
Get ready for surprises
Always have time to spare. This is a simple recommendation, but it seems that it is often very difficult for people to follow this advice. If you leave the house 10 hours earlier, your day will not become much shorter, but it will allow you to avoid an uncomfortable rush, if, for example, you find yourself on a street that is blocked due to an accident, or if the "antennae" of a trolley bus falls off, or halfway through you find that you have forgotten your mobile phone at home, or if you meet one of your childhood friends along the way. Yes, you can get there without any incidents and be at the place 10 minutes earlier, but, in any case, you will not be late.
Get Organized
To avoid long breaks between meetings or situations that require you to be in two different places at the same time, plan your time. Always carry an organizer with you (unless you have one on your smartphone. Punctual people are usually very organized, they are able to estimate how much time it will take for a meeting or for a particular task, and clearly structure their day. The better you know how long it will take for this or that matter, the more you become the master of your own time, able to determine priorities.
Don't leave everything to the last minute
To avoid the uncomfortable situation of having to do things desperately at the last moment, take these things as a challenge, not as duties that you are always putting off, and try to do these things without waiting for the very last moment. Putting things off may be convenient, but you have to pay dearly for it: you only provide yourself with stress, and unfinished business constantly reminds you of itself, haunting your sense of duty. To change your habits for the better, start small: pack lunch for tomorrow, pick the right suit, put the things you need for tomorrow in your bag. So you will save precious minutes in the morning and you will know that you have time in reserve for completely different things.
Use your spare time wisely
When planning the time to go to an agreed meeting, a punctual person always has a certain reserve. In order not to waste spare time, punctual people are already preparing for it in advance: some take a book with them, others read e-mail, others look at the latest news. Punctual people are used to the fact that they often have to wait for someone, and they treat this time not as wasted in vain, but as won.
To avoid long breaks between meetings or situations that require you to be in two different places at the same time, plan your time. Always carry an organizer with you (unless you have one on your smartphone. Punctual people are usually very organized, they are able to estimate how much time it will take for a meeting or for a particular task, and clearly structure their day. The better you know how long it will take for this or that matter, the more you become the master of your own time, able to determine priorities.
Don't leave everything to the last minute
To avoid the uncomfortable situation of having to do things desperately at the last moment, take these things as a challenge, not as duties that you are always putting off, and try to do these things without waiting for the very last moment. Putting things off may be convenient, but you have to pay dearly for it: you only provide yourself with stress, and unfinished business constantly reminds you of itself, haunting your sense of duty. To change your habits for the better, start small: pack lunch for tomorrow, pick the right suit, put the things you need for tomorrow in your bag. So you will save precious minutes in the morning and you will know that you have time in reserve for completely different things.
Use your spare time wisely
When planning the time to go to an agreed meeting, a punctual person always has a certain reserve. In order not to waste spare time, punctual people are already preparing for it in advance: some take a book with them, others read e-mail, others look at the latest news. Punctual people are used to the fact that they often have to wait for someone, and they treat this time not as wasted in vain, but as won.