THINKING ORGANIZEDI am working with a young adult who was recently fired from her job. The overall reason – she was never on time. Unfortunately, she isn’t in the minority. Time management is one of the biggest issues that I see in both children and adults.
My client’s job started at 6 AM (yes, very early) and she would arrive “a few minutes” after 6 AM daily. “That doesn’t make me late!” she said. Yes, it does. In fact, arriving right at 6 AM makes you late. Why? Because the job STARTS at 6 AM, which means she should have been seated and ready to go at that time – not arriving at that time.
From the kid not ready to go to soccer practice to the adult who blames the metro, we need to switch our mentality. Being on time doesn’t have to be difficult and we don’t need to go to our arsenal of excuses every time we are five minutes late.
Typically it’s not an outside force that holds you back. In most cases, we tend to think that we can always fit in just one more thing before we leave the house. But that “one more thing” is destined to make you late. So, put it on your to-do list for after your appointment and arrive five minutes early – or, on time!
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