The more often you are late, the more your reputation suffers. It doesn’t matter who you meet: with a colleague, friend, boss or business partner. Sooner or later, all of them will doubt your punctuality, and the consequences of this may become irreversible for you. However, you can learn not to be late.
You will need
Clock, diary / organizer, telephone.
Instruction manual
one
Do not check your emails before leaving your home if you should not receive an extremely important message. The few minutes that you plan to spend on this event can take a longer time. Often, checking one mail does not end there. You pay attention to any news, follow the link, completely forgetting about the time. Make a rule for yourself: do not turn on the computer in the morning and turn it off before preparing to leave the house during the day or evening.
2
Add 25% of the time to any planned action. For example, you are sure that you will get to work in 40 minutes. Postpone for this lesson not 40, but 50 minutes, so as not to be late. Agree - you cannot be sure that there will be no traffic jams or accidents on the roads, that public transport will arrive on schedule, that you will not meet an old friend when leaving the entrance. All this requires precious minutes, which you will take into account, adding 25%.
3
Move the phone and watch a few minutes ahead. Even when you know that the time on them is not indicated exactly, you will automatically rush if you see that you are late. This method has been used for many years and can be called effective.
4
Record the time and place of all important meetings in your organizer or diary. Why is this needed? Firstly, you will definitely not forget when and with whom you meet. Secondly, it will allow you to more effectively plan your daily routine, and thirdly, it will turn you into a more disciplined person.
5
Install a mention on your phone or smartphone an hour before the upcoming meeting. This will help you quickly navigate and give time to prepare directly for the event.
6
Name the time convenient for you, appointing an event. Do not be afraid to say that you have other things and you are afraid not to be in time for the appointment. Of course, you should not do this when applying for a job or when organizing any other important events. But if, for example, you meet with a friend, then no one will forbid you to reschedule the meeting for half an hour.