BY: Shahid Majeed Mir
Plan ahead for things that may go wrong, otherwise it may be too late. It will take you a long time to dig a well and find water, and by then it will be too late to use that water to put out a fire. So if you are a startup, take care to plan for unforeseen circumstances. I am so tempted to respond this way to every Person A who has been notoriously late to a meeting with me and arrives blurting out this ridiculous excuse. They may be friends, family, guests, co-worker, clients, or perfect strangers, it matters little who they are because tardy is a serious lack of respect. Am I the only one left who feels this way about punctuality and tardiness. Please say it isn’t so.Has our culture written off the importance of being punctual as insignificant and inconsequential. Can we not have confidence enough to politely ask that people do us the courtesy to simply be on time. Can we not have enough respect for the other person’s time and effort to show up at the hour that we said we would. Are we really that incapable of handling ourselves and managing our time as adults with all gadgets of technology known to man.
Your apologies for being late, however profuse and sincere, do not excuse the tardy. I am not saying not to apologize, I am saying not to be late! Your reasons for being late insult the other person’s intelligence. Let’s state the obvious here: Emergencies are exempt from the list above. Emergency, however, is defined as an unavoidable and uncontrollable situation which puts you in a position that makes it impossible to comply with your original plans because something more important has arisen at the last minute. Embracing punctuality is more than just an admirable trait; it introduces you to a brand new way of living that you will love! You feel content and happy with yourself rather than frustrated and guilty. Why is the importance of being punctual in life anyway if there are far too many Person A types around. Because it is the right thing to do.
You have choices as in all things in life. The most popular choice is to never mention it, to be flexible with people’s schedules, and to convince yourself it’s no big deal and your time doesn’t matter all that much. After all, what’s a few minutes here and there? Or (can you tell this is my recommendation?) you could bring it up gently once, make the point, request that they respect your time next time. If it happens again in the future, know that you have a choice about interacting with that person. You cannot change any one except yourself but a kind reminder in a gentle tone will get the message across. Well, most of the time! If you are on the receiving side of this, I would encourage you to see it from the other person’s point of view. Your time is just as valuable as theirs, regardless of your life circumstance.
Listen, being late is not in your DNA. It’s not something you “inherit” from your family. It is not a characteristic trait. It is just a good habit and like all habits, it can be broken or preserved. It is a matter of personal choice and priority. Make the right one every time! The real problem with being constantly late is that it makes you stressed and anxious. Why add this pressure to your life when you can live with inner peace? There is a better way to live than chasing the clock every day from too many commitments, too much activity and too many promises. So I put together a short guide for you if you find yourself constantly late, and if you swear it is “impossible for me to be on time!” – first of all, I disagree, it is very much possible.
Traffic is not a new phenomena in our lives. You can manage extremely well with minimal planning. Traffic does not control you, excuse you, make you late or hold you back. You do. Be smart, be responsible, and plan around it! Same is the case here in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that Government is doing like they are digging the well but when house is on the Fire which shouldn’t be here. As everyone knows through the entire world that the Jammu and kashmir is the disputed territory still our government is asleep but when we come on streets in order to demand for the right to self determination then the government wake up and are using the pellets and the bullets which is against the humanity. One more thing the Article 35A which has raised the temperature for 3 months when the group of RSS workers had filled the petition against the Article 35A in order to abrogate this prestigious Article still our government is asleep I think The issue is of vital importance for the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh as abrogation of Article 35A will have serious ramifications, now i hope that the people of Jammu and Kashmir would rise above party politics and fight every “overt or covert attempts to trample with Article 35A”.
In conclusion having said that I would make an important point here that the every person should understand the importance of time because once it went then it never comes back to you. Be it a farmer, student, business man or any officer everybody should respect the time because it comes once but not twice…..
Shahid Majeed Mir
Tangcheck Lolab
Civil Service Aspirant
email mirshahid363@gmail.com
