Like many of us I also hear lots of reasons aka excuses for someone being late or believe it or not, just not showing up at all.
Today I overheard something very refreshing. A man sitting next to me was speaking to his son’s school and was informing them that his child was going to be late. The school must have asked for the reason and Dad simply said, he overslept.
He didn’t say he was sick or cast the blame on himself and say that he didn’t set the alarm, or that the electricity was out and hence everyone overslept, or the dog knocked over the alarm clock or any of the other preposterous things parents often make up when their kid is late.
I felt like congratulating him.
Like many of us I also hear lots of reasons aka excuses for someone being late or believe it or not, just not showing up at all. (Please note that I have a 10-minute “rule” and if someone hasn’t arrived within 10 minutes of our meeting time and hasn’t called or texted, they are “officially” late!)
There are always those circumstances that do conspire against you despite your best intentions.
CARE enough to know that if you are late you are not being respectful of the person/people you are scheduled to meet. Of course, here are extenuating circumstances and in those cases make certain to alert the other person that you are running late or may even have to cancel. Things happen. We all get it but not being given any sort of advance warning is simply unacceptable.
My personal experience is that it is usually the same people that have the same excuses.
Being late is part of their personal brand and it’s not a good part either.
Adrian Miller
In no particular order, Adrian Miller is a Business Growth Architect, sales consultant, trainer,…
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