Must read on 'Punctuality'
Must
read on ‘Punctuality’
-Sukanya Singh
“Punctuality is not
about being on time, it is basically about respecting your own commitment.”
‘Punctuality’ is
reflected when one performs or completes a particular task before or on time in
order to prevent certain obstacles and also maintain a wonderful consistency of
oneself in day to day life. Being punctual is very important for an individual for
many reasons. Someone being punctual reflects one’s willingness to work; it
describes his/her activeness. Being punctual helps an individual to earn a
great reputation in front of the members of a society. Being punctual never
goes out of fashion. It rather helps you to do more of what others are doing,
before time. Punctuality brings ‘efficient’ and ‘effective’ rewards to you in
every aspect if it is maintained properly. If you are punctual, it is for sure;
the rest of the people would know and remember you as the most reliable one.
An employee always
reached office late. He was always questioned and like always his answer would
be “traffic jam Sir!” He was sent with warning letters but he was in his track
as always. One day he was directly fired from the office and he lost his job.
When he asked his boss what is his mistake, the boss replied,” Time waits for
none. We cannot keep on waiting for you to work for us according to your
timing. You are under a company .You should follow the rules and regulations
properly. You always kept on giving us excuses of the traffic jam. But why not
you came out of home early to reach office on time? You were never on time. We
cannot keep our official work pending. We have hired someone new. You are free
to leave.” The employee rectified his fault and left. But he got a lesson that;
time is like the free flow of water. It is a very precious thing into one’s
life. It waits for none.
Remember when we all
were in school; we were given homework. When we failed sometime to submit those
assignments, we were punished. The punishment was actually for you not being
able to complete the task within the given time frame and not for the reason
that you were unable to understand or cope up. The teachers always asked you to
question them back whenever you were in a confusion regarding a topic. The
punishments were to teach you the value of time and respect it. One more
example for you...You have a confectionery. You deal with the clients for
birthday, anniversary or wedding cakes etc. Suppose a customer wants a wedding
cake on a particular day say tomorrow at 10 o’ clock morning sharp. If you are
not ready with the cake at the time slot, and if your client does not get its
requirement, what will happen? Your client will be disappointed and will
provide you with negative feedback. This will in turn prevent you from being
boosted up and encouraged. You will feel bad and lose confidence on yourself.
So what was your mistake? Your mistake is none other than you were not punctual.
You did not prepare the cake on time. Therefore the time aspect has to be kept
in mind every time. Once you run before time there are many possibilities for
you to achieve your goals in a much easier way.
“Punctuality
is the first step to knock the door of success.”
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