Learn more about timemanagement with this collection
How to make good decisions
How to manage work stress
How to manage email effectively
It's not a personality thing
- Some people think that the less conscientious tend to run late, but research doesn't back that up.
- Some think optimistic people might not consider potential delays. Again, little research to confirm this.
- Being time urgent is a characteristic of people with type A personalities, meaning they have a constant desire to fit more into less time. But research suggests they may be more on time.
Studies show that those who check the clock more often tend to be on time.
64
446 reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Poor management skills
The problem could be poor time management skills. They're not good at estimating how long tasks will take or may get caught up in the moment.
If you are always late by the same amount of time, you likely have some fear of downtime. As a result, you may feel...
68
340 reads
How to be on time
- Aim to get to places 10 to 15 minutes early, rather than on time. Plan to do something concrete while you are waiting, such as deleting junk emails or reading a book.
- Plan and practice exist strategies from conversations or last-minute tasks.
82
330 reads
Being late repeatedly can be stressful
When you're late, you're rushing, your brain is multitasking, trying to pick between what you have time for and what you must do faster.
- Your body might go into a fight-or-flight mode, releasing the stress hormone cortisol. If you do that to yourself repeatedly, it may...
74
226 reads
Always late
We all know someone who just can't be on time. They had to finish one more email or got stuck on a call with a friend, or completely lost track of time.
There are several potential contributing factors to tardiness.
67
2.04K reads
Keeping others waiting
Some people have an underlying feeling that their time is more important than everyone else's. Politicians or businesspeople may exert their authority by keeping others waiting.
However, most people don't realise that their delay has this effect on others. They think the struggle to be on t...
62
286 reads
CURATED FROM
CURATED BY
Passionate tv nerd and lifelong web junkie. I love sleeping. Sleeping is a science and I study it.
Related collections
More like this
Reading first impressions
- Studies show that if someone seems extroverted, confident, religious or conscientious, they probably are.
- We all pay more attention to pretty people, and so we tend to take the time to evaluate them.
- If you want to know if someone is good at ...
1. Build a Growth Mindset
Research by psychologist Carol Dweck suggests that there are two basic mindsets that influence how people think about themselves and their abilities: the fixed mindset and the growth mindset.
It's Just A Number - Day 129
- They say age is just a number. Rich people and health nuts spend billions in an effort to move the expiration date from around seventy-eight to hopefully forever.
- The number of years we manage to eke out doesn't matter, only what those years are composed of. Seneca put it b...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving & library
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Personalized recommendations
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates