• 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.

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...

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.

• 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 personaliti...