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The Importance Of Being Successful

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One in five Americans are late to work at least once a week. When running late, it could be because they woke up late or there was a bad traffic jam, either way their time management skills could improve. When leaving early and getting to where you need at least fifteen minutes beforehand is very beneficial. Whether it reduces stress for you or helps your co workers see you as dependable. Movie theatres are a fun activity to go and spend time with friends. You usually do not want to get there early due to all the previews you have to watch before hand, but you would not be able to get a good seat. When showing up early you get to pick a good seat instead of showing up late and getting slim pickings. Especially if you are a mother with a bunch of little kids it is very important to show up early so you can get all their snacks, drinks, and bathroom breaks all ready before the movie …show more content…

Showing up early is a good example of being dependable. When going and doing things with your kids, it is important to be a good role model and set standards for them, or anyone in general that looks up to you. This sets them up to be very successful in life and well respected in the future. If you are showing up to things late with your kids or admirers all the time then they are going to get used to you being unorganized and a mess and then it is going to set them of for failure in their life. You want to show them that it is not a good thing to show up to things late. You want to show you have respect for people and you care about their time as much of your own. As I stated up above, most of the time showing up late affects more people than just you. For example, when you are running late to a office training job, you are wasting the trainors time by not be on time. They have other things to be doing than training you and now they might be more behind, due to having to train later than expected because you were late

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