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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If getting to practice on time was an issue- maybe you should have picked a different team? I get work is important and traffic sucks but you committed your kid to an activity you might not be able to get to?

Our coach thinks being on time to practice is getting there 15 minutes early.[/quote]

Yes!

Packers’ Coach Vice Lombardi is famously quoted as saying that “If you are five minutes early, you are already ten minutes late.”

If you want to grow and succeed in life and in your work, then it’s important to understand that even being on time in today’s society could be construed as being late. This is because you are always on someone else’s time. Moreover, when you are indeed late (or even just the last to arrive to a scheduled meeting) you are perceived (fairly or unfairly) as being one or more of the following:

Rude – You know you were late and you do not care, because you simply do not value the rest of the group’s time.

Inconsiderate – You know you were late, but you don’t understand that this shows little value for the rest of the group’s time.

Flighty – You didn’t realize you were late. In fact, you never realize when you’re late (which happens more for you than others); and you have no concept on how your tardiness wastes other people’s time.

[b]Self-Important – You know you were late, but it could not be helped. Whatever it was that you were working on was vastly more important (as always) than the trivial matters the rest of the group gave up to be on time.[/b]

Disorganized – You planned to be on time (as usual), but the day just got away from you and you were late (as usual).

Asshole – You are an asshole.

And… rude, inconsiderate, flighty, self-important, disorganized assholes don’t get promoted.
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Vast majority of people in the DC area.[/quote]

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