Do you know someone who is habitually late?  Do they suck at what they do?  Chances are they don’t suck, but they are not insanely great.  Only the people who are unbelievably great at what they do can get away with being late repeatedly.  The creative geniuses can show up when they want.  The people with incredible talent can get away with not wearing a watch.  Think back to college… what was the unwritten rule if a professor was late?  We’ll wait 15 minutes if he’s a “Dr.” but only 10 if he’s not.  The point is this:  The better you are at whatever you do the more forgiving people are of you when you’re late.

The problem is that some people have a habit of being late and they suck at what they do.  Which means they’re likely going to be doing it someplace else soon.  Even if you’re pretty good at what you do that’ll only buy you a couple of late passes with most people.  So, if you’re somewhere between “pretty good” and “sucktacular” and have a hard time showing up on time you need to one of two things.  1) Become insanely great at what you do  or 2) hire someone to follow you around and smack you in the head every time you’re late.

*This was NOT written with any one person I know in mind, just an observation that hit me this morning.  If you DO feel like I wrote this for you then stop being late or become unbelievably great.