Better Late than Never?

An interesting twit from It'sThingsinLife this morning had made me reluctantly smile:  Better late than never, but never late is better
So true. I hate being late. Some people hate me for this issue. From their look I can tell they don't like to be told off whenever they are late..

When I absorp the line, it really can reflect in many aspects in life. You may loose your love one if you keep 'coming late' or 'doing it late' :D
I am Struggling in fighting the stereotype that indonesians are always late; love to be late. At least to prove my self that I don't fall into that category.

This time, I think I limit the issue for things at work.
I consider my industry expect people to be on time.
Being in this hospitality industry, we are in a cycle where our chain links to other. It is crucial to ensure we are on time for work. Once someone fail to keep this time discipline, he or she cause damage to their colleagues, their team.
Can you imagine being  late,  while your front desk colleague expecting your presence handling guest queuing in long line?
Or commis assign on mis en place coming late, his team mate dying seeing guest coming in and service people start placing the order?
I think, that is rather mean, and you really pay no respect your team.
Well, for myself, arriving late at work makes me cranky. Ruins my morning mood. I'd appreciate if my team appreciate tardiness.
unfortunately if we spare mercy for lateness, they will grow happily to become habit. Scaarryyyy.
I wonder, whether this habit derives from bad time management or it is just it.
Accepting lateness once in a while with traffic as reason, will work only once in a blue moon.
You do it several time, meaning you are no good in planning your life.
Leave early for work, get up early to get ready.

Ring a bell what people say?
-You can't make the same mistake twice. The second time you make it, it's no longer a mistake. It's a choice.
Coming late first time is a lesson. Should learn to avoid making same mistake. Coming late second, third, four time, it is no longer mistake to learn from. It is bad habit we need to kill.

For somethings in life, late is better than never. But indeed, never late is, better.

Get Up!

Have you ever felt that you know almost anything?  but then suddenly a line of challenging question on your expertise turn your world upside down.
Good thing if we respond to the situation with right attitude. The attitude to take complaint as feedback and way to improve.

This is the most dangerous part when we stay in one place without effort on upgrading ourself. Never being exposed to outside world (not browse information, not being updated on trends, not benchmarking) we would think that what we have done is the greatest. Simply think with several years of experience and learning by doing, we know it all.

Once we stepped out of the box, we were stabbed with the fact that we are so much left behind.
Moreless the same issue, for those moving from one to another place within reasonably short period of time with the 'I know enough let's move to another' attitude.
(Will lead us to another arguments, in defining short and long period of time)

Keeping ourself updated with the trend of the industry is very important. Benchmarking with competitors will provide information where we stand. Good old procedures and approach may become obselete, as generation shifted into total new character and behaviour.
Human is like system. We don't upgrade we become obselete.
The hardest fact to accept is that changes may occur without we are knowing it.
They say: Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.