about being punctual

“We need to be start right now”

“Wait for me, 10 minutes I’ll be there“

Always when we wanted to have the meeting or teamwork, there is somebody asking time to arrive delay from the time should be. Questions that will come to our mind with this kind of person are, are they really can not come right on time or they love to waste the time?

The very common problem to cooperate in teamwork is time punctuality to start on time. Once when I was a student in a higher institution, an organization wrote on the banner the earlier time that it should be for their event. The reason they told me is to ensure the hall is full right on time. But, the participants are still come late. As can be expected, the event start late.

Why we need to be punctual?

You show respect for the Person B in your life.
You show that you respect yourself enough to keep your word.
You prove that you can be trusted.
You are appreciated for being on time.
You are regarded as a reliable person.
You are seen as a professional.
You are taken seriously and on your word.
You build a strong reputation for your character.
You open doors to opportunities without noticing it for all the above reasons.
You eliminate stress from your life by removing guilt and anxiety for being late.
You do the right thing.

Impact of being not punctual?

• If worker, it will be in your disciplinary record.
• For those who doing freelance job, don’t regret if you loose most of your income.
• For a leader, if this is your habit don’t get angry if your follower do the same thing or if they have no respect to you.

What is needed if we can’t attend on time?

• You should have a good reason for being absent or late.
• If it is a formal agenda/meeting, perhaps you need to proceed with a letter.
• When you already know earlier that you can’t attend, inform as early as possible.

What if you afraid you will forgot the time or venue?

• Alarm clock may help you to be alert with the time
• Use a diary or planner to help you
• Note to the calendar on your table or board
• Make a note in your cell phone or PDA

probation period; what we need to know

 First 3 to 6 month working period for a worker is a probation time to endorse our placement as a permanent worker. There’s many thing that will be thorough by the employer and for us as the employee need to take care of them;

1.       Work performance

Resume and appearance while interview is the first impression but the work performance is the key that employer need.

2.       Attitude

It is better to have a lower level employee with good manners compared to a skillful employee with bad manners. The attitude when we’re working is Important not only in the probation period but all the time when you are still hired.

3.       Fail as team player

In any organization, we work as in a team. All of us have different responsibility but we have the same goal; to achieve success. If we fail to work as a team player, the goal can’t be achieved and the result in this case, your own goal also ( to get a position as worker) can’t be achieved.

4.       Culture of the society

Every organization have its own culture. To be accepted, we need to absorb to the culture and the important thing as new member, don’t try to change the culture or bring any new culture into it.

The probation time, some people see it as an opportunity to the employer to select the employee they wanted to, but it is also good for employee.

Advantages of probation period for the employee are:

• It’s the time for you to absorb the environment in the workplace.
• If the environment is not suit for you, you may leave the organization easier. When you are already a permanent worker, wanted to leave because of this reason will make harm for you.
• It’s one of the options to impress your employer after the interviewing period.
• If you show more than he expect, you may ask for higher salary or position.
• Time for you to standby with the contract.
• When you are accepted to the organization, there will be a contract to become a permanent worker. For that contract, you need to be well prepared especially for uniform or working in shift.  The probation period will give you time for it.

Do we need to dress up?

It sounds like more to woman, but it is sure that are we really need to dress up? Being beauty is synonym to women. Every time they went out, they’ll be dress up as they can for shop, meeting friends or attending functions. Even just to hang out with friends, some of the people will ask to themselves of housemate, “Am I okay with this cloth?” or “Am I beautiful like this?” There’s some general reason that women will give if we ask about this:

·         For self respect when we shown up among people.

·         To attract others.

·         Nature of woman, love to be beauty.

Three of this is correct, but I just want to highlight the second reason; to attract others. The first reason comes first, and then it will come with this second reason. But, who you want to attract?

For working purpose, it might be our boss. In some sector such as in salon or beauty center, to increase up the salary, to dress up is one of the requirement. In other sector, too fashionable usually not allowed.

To dress up when hanging out, there’s various answers we will have, who we want to attract? Some of the women will feel that it is wrong to wear the cloth that she wears last week. She feel ashamed, if others notify that it is same as before.  Some of them, also, dress up aiming to attract the guy that they fall to. But, most of the women dress up just because they don’t want others saying something bad about their attire.

Based on the research in London, actually women dress up well to attract other woman and heard a good respond from them. It is not really to attract man! When read this news, as others, I am surprised to know that. At the other side, it might be yes. That is because, woman knows woman better.

Personally, I’m not really care about to dress up because I’m not really care about what others will say, regarding to my attire. I am really concern about it only when I have presentation, or when I have to deal in my business. If it is just to hang out, or for shop, its not.

 In some views, when we share this view among married friends especially, they feel uneasy with the situation. The wives, normally, dress up whenever they want to go out with reason feel shameful to people outside if they’re not doing it. But when they’re at home, they will not dress up just because nobody looks at them. My view, our spouse will look at us at home. Sure we don’t want our spouse compare us with other woman outside, that we also look at them; that is of course well dressed.