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I heard something once that made a great deal of sense: you can never be "on time," you can only be early or late so decide on being early.

In today's meeting environment, where things go right to the top of the hour and there is distance to travel to make the next meeting, our team decided that the official starting time was five minutes after the hour and our official ending time was five minutes before the hour (or half hour) end time.

We were to be forgiving in our own group and allow us the time to make the next meeting by starting late and stopping early.

Sometimes it is hard to be early and easy to be late - these rules help ourselves in being on time - or early.

Scot

Scot,
That sounds like a very clever idea! And it creates a win-win situation for everyone.

I've also heard of people starting meetings at 1:17 or 10:33. The specific, odd starting times are more memorable and are often taken more seriously, so people arrive on time.

Great post, Claire. It's amazing how giving myself extra time totally changes my perspective and my experience of getting to the event. If I'm running late, I'm in a hurry, frustrated, and generally upset when I arrive. When I have plenty of time, I'm calm, relaxed, and can even get some work done (or do extra prep). Thanks!