Dating : What I Do Says Most Truly How I Value You

In 4 Really Small Things That Say a Lot about You, “keeping time” speaks the loudest. Concerning conversations, Leah Njoki suggests asking questions and listening well. If I don’t respect another person’s time, I’m unlikely to respect them enough to give them my undivided attention, to ask questions or to listen without interruption. She mentions dressing well and improving ourselves. How I treat other people is far more important than how I look or how hard I work at improving myself.

There’s a lot to be said about people who don’t keep time. It screams inefficiency, unreliability, and disorganization. A person who is always late doesn’t do a very good job of managing their responsibilities and their overall lives.
Failing to keep time is terrible, but it’s worse when other people are involved. You see, when you’re consistently late for meetings, it shows you don’t respect others. Because you put your needs before them, steal their time, and disturb their experience. — Leah Njoki

I’ve heard integrity defined as doing what you say you’re going to do. I would add when you say you’re going to do it. It starts with ourselves. If we don’t value ourselves enough to keep promises we make to ourselves, will we consistently keep promises we make to others?

I’m in my 60s and my habit from my teens has been to arrive early for everything. Is this a “generation-related” social expectation? Do people in their 20s, 30s and 40s value arriving on time to the extent that we seniors do? Money is a renewable resource. Time is irretrievable. People who would never steal a quarter think nothing of stealing a quarter of someone else’s hour.