How many people do you know who are always late? What’s your perception of them? Maybe you’ve even made particular judgments about them. The usual perceptions are that people who are always late think that their time is more valuable than others, and that some like the attention they get when they walk in the room late. Of course, most chronically late people would argue against those perceptions, and that argument has validity.
There are late folks who are pretty laid back about their tardiness, but it’s still very rare that those people have a blatant disregard for other people’s time. Their habit of showing up or being late doesn’t tie into valuing other people.
Though it may seem that those who are chronically late like the attention they get when they show up late, research has shown that this isn’t actually so for most. It has been found that most didn’t like being the one to arrive late. Not many like that kind of attention.
There are other perceptions that aren’t valid either. True reasons lie beneath the surface. I share more about that and starting the process of transformation soon.