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I have read about the lives of great people and I often notice that punctuality is an essential factor to be successful in life. I never could have done it without the habits of being punctual, in order and diligence. Without determination, there is no success. For example, we can make “Practice! Practice! Practice! to be punctual” as our daily chant. Say it out loud all the time, it will be locked in your brain and your body system will automatically act it out.
Punctuality is the characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously designated time. “Punctual” is often used synonymously with “on time”. It is also acceptable that punctual can, when talking about grammar, mean “to be accurate”. According to each culture, there is often an understanding about what is considered as an acceptable degree of punctuality.
Usually, a small amount of lateness is still acceptable, depending on certain situations. However, it is not in the case for frontliners like doctors, military officers, fire brigades and others. The frontliners are expected to be punctual in their jobs. It can be said that societies have higher expectation on them. This is because if they are not punctual, people’s lives will be at stake. Some societies all over the world have very strict expectations. For example, the Japanese society. The Japanese are considered as a successful society because they practice punctuality in their daily norms, and it has become their culture. They are well-disciplined and it is nurtured in their upbringing.
Being punctual is the act of completing a task given within a specific duration of time. When a person finishes a task within the expected timeline, he is considered as respecting the value of time and respecting other people as well. In fact, he will be respected by others for his punctuality.
In the present days, punctuality depicts a person’s character, self-awareness, discipline, integrity, respect and his upbringing. There is no doubt that punctuality is important to keep oneself disciplined. Not only for an organization, punctuality is actually applicable to every human being regardless where you are coming from or which category of people, nature of working, social-economy, education, religion or political background that you belong to.
In any working environment, punctuality is generally an observation factor for an employer to address his employee’s competency. Being punctual helps employees to establish their reputation in the organization. Punctuality is meant to address that the person is reliable, trustworthy and professional.
In any industries, including healthcare, punctuality and good time management are demanded by employers. Punctuality is an important feature at all workplaces. However, nursing and healthcare bear higher expectation. Shift changes and rotations must be carried out like clockwork to ensure that there are no gaps in patient care. Without punctuality, patients’ needs will not be fulfilled, and doctors will not be able to execute their responsibilities in a timely and effective manner.
To be considered as being punctual, a person must be on time or earlier than the expected time, no matter what circumstances that he may be in. For instance, politicians need to be punctual because as leaders, they must lead by examples. As quoted by our prophet Muhammad saw in a hadith about being a great leader, “The Prophet ﷺ said “Verily Allah has prescribed ihsan (perfection) in all things.” (Muslim). The hadith explains that being a part of having “ihsan” is being punctual. Discipline is something which you should not only have but should also appear to have. For example, in an organization, when you arrive late, you look undisciplined. You may not be disciplined in person, but you have to appear like a disciplined worker at the office.
In a nutshell, everybody like employers, employees, politicians or any individual must be self-disciplined and punctual. Punctuality describes each and every one’s characters. Punctuality plays a major role in everyone’s life. If we are not punctual, we will not be successful. As a matter of fact, this competitive world demands punctuality so that all of us can be successful in life.
We cannot stop time or turn it back around. Every second is precious. That is why it is important to always be punctual at all times, so that you will never miss out on any opportunities. Moreover, when you are punctual, you will be happier. Once it is passed, there is no turning back. It is the only reason why punctuality is extremely important.
Norhelmi Mohd Zain
Chief Nursing Officer
KPJ Batu Pahat Specialist Hospital
Its really an important and interesting topic where all should follow n maintain as mention in this blog. Glad that Pn Norhelmi brought this up.
Hope to see more in future .
It a great title to bring up as now to many excuses so it’s really something to look into great job Pn Norhelmi keep up how to see more in future.
Punctuality is closely related to an individuals discipline, strongly agree with this article.
Hi Pn Helmi its a nice topic for success in life this is a good topic wanna see more in future too boost the up coming generations. Anyway good job and hope to see more n keep up.
Great topic in the articles regarding panctuality especially in medical line. Which is the core factor of the individual disciplinary. Failed to be panctual means you only grab the silver..instead of the gold.. good job Pn Helmi.
This article is a short article full of knowledge about puntuality. Puntuality should be educated starting from childhood to discipline oneself to be a punctuality person.
Overall, this puntuality is coming from the attitude of the individual because only the self-possessed can self-discipline.
such a good thing to put up hope to bring more topic cmg future great job pn helmi more to hear soon
Good topic puan norhelmi..
Punctuality is important both in life and work. This principle is necessary in all sectors of employment to continue to thrive. Nice topic. Thank you for sharing 😊
Good and simple article…
Couldn’t agree more on punctuality is one of the work ethics that will represents one’s reliability and leadership as well.
Thank you for the sharing and keep up the good work!
Great topic in the articles regarding panctuality especially in medical line. Which is the core factor of the individual disciplinary. Failed to be panctual means you only grab the silver..instead of the gold.. good job Pn Helmi.
As the saying goes “the early bird catches the worm”, punctuality defines who we are if not in the eyes of others, it is our own inner sense of achievement. Great article Puan Helmi.
Interesting and nice topic.. Puntuality is one of the recipe to be successful..good article Puan Norhelmi.. Thanks
A great topic that could be a focus on, In my opinion, to be a successful individual either in the medical line, engineering, and business punctuality is one of the main characteristics that the individual should improve or focus on.
Alhamdulillah. Belajar rajin².. Semoga mendapat kejayaan dan mencapai cita² yang diidamkan suatu hari nanti.
This issue of punctuality is one that needs to be addressed seriously in Malaysia. Many Malaysians have a much too casual attitude about being punctual and in that instance do themselves a serious disservice. Norhelmi Mohd Zain makes a good case for employees and also others to change their attitude about punctuality. We can learn from other cultures especially the Japanese about the need to observe punctuality as a matter of habit and pride. Shun completely the habit of giving silly, pathetic excuses for being late because of traffic jams. If you know about these regular traffic jams, then plan to arrive early.
Great topic indeed, and punctuality is very important to our work scope. Good luck
Absolutely agreed with this topic. Punctuality one of the attitudes need to be aware for each individual / employee / employer. Punctuality is a key of success. Thus, it is the attitude that respect the others.
` arriving late is a way saying that your time is more valuable then who are waited for you `
This article has explained to me that punctuality is a sign of good discipline and it also will define us as a person.
This is a great topic for current n future generation where most of them fail to understand the time value great job and all the best
Substantiated well written article for us and future generations
It is a known fact lackadaisical attitudes takes us no where
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