---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: PRANAV SHARMA <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 4:15 PM Subject: Fwd: Punctuality - An Article by Dr. H.S Nagaraja To: Ramachandra BK <[email protected]>
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Base Educational Services <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 7:20 PM Subject: Punctuality - An Article by Dr. H.S Nagaraja To: [email protected] *?Punctuality - A value to practice* Who doesn’t know Sir M Visvesvaraya, the great visionary, engineer, the pioneer of industrialisation and former Diwan of Mysore? I heard an anecdote about Sir MV’s respect for punctuality. Sir MV had the habit of giving an amount of Rs.10 to any student from known families who passed Class 10 with distinction, as a token of appreciation and encouragement for further education. In one such instance he had asked a boy to come to his house at 10:00AM to receive the appreciation money. He put a sum of Rs.10 in an envelope and started waiting for the boy right from 10:00AM. However the boy turned up along with his father half an hour late. Sir MV took out the envelope containing Rs.10 in the boy’s presence and took back Rs.5 from it. He then gave the envelope containing Rs.5 to the boy. The startled father looked at Sir MV with his eyes wide open as to why Rs.5 was taken out. Sir MV told the boy “You have come half an hour late. You have lost half the money.” Truly a great story to show the importance of being on time. Punctuality is strict adherence to engagements. In other words, it is an act of “being on time”, “doing things on time” etc,. This implies a basic value of respect for time. Punctuality is one of the values practised by highly successful people. By being punctual, not only one respects personal time, but respects others’ time too. One has to make conscious effort to make punctuality a habit. Students who are punctual never go late to classes, never miss classes, never advance the learning schedules, prepare for exams as per schedule and face exams confidently. They succeed. If a person is punctual, then that person is perceived trustworthy. Obviously such a person is considered dependable. Someone who is punctual does not respect just time but everything that he/she does. Therefore such a person is highly efficient and quality conscious. Someone who is punctual does not expect others to wait and therefore practices humility. If a person is not punctual, the person not just disregards others’ time, but may disturb and spoil relations too. Such a person ends up giving excuses for not being punctual. Once Benjamin Franklin said “I have found that a man good at excuses is good at nothing else.” Such a person can thus ultimately hurt one’s own personal and professional life. Also a person who is not punctual, may reach a railway station and miss the train, reach an airport late and miss the flight, reach late for an interview and miss the job opportunity and so on. Obviously, such a person often lives with anxiety and stress. Germans and Japanese are known for their high respect to punctuality. Germans believe that one needs to be early for any appointment. Japanese apologise even for a few seconds delay. These countries are good examples of how punctuality as a value is a major contributor for success. Here is a story to illustrate the importance of being on time. In a small town, the principal of a college was retiring. He was a great teacher and everyone in the town knew him. On the day of his retirement, the college staff organised a get-together and invited all the important people of that town. Some of those important people were seated on the stage along with the Principal. All the invitees were on time for the event except for one important guest. The organisers were waiting for all the dignitaries to be seated to start the program. Obviously the program got delayed. The Principal looking at the impatient crowd, decided to start the event by talking about his career. He began his speech as follows: “Good afternoon one and all. Today is my last day in this college. I clearly remember the first day I started my career here. That day I had to evaluate a bunch of answer scripts. These answer scripts did not have names but just the registration numbers. I opened the very first answer script and I was shocked! The student had pinned the chit which was used for copying to the answer script. The funny part was that the student was so dumb that he/she copied wrong answers for almost all the questions. He/She had also pinned a currency note to one of the pages and wrote on it saying “Please pass me!”. I started wondering if I made a mistake by coming to this college. Fortunately for me, I never got to know who that student was and also never encountered such a dumb student ever in my career. I had wonderful students who made my career here worthwhile. I got lot of support for various initiatives I started in this college from students, parents and public. I thank all of you for your love and affection! I will definitely miss being here.” Saying this, he finished his speech to a roaring applause. As he walked back to his seat on the dais, the last guest walked in and apologised for being late. The organisers went to him and requested him to address the gathering. He went to the mike and started talking. “Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Today we have gathered here to honour our dear Principal. Though I couldn’t attend any of his classes as I had to discontinue my studies for personal reasons, I know he is one of the best teachers this college ever had. I clearly remember the day our Principal joined this college. I was in college that day to meet a friend and I saw our dear Principal carrying our answer scripts. I was excited to see the new teacher and wanted him to correct my paper first. So, when he went to get a pen for correction, I quickly put my answer script on top.” If only the speaker had been punctual, he would have saved his dignity. One of the take-aways from this story is that being punctual saves one from the embarrassment of making a fool of oneself. 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