Your Absence Teaches What Your Presence Couldn’t

Sometimes looking at things in the long term can help you to realize that you may be placing too great an emphasis on something. Shift your perspective by imagining that you are panning out and looking at your problems from a great distance.

Some people are habitually late because that's how they are, terrible at being punctual. It may be that the punctual people's assumption that the late ones can simply be on time if they decide to, which may be far-fetched.

Punctual people may believe that late people ...

• Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions.
• If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.
• Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelop them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your inten...