TIME,  a topic which is very important to some, but hardly of any importance to another. All my life, i have been arguing with people stressing the importance of time and explaining to them, that time passes is never going to come along.  So, you might as well make utilize it. 

I had the opportunity to be around, and i have seem that in some countries, the company that i had been in were very punctual.  And this happens mostly in the Western countries.  On a personal note, i was very punctual, and try to reach way ahead of time, sometimes almost half an hour before a meeting, so as to prepare myself or just to be on time.  There were occasion's when i had been late, but i made it a point to phone explaining of my delay and to expect me a bit late.   This should be the norm.

When i came to India, the norm was to be late, and when i started out, people explained to me that nobody minds if you are not punctual.  But the point that stuck me the most, was not even informing the person in question about your delay.

In business, time plays an important factor, and meeting are scheduled almost back to back.  And if one meeting is delayed, then it creates a ripple effect and affects the whole meeting schedule, which is then tough to reorganize.

A person should stick to his commitment of time schedule, and the maximum extended limit should be not more than fifteen minutes, else it shows the ignorance of the other party of not calling for his delay.  The meeting should be immediately cancelled without notice, and proceeded to the second meeting, or just to go ahead with your other schedules.

Time is value, in terms of its importance as well as the money factor.  We need ourselves to be accommodated to TIME. TIME wont accommodate according to us. Majority of the time, the delay is not proper planning,  increasing the time of the present meeting, or plainly just ignoring to be on time.  

Whatever the case, i know for a fact, that the time that has passed is not going to come back, and man it travels really fast.  Minutes become hours to day to week to month and finally years and years.  Please manage your time accordingly.  Its not that hard.