For example, a person who always comes late to the office, and is always delayed and has no time-sense, is never respected. So when you tell people that “you should be in time”, you should be the first to arrive at the time, right time. You must always keep the time, absolutely, you should be known person for keeping time.
Say, supposing you have to go to the office at say ten o’clock, you reach office in such a way that you are there five minutes, wait outside and enter the office exactly at the time when you have to go. That punctuality is very important. That helps people, and people get an awe about you because they think that “This gentleman is so regular and I’m the one who is absolutely late”.
Also, if you tell somebody that I have to meet at such and such a time, and should be arranged at such and such a time, then you should be absolutely punctual. That is very important, that the punctuality is to be maintained by you.
Now, I’ve seen in the West specially that people get up very late and are very lazy. They walk in a limpy manner; and the whole thing shows that, you see, they are not interested in the world. They are just pushed into it; somehow or other they are doing it.
Such a person can never influence anyone, because people also see your image, that you yourself you are dragging your life somehow; so why to do the same thing, whatever he is doing he cannot tell us anything.