I was getting my hair cut the other day and my hair cutter (whom I’ve known for a long, long time) got a couple phone calls in the middle of my hair cut. It was interesting.

“David, that’s my 3:30, man. He’s going to tell me he’s stuck in traffic.”

He picked up the phone. Sure enough, it was his 3:30 appointment. The guy was stuck in traffic.

10 minutes later, the phone rang again. He looks at the caller ID, he goes, “Oh this chick, Sharon, she always cancels on me last minute. I’ll bet you she’s going to cancel.”

Sure enough, she was calling to cancel the appointment. He looked at me and he said, “David, do these people actually think we’re buying their excuses? Do these people think that we were born yesterday?”

That got me thinking: the older you get, the more you’ve seen, the more you’ve experienced and the more you realize there’s so much bullshit going on out there. You know the only reason why people are late is because they didn’t leave early enough. That’s the only reason why I’m ever late.

Do You Date Late

My entire life, the reason why I’ve ever been late to any appointment is because I did not leave early enough. If I just left five minutes earlier, if I just didn’t try to squeeze in one more e-mail in or take one more phone call, I would have arrived on time. So when I give somebody an excuse like it’s traffic, or there was a line at the grocery store, or whatever the excuse is, it’s bullshit.

The reason I was late is because I didn’t leave early enough, which really comes down to what I’m talking about here in today’s blog. Look at the bullshit you throw out there every single day. Look at all the bullshit you throw out there. People aren’t really buying it. You may think they’re buying it, or you may want to believe they’re buying it, but in reality they’re not. So why not be a little more honest?

“Hey Mr. Barber, you know, the reason why I’m late today is because I didn’t leave home early enough. You see I didn’t respect your time as much as I should have, and because I didn’t respect your time, I’m arriving late. And because I’m arriving late, all your other appointments for the day behind me are going to be late.”

Doctors should know all about this. Go to a doctor’s office and the doctor will tell you, “Oh sorry for being late, it’s just that I had this call I had to be on.” It’s bullshit. The reason why doctors are late is because their patients show up late for their appointments too.

Shogo was supposed to edit this blog and send it to me 2 hours ago. Where were you Shogo? On a client call? Bullshit.