Introduction;
Like I often hear, "between you and you goal is a bridge called preparation". The author believes that what happens when you don't prepare is that things you hoped won't happen do happen and they occur with greater frequency than you hope would happen.
Listing and explaining why people fail to prepare, the author asserted, "talent plus preparation often leads to success. Talent minus preparation often leads to disaster". Here are why...
1. They fail to see the value of preparation before action.
"Preparation is a major key to achieving any kind of success. It alone can position your talent to achieve its potential. Quoting co authors, he writes, "lack of preparation is the primary reason for business failure today..."
2. They fail to appreciate the value of discipline.
With the popular definition, the author defines as, "doing what you really don't want to do so that you can do what you really want to do". He believes that even when it becomes frustrating i.e if it (preparation) takes longer than anticipated, we are meant to endure and follow through.
Below are the preparation principles by the author;
1. Preparation allows you to tap into your talent;
With his trip journey, he explains how preparing for the trip helped him harness his writing talent. Like he said, "when am prepared, my talent is positioned for maximum effect".
2. Preparation is a process, not an event;
Warning us all, the author said, "...if daily learning and preparation ever stops, so will our productivity". He believes that anything having to do with people is process-oriented.
3. Preparation precedes opportunity;
In the words of Oprah Winfrey, he wrote " luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity". If you want to take advantage of opportunity, then you must always be prepared. Like Abraham Lincoln knew when he said, "I will prepare and someday, my chance will come".
4. Preparation for tomorrow begins with the right use of today;
"Preparation doesn't begin with what you do, it begins with what you believe. If you believe your success tomorrow depends on what you do today, then you will treat today differently...if you are preparing today, chances are you will be repairing tomorrow" author.
5. Preparation requires continually good perspective;
Having a good perspective doesn't just help to prepare, it motivates to prepare. It prompts you to prepare.
6. Good preparation leads to action;
"No plan is worth the paper it's printed on unless it starts you going" William Dranforth. The author ask, "what value has preparation if it never leads to action?"
Additionally, the author explains, "preparation is not mastery of facts. It does not mean knowing all the answers. It doesn't necessarily mean achieving consensus, it means putting yourself I a position to succeed".
TALENT + PREPARATION = TALENT PLUS person
1. Assessment - am I evaluating correctly?
"Good preparation always begins with assessment. If you don't evaluate correctly where you need to go and what it will take to get there, then you are likely to get into trouble". The author believes that, where you need to go, how far your goal is, conditions to meet your goals, what it will take you to get there are very important in assessing.
2. Alignment - am I lined up correctly?
James Dodson said, "what is the use of climbing the ladder of success only to find out it has been leaning on the wrong building?" The author advise that we need to find someone better than us to help us prepare.
6. Attitude - am I visualizing correctly?
As you are preparing, the author says, "you are preparing your minds too". You have to believe in yourself and what you are doing. You have to be able to see yourself doing it with your mind's eye. If you can't imagine it, you probably will not be able to achieve it - author.
To-Do
1. What process are you currently assessing yourself with? Has it be working?
2. Find a mentor to help check your current alignment.
3. Try using trainer and consultant Dru Scott Beder's 'Grab 15' principle. Try setting fifteen minutes and prepare everyday for that you dream about. With time, you add more minutes!
Keep SHIINE'ing'....I believe in you and in your greatness!
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