Preparation is Key?
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Preparation is Key?
What are your thoughts? Where do you think all the planning in the world fails no matter what? Does preparation gain an upper hand for the future? Or is it all just planning and hoping it will all pan out in the end?
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Some outcomes are predictable, so preparation in those circumstances can be beneficial. Other outcomes are unlikely but sometimes while preparing for a different outcome (that never came to pass) can organize one's thoughts such that one is better prepared to address the unanticipated outcome having prepared, albeit for a different set of circumstances.WanderingGaze22 wrote: ↑October 5th, 2021, 12:43 am It has been said preparation is key to everything, but preparation can only funnily enough prepare for so much before the unexpected occurs. In a relation, one can anticipate an argument and prepare for the upcoming conflict for so long before other factors, such as not being spontaneous also occurs. Point is, is preparation truly reliable as we have been led to believe? Sure it helps in an interview or a presentation, but knowing the unknowable is a next to impossible task or maybe it is achievable and we are limited right now?
What are your thoughts? Where do you think all the planning in the world fails no matter what? Does preparation gain an upper hand for the future? Or is it all just planning and hoping it will all pan out in the end?
So long story short, anticipating the future is a good (though imperfect) thing.
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"Who cares, wins"
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Without a doubt, it is better to prepare to fail than fail to prepare.Pattern-chaser wrote: ↑October 5th, 2021, 12:55 pm Preparation will always help, to some degree. Even knowing that the unknowable is one possibility that might come up allows for a degree of preparation. But in the real world, as we all know, no matter how much we prepare, we will encounter the unexpected: that for which we have not prepared. Preparation is a practice that helps us minimise (but not completely avoid) these unexpected occurrences, which does help. It would be worse without preparation, yes?
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It would seem if preparation isn't key, then it is at least a benefit that can affect your odds.LuckyR wrote: ↑October 5th, 2021, 1:17 amSome outcomes are predictable, so preparation in those circumstances can be beneficial. Other outcomes are unlikely but sometimes while preparing for a different outcome (that never came to pass) can organize one's thoughts such that one is better prepared to address the unanticipated outcome having prepared, albeit for a different set of circumstances.WanderingGaze22 wrote: ↑October 5th, 2021, 12:43 am It has been said preparation is key to everything, but preparation can only funnily enough prepare for so much before the unexpected occurs. In a relation, one can anticipate an argument and prepare for the upcoming conflict for so long before other factors, such as not being spontaneous also occurs. Point is, is preparation truly reliable as we have been led to believe? Sure it helps in an interview or a presentation, but knowing the unknowable is a next to impossible task or maybe it is achievable and we are limited right now?
What are your thoughts? Where do you think all the planning in the world fails no matter what? Does preparation gain an upper hand for the future? Or is it all just planning and hoping it will all pan out in the end?
So long story short, anticipating the future is a good (though imperfect) thing.
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Inspiring words to live by.
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Yes, and future possibilities guide, to some extent, what you do in the present.WanderingGaze22 wrote: ↑October 6th, 2021, 1:50 amAll that matters is what you do in the present, right?
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