Being Prepared
Posted By Aaron Marcelli on March 17, 2010
I’ve always heard people who do great things talk about the importance of being prepared. It just seemed too simple and a little cliché but then I realized, maybe the reason it is great people who are talking about being prepared is because they know what has made them great. I’ve also experienced times when I wish I had been more prepared and times when things went well and it was because I was prepared.
My problem with the idea of being very prepared was I thought the more prepared you were, the more you locked yourself into a set pattern or prepared system. I found the opposite to be true.
If, for example, I’m prepared for a speech, I know my information very well and even know information I do not plan to share, that gives me a lot of confidence and flexibility. I will give a better speech because I’m confident based on all my preparation and I have flexibility to adjust based on the audience, setting, or a question from a listener. If I know all my information inside and out, I can easily adjust or adapt with ease. Being les prepared actually locks me into presenting only what I know in the only way I planned it, even if signs of a need to adjust arise.
Being over-prepared for an event allows for you to still be in control when the unexpected happens because you prepared as though it were expected. Preparing for the unlikely makes you stand out as great when the unlikely arises and you’re the only one ready. People will notice this and begin to look to you.
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