“The will to win is worth nothing unless you have the will to prepare.”
Anonymous
Sleep in or work out?
Studying industry news or an extra episode of a Netflix show?
Many people want to win, but very few are able to enforce their will to make it happen.
How about you?
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
My favorite part of this quote is “it is the result.” Success is the outcome of the inputs necessary to create it. It isn’t predestined or absolute; it is what comes after you put in the effort.
How hard would you work if you knew you were guaranteed success? Would you be willing to put in the extra effort, the “over the top” input necessary to make a difference? Would you be ready to learn from failure if you knew the outcome was absolute?
Are you preparing to do the hard work and, if necessary, learn from failure? Only then can you achieve the desired results…
“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”
Elbert Hubbard
“I don’t have time to do it right today, but I will tomorrow, I swear!” That certainly rings false doesn’t it? If we don’t have time to do the job right today, then when will we ever have time to do it right? Good work only has one definition. If we want to achieve our goals and do good work tomorrow, we have to focus on what we control today and deliver the goods.
“We can not predict what will happen tomorrow, but we can prepare ourselves to face it.”
Ophelia Callens
What is the best, and worst, that can happen? When you think about life in these extremes you can begin to prepare for a future that might become reality, but isn’t guaranteed.
Sometimes being prepared is all the difference needed to turn a worst into a best instead…