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Of Preparation
by Manjit Handa, PhD
Everyone knows that in order to reap the maximum from a given task, the best strategy is to plan ahead. If there are special guests coming over, we plan the menu, the number of dishes we will serve, the fine linen we will use to pep up the décor.
If there are exams hovering around, we prepare by making a time table and slot weeks, days or hours to cover topics.
Ever happened to you when things did not go according to the plan? The non vegetarian casserole you made was not really good for the guests, because they turned out to be vegetarians. Or the questions in the exams covered all the topics that you thought were unimportant. Worse still, you were down with flu on the day of the examination and although you were well prepared you did not fare well. Well, these are few examples.
Such occurrences warn us of one thing. No, not that we should stop planning. But that we need to prepare ourselves for the unforeseen. Life is usually more uncertain than we think. Some times things do go as per the plan, but there will be hundreds of occasions when they will be otherwise. Anyone who is prepared for the uncertainties is all set, really. . .
Still preparing,
Manjit
Published on July 1, 2007 06:27 PM
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