Preparation is respecting the event before it occurs.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Showing up unprepared communicates something whether or not you intend it. Preparation is a way of taking an occasion seriously before you know how it will go, of granting it importance in advance rather than only in hindsight. It treats the moment, and the people in it, as worth your effort.
Before your next meeting, conversation, or performance that matters to someone, spend even fifteen minutes getting ready for it specifically. Notice how differently you enter the room. The effect on your own attention is usually as large as the effect on the outcome.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which upcoming event have you not taken seriously enough?
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