If there was only one secret to success, preparation would be the one. It will set you in the best position to execute the task with the least difficulty. The more prepared you are, the easier the task becomes. Two students who just finished an exam have a totally different opinion about the exam: one thinks it was very difficult and the other thinks the exact opposite. The difference is that one was prepared while the other wasn’t.If you are a pro tennis player and planning to play in the French Open it is a good idea to play some clay court tournaments before the major event in Paris. You might claim that Andre Agassi used to come to Paris and get to the final without attending a single clay tournament prior to Paris. Well, he can manage that having enormous talent. In addition, even he prepared for the French Open, perhaps not immediately before the tournament, but years before that, by hitting roughly 4000 tennis balls a day since he was about 3 years old.
It is an excellent initiative to learn about effective management skills, if you want to become a successful manager. Even born leaders such as Lee Iacocca would have not been be able to save the Chrysler corporation from bankruptcy if he wasn’t prepared for the task through the years of learning, hard work, and experience he gained from working with the Ford motor company.
A valuable message for the reader is to remind the children in their family that the tasks they are carrying out now, which seem so exhausting and demanding, are only preparing them for the greater tasks in the future. And, if they are not prepared when the time comes, they’ll be very regretful. It must be clarified for them that we only reap what we sow.