One thing that I’ve learnt over the last five years is that I have a ‘hole’ in my head that likes to be unprepared.
I love to ‘freestyle’ things. I really enjoy ‘unplanned’ time. If I had to choose, I favor being unprepared over being prepared.
But what I’ve learned as well, is that I come out better when I’m prepared.
I honor my needs, my counterparts, team, friends, family, businesses, kids, just everything and everyone. When I’m prepared I have more compassionate and meaningful conversations, I’m more thoughtful, I have better outcomes, I do more valuable things with my time, I feel better, I sleep better…
You could say that everything is better when I live a prepared life.
But. Over the last years, I have learned that there’s a downside to being prepared. And that it’s not being unprepared.
But hey, I’ll get over it. Prepared is so much better.