The Operations Process - Preparation

Guided Discovery.

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How do you prepare for life?

Suggested Reading

• ADP 5-0, The Operations Process

  • Pages 3-1 through 3-9 based on printed document (PDF pages 55-63)

  • An overview of the fundamentals and priorities in preparation for the Operations Process

• Link to ADP 5-0 on US Army Publishing Directorate

• This week’s Study

• All excerpts below are from ADP 5-0

Guided Discovery

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering on an undertaking, I have meditated for long and have foreseen what may occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation.

Napoleon Bonaparte

“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” Attributed to the Roman Seneca, I would hear this quote at my consulting firm at least once a month. It’s a business-world favorite.

Counterpoint: Allen Iverson.

Is there any larger disconnect between A) our understanding that practicing and preparing are critical to success and B) how much we try to avoid practicing and preparing?

Being prepared means committing to put in work before the actual work.