If you are well prepared, good things will happen to you. Closed doors
will open, opportunities will materialize, and jobs will become
available. Preparedness brings not only material benefits, but also
psychological, such as self-reliance, which is a highly desirable trait
in all walks of life.
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Through education, apprehensive kids can
become stars. Through training, people who are fearful of every shadow
can thrive in new challenges. Through preparation, men who are
suspicious of every innovation can turn themselves into self-confident
individuals.
We should all welcome any means and ideas that help
us face life courageously. Dejection and despair lead people to retreat
into disaffected railway tunnels. Self-reliance motivates men to seek
out the shortest way to attain their objectives.
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Training and
education, reading and learning, enable man to see farther down the
road. Preparedness builds the conviction that achievement is possible
and within reach. Looking ahead with confidence raises individuals above
the average. Those without goals are so afraid to slip and fall that
they tend to keep their eyes focused on the ground. Those with a vision
use preparedness to reinforce their self-confidence.
How long
does it take for a person to develop the ability to turn defeat into
victory? In the eyes of worrisome men, achievement is a receding point
in the horizon. In the mind of rational individuals, objectives are to
be pursued relentlessly. They know that attaining ambitious goals
requires overcoming difficult obstacles.
In our age, if you talk
to men in their eighties, you will frequently hear the story of how they
returned from the Second World War without savings nor prospects and
had to rebuild their lives from scratch. Their trust in the
opportunities provided by their environment motivated them to achieve
goals, start families, build houses, accumulate wealth, and lead a happy
existence.
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The only way they knew was forward. Every step
prepared them for the next. What they learned one day was put in
practice on the next. Training was done on the job. Evening education
provided, on many occasions, whatever knowledge was missing to move
ahead. Self-confidence was the result of their readiness and willingness
to absorb information.
Preparedness also allows individuals to
overcome shyness. In addition, learning how to perform tasks develops
mental resilience. A man who acquires specific abilities is, at the same
time, training his mind to deal with any sort of obstacle. Rationality
enhances our general capacity to solve problems and face all of life's
perils.
Developing an active mind enables man to overcome
adversity and avert danger. Self-reliance allows us to identify risks
and discard fears that lack basis in reality. Preparedness and
education, either formal or self-acquired, reinforce creativity.
Imagination and innovation are characteristics of rational men. Those
faculties are unknown to those who live in fear.
When things go
wrong, unreasonable men blame the world. On the other hand, when trouble
blocks achievement, self-confident individuals reassess their options,
choose the best alternative, and redouble their efforts. Training and
education help us accept mistakes as part of the learning process, while
ignorance and lack of preparation see adversity as final, obstacles as
insurmountable.
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Trees planted on fertile ground grow to cover
hurts from their past. Learning and education in all forms constitute
the fruitful land where self-confidence takes roots. The conviction that
knowledge can be acquired and mastered motivates man to further
achievement.
Self-reliance renders man willing to try new
approaches and this capacity for innovation constitutes an essential
element of long-term success. By the time a cautious conservative begins
to move, a fearless innovator has already gone through the experience
of failure and improvement.
In all fields, learning involves
errors, usually lots of them, until you acquire the skills and expertise
necessary to achieve your objectives. Self-confidence allows
individuals not to pay too much attention to initial failures.
Resilience precludes doubts from turning into paralysis.
Beginner's
mistakes are part of the natural learning curve in any endeavour,
private or professional. Detailed, valuable knowledge is acquired by
playing on the field. The experience of trial and error builds
self-confidence. Start your preparation for life's challenges as soon as
you can and the clock will tick in your favour.
For more information about rational living and personal development, I refer you to my book The 10 Principles of Rational Living
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