Ahead? Or Ready?

“Getting ahead of it” sounds heroic.

Like you are a cowboy lassoing tomorrow before it gallops into the ravine wearing sunglasses and bad intentions.

But most of the time, nobody is ahead of anything. They are just early to the panic. They built a tiny throne out of assumptions and called it strategy.

The better move is not to get ahead of it…. It is to get ready for it.

Getting ready keeps the ambition without the hallucination.

It says, “We do not know what is coming, but we can sharpen our tools, clean the windshield, feed the horse, and stop pretending the weather reads our calendar.”

Getting ahead creates false confidence.

Getting ready creates useful confidence.

Stay Positive & One Is A Trick, The Other Is A Practice

Garth Beyer
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