Are You #8216;Game Ready#8217; 4 Keys to Proactive Preparation

Are You 8216Game Ready8217 4 Keys to Proactive Preparation When people hear the term game ready, they immediately think of athletics. Being game ready, however, applies to situations in life and business as well. As is the case for agreat athlete, advanced preparation will allow you to achieve the best possible outcomes in your career and personal life.Dont get me wrong were all guilty of sometimes procrastinating and avoiding tasks until absolutely necessary. But that means that, instead of being proactive, we are placing ourselves in reactive states and verstndigung im strafverfahrening with events after they havealready happened. This results in unnecessarily elevated stress levels, costly financial challenges, and ultimately, missed opportunities.With a little forethought and planning, however, you can be an MVP.To help you begin, here are four keys to proactive preparation1. Start With a Self-EvaluationTo kickstart your proactive thinking, take out a piece of paper and make two columns. In one, list the personal challenges you are either currently facing or know that you will face in the other column, do the same for business challenges.Next, grade yourself on where you think you are with regard to preparation. Are you mostly prepared for upcoming responsibilities? If so, good for you But Im willing to bet that things are not quite as planned out as youd like them to be.2. Commit Time to ThinkThe best proactive thinkers and planners start by committing the time to think, not only about immediate tasks, but far into the future as well. While it may seem like a waste of resources in the moment because its not a physical activity that you can easily track, the mindfulness of laying out a path will be a worthy investment in the end.3. Predict and PlanPlanners set long-term goals and anticipate events. Then, they work backward until they find themselves in the present. As a result of following this process, they are able to lay out effective plans because they understand and predict the gaps that will need to be filled in order to reach success. Pretty simple, huh?4. Identify the Usual SuspectsIn our personal lives, we often have predictable events in our futures, from relationship milestones (such as marriages and anniversaries) to parenting and sending children to college. Similarly, our work lives include known eventslike selecting and cultivatinga career, starting and building a business, dealing with employee or client challenges, maintaining profitability, etc.Absent a plan, we often keep these in the very backs of our minds until we cant procrastinate anymore. When the time comes, we work to deal with them as quickly as possible. Instead, we should take time to outline the steps well need to take to meet those big goals and challenges. If you do that, you will be able to confidently and quickly succeed.Remember Olympic athletes dont accidentally end up at the top of the podium. They relentlessly pr epare and execute their plans over and over again. If you arent comfortable in going through the process by yourself, reach out to a business coach or someone who can help you. In the end, the will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. Dont get disappointed by the results because of the work you didnt do. Get game ready.Marshall Martin is a strategy and performance coach with Petra Coach. Contact Marshall at marshallpetracoach.com.