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Files

A folder or box for holding loose papers together and in order for easy reference.

If you organize your paper systematically, it will be very easy for you to get any information. In the process you will be quick.

Hurry is a rushed action “Hurry up before we get late.” in that there is no preparation.

Quick is if something or someone is doing/moving in speed with all preparation.

Preparation is key for all:
Preparation can be learnt – Preparation is a skill that can be learnt and which, with discipline and experience, improves over time. For some, planning and preparation may come naturally but for others, they invariably prefer to meet and deal with challenges and problems as they arise. The difference between being reactive and proactive is preparation. And the advantage of preparation is that you can manage problems more quickly and more efficiently because you will already have the solutions at hand ready to be implemented.

The important factor here is time – and as we all know, time is money! Successfully solving a problem in one hour is clearly preferable to having too maybe extend two, or even three hours upon dealing with it. An appropriate analogy might be tackling a fire in a warehouse. If there was a professional fire crew ready for action at a few moments notice, to be on site with fire-fighting equipment and water without delay, then valuable stock – and possibly also life – could be saved. Contrast this scenario with an unprepared fire crew who might take an hour to get to site to then find they had no access to water. Thousands of dollars’ worth of stock could have been destroyed, unnecessarily.

One of the public speakers shared that – one of the keys to delivering a great presentation is preparation and, as a public speaker, I know that only too well. There are many issues that I need to take into consideration before I walk on stage – the audience profile, their level of experience and knowledge base, their expectations, details of the venue where the event is due to take place. As a speaker, I need answers to these questions and many others before I even start to prepare the content of the presentation.

So, preparation is key for me, as it is for all.

Prepa­ra­tion isn’t all about see­ing how fast you can get a job done. It’s more impor­tant to focus on doing it efficiently. This might mean that you have to revisit one particular area many times in order to perfect it. This is exactly what preparation is all about: fully understanding the problem and applying the necessary solution.

Preparation is essential, not optional
Being prepared saves time and money