Get out of the box Part 4 - Fear of the Unknown

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Get out of the box - Part 4 - Fear of the unknown.

   The most common barrier to getting out of the box of complacency is the fear of the unknown. When encountering this fear in others, you must know that they have not planned!

   Planning removes the impact of the "unknown" element, and replaces it with "calculated risk."

   People wrongly believe that they can just "wing it" through this life, and still enjoy the benefits of success. Nothing could be further from the truth.

   Winging it through life is like standing up on a public platform to do an unprepared speech - it results in a lot of incoherent rambling that goes nowhere and means nothing.

  When asked to prepare for a thirty minute speech at Cambridge University, Winston Churchill said he needed two weeks to prepare. When asked how long he would need to prepare for a two hour speech, he replied "I'm ready now."

   Life is like a thirty minute speech, it needs planning and preparation to make it smooth and meaningful, with a lot of impact. In order to plan it, you must understand the purpose of it.

   Your job is to first decide on your purpose, and then plan the heck out of it. This will result in the maximum benefit, on all levels, and at every stage of life.

 "Know thyself."

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