Best Practice (5): Always Be Prepared

The 9 Axioms of Preparation

Remember "Preparation is 100% mental game"

#1 "Preparation Precedes Performance"
#2 "Proper Preparation Prevents Pissed, Poor Performance"
#3 "The Will To Prepare" is more important than "The Will to Win".

#4 " . . . Failure to Prepare is to Prepare to Failure. . . . " - - - Bill Walsh or John Wooden

#5 " ... Organzation leads to preparation. . . . Preparation eliminates the unexpected.
Be ready for everything. . . . Overlook nothing. ... " - Brian Billick, Current Head Coach of Baltimore Ravens (Super Bowl Champs 2000-2001) Former Offensive Coordinator of the Minn. Vikings - A Walsh's Prodigy.

#6. "If you have a plan, and if you have your direction laid out, you can chart your progress to your dreams at each stop along the way. ... And just as important, all along the way you can see how far you've come." - Michael Shanahan, Current Head Coach of the Denver Broncos (Super Bowl Champs 1997-1998, 1998-1999), writer of "Think Like a Champion: Building Success One Victory at a Time" - - - Another Walsh Prodigy.


#7. "The plan is nothing; . . . the planning is everything." - Dwight Eishenhower, the Leader and Grand Thinker of the "1944 D-day invasion of Normandy, France"


#8. "Know when and how to prepare is the first stage of preparation. ... Knowing What and How to Plan is the second stage. ..."


#9. "Preparation Pays Profits. ..."