By Olubunmi Adebayo
*Preparation is critical in life.*
*Infact early preparation is key to success.*
*Therefore,everyone that will go far in the journey of life, must learn to prepare early for the task/ assignment set before him.*
*Am sure you have heard about this statement before – “early to bed, early to rise. This is talking about preparation.*
*In most instances, majority of students only start preparing for their examinations a few days to siting for their papers.*
*This type of attitude is not limited to students alone. Several people also maintain this pattern of life in approaching the task before them or duty assigned to them.*
*With this type of attitude, preparation could become quite intensive and needlessly overwhelming for any individual. This is because the time frame available for the person would have become too short for any meaningful impact to be achieved.*
*Such students or people will likely experience the following :*
*1) An unsettling fear behind their mind, knowing that the time is short for them, and perhaps things are no longer to their advantage.*
*2) A constant reminder in their heart or spirit that they could have done better in terms of preparations for the issue or exams than what is playing out before them.*
*3) A shaking in the self confidence of the person practicing this type of habit, and an occasional shift in his believing system. Honestly, this can be harrowing at times, especially if the examination is really close, and technical in nature.*
*4) An overwhelming outstretch of a person’s capacity, which could result in outright breakdown of one’s system. This is the reason behind many students breaking down during the examination time or period.*
*Compare the above scenario with when a student starts his preparations well on time. Taking his time to prepare, plan out and settle down into the mood of examination carefully and assuredly.*
*Honestly, the results cannot be the same.*
*We must all imbibe the habit of preparing for our task early enough in life.*
*If we do, we will likely pass more, and pass better, and consistently too.*
*Do you realize this about life? :*
*If you are the type that prepares early enough, or sets out for your task quite early, your test may even come up earlier than it was scheduled, thereby giving you an advantage over the “yet to start preparing lot”?*
*Give your preparations your all, and you will see the difference in your life.*
Good day to you 👍
©️ Olubunmi S Adebayo.
