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There is the saying that proper preparation prevents poor performance.

This statement holds a lot of truth. If you prepare for situations, you will most likely not have issues. Manual problems that people face in life affects them because they weren't prepared for it.

There's hardly anything you'd want to do that someone else hasn't done before. It's wise to learn from people's past experiences and tailor your preparations to prevent falling into the same trap.

The failures we have today in society are are due to poor or no preparations.

There's also the saying that failure to plan is planning to fail. This is true in virtually all situations.

Even in relationships and marriages, you can plan ahead and look at things from every angle. Read books and gain wisdom on how to handle issues that may arise.

Many ladies have emotional issues. If you are better prepared, you'd know how to help yourself and not be the victim of your own emotions.

Many guys don't know how to handle women. Then don't know that women have different psychological make-up that's differs from men.

Women are emotional beings. Men are logical beings. None is better than the other. They both work together to produce success.

It's preparation that matters. It's when preparations meets the with opportunity that success happens.

It's good to go with the flow when you are sure that there would be no obstacles ahead.

You can't just decide you're going to build a house unless you're absolutely certain that you have all the resources to combat any challenges that may arise in the process.

I'd go for preparations, any time, any day!

It depends on what is involved. If it is a relationship, I prefer to go with the flow because no amount of planning can determine the success of a relationship. I let it go and enjoy the moment while if lasts and believe that if it works out, all good. On the other hand if it has anything to do with a job, a journey, an interview even something as trivial as a shopping I like everything to be carefully planned. I want to make sure I have crossed the T's and crossed the I's and checked and double checked my list to make sure I'm very prepared. I don't like to be taken by surprise.

If it's my journey, I arrange my stuff a night before, check my accommodation bookings and my transportation details before embarking on my trip. I'm a thorough person and I'm very thorough when it comes to certain things.

 

I’ve done both. In fact, many of us have.

Personally, I like ‘going with the flow’, because there are no expectations in this mode. You just have to accept what comes your way. Also, when you plan something ahead, you are placing some expectations on the outcome, which might or might not be the turnout finally. On the other hand, there are zero expectations, which will teach you to accept what’s thrown your way.

There’s this famous dialogue from an Indian movie that roughly translates to - “In the end, it will all work out. If it didn’t, then it’s not the end”

I prefer to have all affairs carefully planned. As a person I don't like surprises and so like to know what's going to happen next before it happens. But at the same time, I understand that this world can never be fully understood or predicted so while I plan carefully, a part of me also expects that not everything will go according to plan so I'm trying to learn to go with the flow of things sometimes