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Quotes About Preparation

Good checklists, on the other hand, are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations.
~ Atul Gawande
People live longer and better than at any other time in history. But scientific advances have turned the processes of aging and dying into medical experiences, matters to be managed by health care professionals. And we in the medical world have proved alarmingly unprepared for it.
~ Atul Gawande
Before taxiing out to the runway, we paused again for five more checks: whether anti-icing was necessary and completed, the autobrakes were set, the flight controls were checked, the ground equipment was cleared, and no warning lights were on. The three checklists
~ Atul Gawande
To succeed, however, it must be done early.
~ Atul Gawande
He was immediately taken aback, recognizing that an empty stomach is what we require for patients going to surgery. I tried
~ Atul Gawande
He was immediately taken aback, recognizing that an empty stomach is what we require for patients going to surgery. I tried to smooth matters over, saying that holding off was merely "routine procedure" until we had finished our evaluation.
~ Atul Gawande
I was learning that if I lived slightly in the future-what will happen next-I didn't have to feel so much about what was going on in the present.
~ Augusten Burroughs
If you find you require willpower, you aren't ready to lose weight.
~ Augusten Burroughs
change could surprise you only if you didn't expect it and weren't looking for it
~ Spencer Johnson
No servía de nada complicar las cosas o confundirse a uno mismo con creencias que dan miedo. Si uno advertía cuándo empezaban a producirse los cambios pequeños, estaría más preparado para el gran cambio que antes o después seguramente se produciría.
~ Spencer Johnson
enseignements qui lui serviraient à l'avenir : Il faut toujours prendre soin de simplifier les enjeux, de faire preuve de souplesse, et de réagir vite. Il ne sert à rien de monter les problèmes en épingle ni de se remplir l'esprit de peurs infondées. En sachant déceler les signes annonciateurs de changement, on se prépare d'autant mieux à d'éventuels bouleversements.
~ Spencer Johnson
Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt To The Bigger Changes That Are To Come.
~ Spencer Johnson
Change could surprise you only if you didn't expect it and weren't looking for it.
~ Spencer Johnson
Begin now to be what you will be hereafter.
~ St Jerome
Salimos al cosmos preparados para todo, es decir: para la soledad, la lucha, el martirio y la muerte. La modestia nos impide decirlo en vos alta, pero a veces pensamos, de nosotros mismos, que somos maravillosos - Solaris
~ Stanislaw Lem
9:00 Give five-minute warning that we are leaving for the zoo. 9:05 Ã¢â'¬Å"Please put your shoes on." 9:06 Ã¢â'¬Å"Please put your shoes on." 9:07 Ã¢â'¬Å"Please put your shoes on." 9:08 Ã¢â'¬Å"Put your shoes on." 9:09 Ã¢â'¬Å"Put. Your. Shoes. On." 9:40 Leave for the zoo.
~ Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
Non sarà mai felice, - diceva - la felicità è come l'acqua. Non arriva in un momento, bisogna trovarla, preparare la pompa, fare un pozzetto, mettere le tubature e i rubinetti, Dopo che te la sei conuistata con fatica, allora la poi bere.
~ Stefano Benni
Well, when I am fifty-three or so I would like to write a novel as good as Persuasion but with a modern setting, of course. For the next thirty years or so I shall be collecting material for it. If anyone asks me what I work at, I shall say, 'Collecting material'. No one can object to that.
~ Stella Gibbons
Every moment built up to this point; every skill I've acquired, every pain-filled memory leads me here. Finally, I know what I am made for.
~ Stephanie Fowers
This morning, she still seemed distant, but more in the manner of planning
~ Stephanie Laurens
It is dangerous that by sudden invasions men shall be drawn to the use of his weapons before he hath skill how to use it
~ Stephen Budiansky
I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday, so I should store up as many great details as I can, so during the next terrible week, I can remember those details and believe that I'll feel great again. It doesn't work a lot, but I think it's very important to try.
~ Stephen Chbosky
I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday.
~ Stephen Chbosky
Think with the end in mind. Before you go on a trip, you determine your destination and plan out the best route. Before you plant a garden, you plan it out in your mind, possibly on paper. You create speeches on paper before you give them, you envision the landscaping in your yard before you landscape it. You design the clothes you make before you thread the needle.
~ Stephen Covey