Chapter 41. Prepare to Succeed
The need to prepare in anticipation of the future is not a new one. Twenty-six hundred years ago, a Greek slave named Aesop told the cautionary tale of an ant and a grasshopper. The ant collected food all summer; the grasshopper played and feasted. Which one was prepared for the inevitable coming of winter?
Leaders, too, must prepare. They must prepare for personal challenges that they will face in their lives and careers, and for the organizational challenges that they and their followers will face.
As a teenager, MacArthur became an early convert to the value of preparedness. He reaped the rewards of being well-prepared when he earned his appointment to West Point. “When the marks were counted, I led,” he said. ...
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