Victor or Victim?
Readiness is a synonym for action. A lack of action is a lack of readiness.
A lot can be learned from people who succeed (at anything) and people who don’t. The successful ones have something to show for their efforts: friends, wealth, lifestyle, career, business, happiness, etc. The unsuccessful ones have hot air.
Many high schools have examples of an amazing athlete, who broke records, led the team to victories, and then had an average senior year because after a minor injury, he assumed the victim role and didn’t put out the extra effort to regain his skills.
Endless other examples codify the difference between victor and victim. Even when roadblocks look impassible, it takes action, effort, and commitment to be a victor. It only takes talk and excuses to be a victim.
When an emergency strikes and your family suffers from a lack of heat, water, food, protection, or whatever, “I couldn’t because,” “I would have but,” and all the other victim types of excuses that come to mind, won’t save them. Action counts during a catastrophe, but those actions will only get you so far without the action to achieve a useful state of readiness ahead of the crisis.
For some, getting started and knowing what to do is overwhelming and that’s why there’s a lack of action. Others, just don’t see the need and either never will or will only see the need once a crisis smacks them broadside and they are unprepared, which is why our mantra is, “When the need is obvious, it’s too late.”
As a first step, State of Readiness suggests assessing who you are emotionally to recognize your temperament. In our Readiness Blog article called “What Kind of Person Are You?” we’ve explained it further by categorizing people into three classifications:
- Fighters
- Freezers
- Oblivions
Check out that article, then after you get a sense of where you stand, if you feel you need help determining your readiness goals, acting on them, and becoming a victor, tap the I Need Readiness Now button for a free 15-minute readiness consultation.