Link: http://www.fastcompany.com/resources/learning/conner/ready-set-go-090507.html
by Maria Cromer for FastCompany
Ready for your next assignment, your new job, a sales call with a new customer, or fixing an iThing? Readiness has become the true test of learning.
Benjamin Disraeli, former prime minister of Britain, said, "One secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes." More than a century later, though, education programs (school and company training alike) frequently sidestep the messy business of actual readiness -- turning the knowledge you acquire into actions you feel comfortable with and adapting to improve while learning more.
Although it's unrealistic to expect yourself to feel primed for every situation, getting ready helps you to lay the groundwork for bouncing back and bouncing in again...