In Jim Collins’s best seller Great by Choice the following beautiful quote from the great man Roald Amundsen makes it clear how BETTER PREPAREDNESS is closely intertwined with SUCCESS..
“Victory awaits him who has everything in order = LUCK people call it. DEFEAT is CERTAIN for him who has NEGLECTED to take the necessary PRECAUTIONS in time – this is called BAD LUCK. ” – Roald Amundsen
Jim Collins’s book Good to Great
Adopted from the book titled “Great By Choice” by Jim Collins.
Roald Amundsen and Rober Falcon Scott had contrasting approaches in their march towards South Pole.
In the end it was the better prepared and ferociously competitive Amundsen who not only reached South Pole earlier but returned home safely.
The following link from wikipedia.com highlights the contrasting approaches adopted by the two and also mentions how Amundsen with his better preparedness and leadership traits was able to reach South Pole and return back safely.This little story highlights the fact that there is no shortcut for better preparedness and “Productive Paranoia” when it comes to overcoming an “unforgiving environment”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_Amundsen_and_Scott_expeditions