Many times we need to be ready for things.  I often wonder how many times opportunities pass us by because we aren't ready.  Problems hit us harder if we aren't ready.

What things am I talking about being ready for:

• Opportunity
• Money-- Do you have some money set aside?
• Skills-- Do you have the skills?
• Freedom-- Do you have the flexibility?
• Disaster
• Natural Are You Prepared For a Natural Disaster?
• Otherwise Floods, Earthquakes, and Cyber-Terrorists All in the News
• A big idea
• Product/service New Product/Service Ideas
• Business Always Carry a Pen and Paper
• Jobs
• New position
• Promotion
• Relationships
• Family
• Friends
• Romantic
• Death
• Will-- Do you have one?
• Life insurance Buy Term Life Insurance and Invest the Difference?

Being "ready" can mean being prepared:

• Mentally Manage Your Expectations . . . 
• Emotionally Do-Overs and Redirected Choices
• Physically-- How is your health?
• Financially-- Is Your Financial House in Order?
• Educationally Think About Learning Another Skill or Trade and Now May Be the Time to Retool . . .

The way to be ready?  Prepare, organize, and act (You've Got to Start Somewhere, So Chunk It! and The Joy of To-Do Lists).

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