I couldn't quite get my head around the saying 'Expect the best but prepare for the worst'. I've never been able to sit comfortably with neither the presupposition or the 'but' which linguistically negates that which precedes it. It took a long while before something came together that allowed both to work, 'to expect the best but prepare for the worst'. That something that brought it all together was the addition of a third statement which I think came from MILTON ERICKSON, the world famous hypnotherapist and that was to 'UTILISE EVERYTHING'. Which to me meant yes expect the best, but prepare for the worst...and no matter what happens 'USE EVERYTHING'. Now that I like because both sides of the phrase are now turned into positives. Try it, see how it fits. Unless of course you're perfectly happy with the former. |
