6Ps of Excellent Performance

Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.

PROPER means appropriate, right, correct, suitable or good. It is a prerequisite for anybody aspiring greatness to do that which is proper, appropriate, right, suitable and good for the actualisation of the goal. This is the price that must be paid for the prize.

PRIOR depicts the time frame. It emphasises when action should be taken. Before, now or after. Going by the addage "look before you leap" it is better to plan before. For expediency sake, it prior action is better and preferred. This is because relevant adjustments can be made before the due time.

PLANNING is an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action. It is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan; and the psychological process of thinking about the activities required to create a desired goal on some scale. It is a common adage: he who fails to plans to fail.

PREVENT is a precautionary word which means impede, foreclose, preclude, forbid, forestall, avert, obviate. It explains an effort to keep from happening, esp by taking precautionary action or advance planning.

POOR is an adjective related to a state of poverty, low quality or pity. In other words, poor describes a performance that is below expectation. It is an unsatisfactory state of attainment.

PERFORMANCE can be defined as accomplishment of a given task measured against preset standards of accuracy, completeness, cost, and speed. It is synonymous with accomplishment. When we say 'the end justifies the means', we are actually talking about planning and performance respectively. When there is good planning (means), there will be good performance (end). Therefore, the crux of this write-up is planning which is essential for any result-oriented venture.