When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.
One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first place and put his own amusement or desires in the second.
The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.
The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.
To put yourself in another's place requires real imagination, but by doing so each Girl Scout will be able to love among others happily.
In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.
Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.