1. 7 Habits for Statesville Middle
Habit #1 Be Proactive

2. Learning Targets Take more initiative & responsibility
Learn how to pause and respond based on principles
Understand how to use proactive language
Know how to expand Circle of Influence
Understand ways to become a transition person

3. Habit 1
When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
-Viktor Frankl
Be Proactive

4. The Stages of the Maturity Continuum
Demonstrate how to draw the continuum;
Make a Z and then additional line
Form boxes at top, bottom and middle
Upside down triangle on bottom and rightside up triangle on top
Circle around
Foundation

5. Habit 1: Be Proactive 1
Habit
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6. I am free to choose and am responsible for my choices.
Habit 1—Principle
Paradigm
I am free to choose and am responsible for my choices.
Ineffective: I am a product of my circumstances
Effective: I am a product of my choices
Result: increased influence, more self-awareness, greater initiative, becoming the creative force of your life
Behavior: pause and respond based on principles, use proactive language, expand your circle of influence and become a transition person.
Result
Behavior 1
Habit
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7. Ineffective: I am a product of my circumstances.
Habit 1—Paradigms
Ineffective: I am a product of my circumstances.
Effective: I am a product of my choices. 1
Habit
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8. Video
Carry Your Own Weather 1
Habit
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9. Respond based on moods, feelings, and circumstances.
Reactive Behavior
Respond based on moods, feelings, and circumstances. 1
Habit
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10. Pause and respond based on principles.
Proactive Behavior
Pause and respond based on principles. 1
Habit
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11. Conscience: Our understanding of right and wrong
The Four Human Endowments
Self-Awareness: Our ability to examine our own thoughts, moods, and behaviors
Imagination: Our ability to visualize beyond our current experience and circumstances
Conscience: Our understanding of right and wrong
Independent Will: Our ability to act independent of external influences 1
Habit
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12. “Whine” List
Round 1: Tell your partner all of your “have to’s” and “must do’s” coming up in the next week.
Round 2: Convert the “have to’s” and “must do’s” into “I choose to” or “I’m going to.” 1
Habit
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13. Video
Proactive Language 1
Habit
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14. I decided to… They made me… I am going to… I have to…
Proactive vs. Reactive Language
I decided to… They made me…
I am going to… I have to…
There’s got to be It can’t be done… another way…
?_____________ ?______________ 1
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15. Video
Circle of Influence 1
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16. The Circle of Influence1
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17. xQ Tells You…
“People focus on things they can impact rather than on things they can’t.”
31% 1
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18. Become a Transition Person1
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19. Video
Stone 1
Habit
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20. Teach to Learn 1
Habit
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