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Habit 1 Be Proactive
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Proactive vs Reactive Reactive people make choices based on emotions, feelings, their moods and on impulse Proactive people make choices based on principles/values
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Examples of Reactive and Proactive choices
Turn to page 50-Read Scenario 2 What are the consequences of the Reactive choices? What are the consequences of the Proactive choices?
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Reactive Language I have to I’ll try Others
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Proactive Language I’ll do it I choose to Others
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Reactive people feel like
Victims Are easily offended Blame others Get angry and say things they regret Whine and complain Wait for things to happen to them Change only when they have to
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Proactive people feel like
They are NOT easily offended Take responsibility for their choices Think before they act Bounce back when something bad happens Always find a way to make it happen Focus on things they can do something about and not about the things they can’t
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What can we control? We can’t control everything
Our skin color Who our parents are How others might treat us Weather We can control our how we respond to what happens to us
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Responding to setbacks
We can turn our thinking around to respond to a negative by making it a positive An accident Abuse Our home life
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Becoming more Proactive
Take responsibility for your life Have a CAN-DO attitude
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Just Push Pause When you have a situation you want to respond in some way think… Just Push Pause Use your 4 tools in your toolbox Self- awareness-stand apart from myself and look objectively Conscience-I listen to my inner voice to know what is right and wrong Imagination-I can envision new possibilities I have the power to choose
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Human tools in action Use your principles to help make choices
Use your proactive language Turn negatives into positives Have a can-do attitude Use the tools to respond
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