Habits of Success-Be Proactive

Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thought about, selected, and internalized values.

Human beings are free to choose because we possess four unique attributes: self-awareness, imagination, conscience, and independent will.

Proactive people understand that because we’re free to choose, we’re responsible for our own lives. When you have a proactive attitude toward life, you make intentional decisions based on your values, and you focus on your Circle of Influence?, which means you spend most of your time and energy on factors you can actually control or influence.

Reactive people, on the other hand, are driven by their emotions, as well as by their circumstances, conditions, and environment. They focus on their Circle of Concern? and spend a lot of time worrying about things they can’t change

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Tip to try: Choose a problem from your work or personal life that is frustrating to you. Decide whether it’s a direct-control, indirect-control, or no-control problem. Identify the first step you can take in your Circle of Influence to solve it, or at least improve it, and then take that step.