Habit 1: Be Proactive

• Proactive people use their power tools: self-awareness,conscience,imagination and willpower.
• Proactive people make choices based on values. They think before they act.
• They use 'Proactive language' like, instead of saying" I can't, they say, " there's gotta be a way."

We're in charge. We choose the scripts by which to live our lives. Use this self-awareness to be proactive and take responsibility for your choices. Reactive people take a passive stance -- they believe the world is happening to them. They say things like:

"There's nothing I can do."

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• Be Proactive is about taking responsibility for your life. Proactive people recognize that they are “response-able”.

• They don’t blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior.
• Re...