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Why Proactivity Is the Superpower You Can and Should Develop
Proaction and the “possible you”
Proaction is the “possible you” that:
- spots and prevents problems
- identifies, pursues, and captures opportunities
- creates a new self-chosen, desired future through a strategic change of trajectory.
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Proaction Principles
- Think well ahead.
- Make sure your decisions suit your own values and interests.
- Think strategically.
- Proaction requires not just thinking but doing.
- Learn and adapt rapidly through trial and error.
- Grit matters, but you also need to learn along the way and adjust.
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