Week One, Habit One - Be Proactive [HD BizBlog- The Blog: Productivity in Context]
On Monday this week we discussed how to incorporate the Habit of Being Proactive in your daily life. Now it is Saturday and time for a review.
For those of you who may not have read Stephen Covey’s landmark book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The Seven Habits
The chapters are dedicated to each of the habits, which are represented by the following imperatives:
- Be Proactive. Here, Covey emphasizes the original sense of the term “reactive” as coined by Victor Frankl. You can either be proactive or reactive when it comes to how you respond to certain things. When you are reactive, you blame other people and circumstances for obstacles or problems. Being proactive means taking responsibility for everything in life. Initiative and taking action will then follow.
Covey also shows how man is different from other animals in that he has self-consciousness. He has the ability to detach himself and observe his own self; think about his thoughts. He goes on to say how this attribute enables him: It gives him the power not to be affected by his circumstances. Covey talks about stimulus and response. Between stimulus and response, we have the power of free will to choose our response.
Some of the activities to help you implement this Habit were described. Please leave a comment and let us know how you were able to implement this new Habit into your daily life.
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