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Reactive Versus Proactive. Which One Are You?
And why does it even matter?
Previously published on the Feel Your Light blog.
Are you responsible?
I’ve been reading this amazing book called The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey * and WOWZA what an eye opening book about personal development!
Written in 1989, this book talks about a lot of personal development strategies that have become more mainstream these days, and the very first one really stands out: Be Proactive.
We’re talking about responsibility here, so let’s take a quick quiz to see how “response-able” we really are.
Answer Yes or No
Q1: Other people routinely take my time, money, and sanity away from me.
Q2: The economy, the government, and people in general make me feel like I’ll never be able to succeed, get ahead, or have the freedom I want so badly.
Q3: When faced with an obstacle, I search for solutions, trying whatever I can until something works.
Q4: I routinely collaborate with the efforts of others so we may ALL be successful.
Questions 1 and 2 reflect a reactive state while 3 and 4 reflect a proactive state. Where did you land?
