BE A MODEL, NOT A CRITIC.
Look at the weaknesses of others with passion, not accusation. It’s not what they’re doing or should be doing that’s the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and that should be doing.
Stephen R. Covey
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE.
Highly proactive people don’t blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.
TAKE THE INITIATIVE.
Taking the initiative doesn’t mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It means creating an atmosphere where others can seize opportunities and solve problems in an increasingly reliant way.
Stephen R. Covey
MAKE AND KEEP COMMITMENTS.
The commitments and promises you make to yourself and others- and your integrity to those commitments- provide the clearest manifestations of your pro-activity.
Stephen R. Covey
ACT OR BE ACTED UPON
It’s your responsibility to act in any given situation. If you wait to be acted upon, you will be acted upon. Growth and opportunity consequences attend either road.
Stephen R. Covey
LISTEN TO YOUR LANGUAGE
Your language is a very real indicator of the degree to which you see yourself as a proactive person. That is, it’s better to say “I choose” rather than I can’t or “I control my own feelings” rather than “They make me so mad”
Stephen R. Covey
FOCUS ON YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE.
Proactive people focus their efforts in their “Circle of Influence” They work on the things they can do something about.
Stephen R. Covey