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ESSAY #2

FROM REACTIVE

TO PROACTIVE

To progress in life, we need to be proactive. The journey of self improvement

often involves moving from being reactive to proactive. This essay guides you

in a very simple manner on developing your proactive nature.

Making the Leap

When we make a promise to ourselves and keep it, we take the first step to-

wards the development of our proactive nature. We can set daily or weekly

targets in various spheres of our lives and attain them. Being able to achieve

targets set for the first week has been critical in the process of self improve-

ment for most of my students. This week gave them the confidence and self

belief to attain their monthly targets. It improved their self discipline. Their

planned schedules faced hindrances like family and health issues, reversion

to old comfort zone of unplanned living or fatigue. These hindrances did not

deter them from losing their sense of organised living and discipline. This is

the first crucial step in our journey from reactive to proactive.

We can categorise aspects which concern us into the following categories:

Direct Control (own behaviour), Indirect Control (behaviour of others, which

we can influence by our conduct-parents, family members, friends and col-

leagues) and, No Control (weather, performance of government, SSB selec-

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