Habit 1: Be Proactive Proactivity means that‚ as human beings‚ we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions‚ not our conditions. There are three central values in life: the experiential‚ or that which happens to us; the creative‚ or that which we bring into existence; and the attitudinal‚ or our response to difficult circumstances. What matters most is how we respond to what we experience in life. Another way to become more self-aware
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Habit 1 discusses the importance of being proactive. Covey states that we are responsible for our own lives; therefore‚ we possess the initiative to make things happen. He also points out that proactive people so not blame various circumstances for their behaviors but they realize behavior comes from one’s conscious. Covey also explains that the other type of person is reactive. Reactive people are affected by their social as well as physical surroundings. This means that if the weather is bad‚ then
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lies with you” said by J.K. Rowling. It cannot be denied that being proactive and positive can equip yourselves to face the upcoming challenges in society. Not only can this reinforce your ability on dealing with adversity‚ it can also prepare you for taking the responsibility for society. I am not going to force all of you remember every words I said‚ but I really want all you to get a grasp of the importance of being proactive and positive in your life. It doesn’t mean to be a life-and-death
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In the novel Being There‚ by Jerzy Kosinski the character of Chance Gardner makes the distinction between human behavior and comes from a past that one he encounters would ever know. Chance Gardner is arguably a brilliant character and is arguably considered to be a complex person. I personally think that Chance is not complex what so ever. He doesn’t think into things too much and is actually very blunt. Usually people become smart or brilliant by studying‚ researching‚ and being extremely disciplined
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Librett COLT 470 10 November 2013 Being and Time by Martin Heidegger the concept of “Resoluteness” Martin Heidegger was a German Philosopher who examined the concept of phenomenological ontology. All of his writings‚ such as: Being and Time‚ What is Metaphysics?‚ Identity and Difference‚ and What is Called Thinking? have influenced the progression and development of ideas on existentialism and temporal being (Scott). Specifically‚ in one of his works‚ Being and Time‚ as Heidegger analyzes the
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UNIT 4222-329 PROMOTE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR 1.1 Explain how legislation‚frameworks‚codes of practice and policies relating to positive behaviour support are applied to own working practice. Within our workplace many practices have been put in place to promote positive behaviour. Firstly every staff member is trained in ProAct-Scip UK which controls all our policies relating to positive behaviour support. This is recognised as a valuable learning by BILD. We are taught our legal requirements on what
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People/Leaders Habit 1 : Be Proactive Your life doesn’t just "happen." Whether you know it or not‚ it is carefully designed by you. The choices‚ after all‚ are yours. You choose happiness. You choose sadness. You choose decisiveness. You choose ambivalence. You choose success. You choose failure. You choose courage. You choose fear. Just remember that every moment‚ every situation‚ provides a new choice. And in doing so‚ it gives you a perfect opportunity to do
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first step is to be proactive and not reactive. “Proactive means more than merely taking initiative. It means as human beings we are responsible with our own lives (Covey‚ 2004)”. The difference between proactive and reactive people is that proactive people are those that have an A-type personality‚ the ones that don’t blame the situations around them and they are value based driven. Each individual have to be that type of person and a place where to start with is with them by being honest and true
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Hannah Behrens August 2nd‚ 2012 Honors Language Arts The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 1: Be Proactive In habit one‚ Sean Covey talks about how there are two types of people in this world; those who are proactive and those who a reactive. There are people who choose to take the harder route and take responsibility for their personal actions‚ and those who tend to take the easy route and blame others for their mistakes. “I am the force. I am the captain of my life. I can choose
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Covey provides guidelines for managing time and balancing studies‚ social life‚ job‚ and other priorities. The first three habits are focused on personal victories. They teach how to develop self-mastery and dependence. Those three habits are: Be Proactive‚ Begin with the End in Mind‚ and Put First Things First. Habits four‚ five‚ and six address interdependence‚ the success in working with others. Habit four: Think Win-Win‚ habit five: Seek First to Understand‚ Then to Be Understood‚ and habit six:
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