To be proactive we must use our resourcefulness and our initiatives to work toward our personal goals. We are responsible for our own life. In particular, each person has both a circle of influence and a circle of concern. Worrying endlessly about things outside of our circle of influence isn't particularly productive. Working within our circle of influence is productive. The emphasis of this habit is to do whatever is in our power to improve our situation. “You are the creator, the actor and the doer in your life; get started and "just do it”,” covey said. In the word , Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their energy is positive, enlarging and magnifying, causing their Circle of Influence to increase. Reactive people, on the other hand, focus their efforts in the Circle of Concern. They focus on the weakness of other people, the problems in the environment, and circumstances over which they have no control. Their focus results in blaming and accusing attitudes, reactive language, and increased feelings of victimization. …show more content…
This will influence our life more than anyone else. We have the opportunity to use our free will and hard work to change ourselves and our circumstances. We are only a victim if we allow ourselves to be; if we are reactive rather than proactive. Reactive people are often affected by the weather; proactive people carry their own weather with them. Since, in a situation, the thing that we can influence and change the most is our response to it .No one can "make" us angry if we decide that we don't want to get angry. Be careful; don't let life set you up to be in a bad situation. Remember that you should remind yourself by specific words as “I must do X”,”I choose to do X”,”I have to and I want to. I choose to not be angry in my work environment. I want to be more present and involved in my family's