Proactivity

In this post, I will outline my views on "PRoactivity" the first habit of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey.

To me, proactivity is more a lifestlye than a habit. It is a life-choice, more than anything else. A person with a proactive personality is able to achieve anything that he wants, and change anything that he wants to. He carries an air around himself. But coming to what exactly proactivity means, and what its effects hold for us, is written below.

Proactivity is something which enables us to engineer our lives in the way we wish to. It says that no matter what the stimulus is, the response to that stimulus is entirely under our jurisdiction. It says, that if something happens to you, it your choice how you react. You use four human endowments, including creativity & imagination, to deduce what your response to the stimulus will be, using the yardstick of a set of predefined core values.

Your core values are a set of values upon which you wish to build your life. Proactivity advocates that the responses you give to any stimulus, are to be in line with your core values. So it basically means, that you're in control. You are to consciously decide your responses, instead of merely "reacting" to stimuli.

Proactive people carry their weather with themselves. Wether it is sunny outside, or its raining, they are in the mindset in which they want to be. A reactive person, on the other hand, may be happy if its raining, and unhappy if its sunny, or vice-versa. His moods and mindsets differ according to the conditions surrounding him. At some places he is enthusiastic, and at some he is dull.

Proactivity thus allows you to carry on with what you decide to do, irrespective of your exterior surroundings, or the people who surround you.

A small post compared to my usual length, but hey..Its not all that easy to write all your ideas in flow when your short of time right? :)

Tc, and keep coming! ;)