7 Habits for Statesville MiddleHabit #1 Be Proactive

Learning TargetsTake more initiative & responsibilityLearn how to pause and respond based on principlesUnderstand how to use proactive languageKnow how to expand Circle of InfluenceUnderstand ways to become a transition person

Habit 1Be Proactive

When we can no longer change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

-Viktor Frankl

The Stages of the Maturity ContinuumFoundation

Demonstrate how to draw the continuum; Make a Z and then additional lineForm boxes at top, bottom and middleUpside down triangle on bottom and rightside up triangle on topCircle around*

Habit 1: Be ProactiveHabit1Be Proactive

Habit 1PrincipleParadigmBehaviorResultI am free to chooseand am responsiblefor my choices.Habit1Be Proactive

Ineffective: I am a product of my circumstancesEffective: I am a product of my choices

Result: increased influence, more self-awareness, greater initiative, becoming the creative force of your lifeBehavior: pause and respond based on principles, use proactive language, expand your circle of influence and become a transition person.*

Habit 1ParadigmsHabit1Be ProactiveIneffective: I am a product of my circumstances.Effective: I am a product of my choices.

VideoHabit1Be ProactiveCarry Your Own Weather

Reactive BehaviorHabit1Be ProactiveRespond based on moods, feelings,and circumstances.

Proactive BehaviorHabit1Be ProactivePause and respond based on principles.

The Four Human EndowmentsHabit1Be ProactiveSelf-Awareness: Our ability to examine our own thoughts, moods, and behaviorsImagination: Our ability to visualize beyond our current experience and circumstancesConscience: Our understanding of rightand wrongIndependent Will: Our ability to act independent of external influences

Whine ListHabit1Be ProactiveRound 1: Tell your partner all of your have tos and must dos coming up in the next week.Round 2: Convert the have tos and must dos into I choose to or Im going to.

VideoHabit1Be ProactiveProactive Language

Proactive vs. Reactive LanguageHabit1Be ProactiveI decided toThey made meI am going toI have toTheres got to beIt cant be doneanother way?_____________?______________

VideoHabit1Be ProactiveCircle of Influence

The Circle of InfluenceHabit1Be Proactive

xQ Tells YouHabit1Be Proactive31%People focus on thingsthey can impact rather thanon things they cant.

Become a Transition PersonHabit1Be Proactive

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Teach to LearnHabit1Be Proactive

Demonstrate how to draw the continuum; Make a Z and then additional lineForm boxes at top, bottom and middleUpside down triangle on bottom and rightside up triangle on topCircle around*Ineffective: I am a product of my circumstancesEffective: I am a product of my choices

Result: increased influence, more self-awareness, greater initiative, becoming the creative force of your lifeBehavior: pause and respond based on principles, use proactive language, expand your circle of influence and become a transition person.*