I Will Be Proactive

  
“You must act, or be you will be acted upon.”

Most people in life wind up in one of three categories:

• Those that make things happen

• Those who watch things happen

• And those who wonder what happened

In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey illustrates a very important point when it comes to the human mind. Covey mentions that we all have choices.

In life, if you choose to do nothing about you circumstances, you are still making a decision. For example, if you do not pursue your business goals, you have chosen to remain in the same position.

If you don’t choose to take action, you have chosen not to take action.

One of the greatest keys to success is being proactive. A proactive person is able to think about problems that might occur down the road and makes decisions that will prevent them before they ever happen.

We know that in life, most people are motivated either by the desire to gain pleasure or avoid pain. Most of the time, we are motivated by the desire to avoid pain and the fear of loss.

So if you find it hard to think and act proactively then you must motivate yourself in ways that will “trick” your mind into feeling that if you don’t act now you will suffer the consequences later.

For example, when the weekend comes and you feel like lying around all day, imagine yourself not having enough income to pay your rent. Or if you currently run a business, imagine losing your business and having to face a grouchy boss everyday for the rest of your life.

Would that motivate you enough to work on making your business successful?

Ultimately it is up to YOU to motivate yourself and you have no one to blame but you if you don’t work hard enough to reach your goals.

Lesson: Never say “I can’t”. Always ask “How can I…?”