{Leadership | 7 Habits | Parenting | Relationships | Proactive}
Inspired by Elise and Avery in Episode 14, Jennifer begins to chat about Steven Covey’s best-seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This isn’t a replacement for the book by any stretch of the imagination, but join in the conversation about Habit #1: Be Proactive, and how doing so can help in your home, your business, and pretty much anywhere else you do life.
“Your life doesn’t just ‘happen’. The choices 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 things differenty to produce more positive results.” Steven Covey
Is being proactive a biblical concept? Where does grace come into play?
“We are what we repeatedly do.” Aristotle
Can someone who is well-practiced in being reactive establish a habit to become proactive?
Action steps:
- Intentionally consider everything you do today as a choice, keeping in mind that sometimes the most proactive thing doesn’t look like “work”.
- Choose your words wisely.
- Consider if something is in your “Circle of Influence”. If it is, do something about it. If it isn’t, Let it Go. Then belt it out like Elsa.
RESOURCES
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People book
TDL 014: Leadership from the Kids’ Perspective
TDL 003: Why Everone Could Benefit from Getting up at 5am
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