Habit 1

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Habit 1

• Be Proactive

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Warm-up

• Describe what this means, I am the force. I am
  the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude.
  Im responsible for my own happiness or
  unhappiness. I am in the drivers seat of my
  destiny, not just a passenger.

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Quick Write

• Describe the word proactive in one word.
• What comes to mind when hearing the phrase,
  begin with the end in mind?

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Proactive vs Reactive

• Reactive people make choices based on emotions,
  feelings, their moods and on impulse
• Proactive people make choices based on
  principles/values

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Examples of Reactive and Proactive choices

• Turn to page 50-Read Scenario 2
• What are the consequences of the Reactive
  choices?
• What are the consequences of the Proactive
  choices?

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Reactive ProactiveLanguage Language
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• I have to Ill do it
• Ill try I choose to

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Reactive people feel like

• Victims
• Are easily offended
• Blame others
• Get angry and say things they regret
• Whine and complain
• Wait for things to happen to them
• Change only when they have to

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Proactive people feel like

• They are NOT easily offended
• Take responsibility for their choices
• Think before they act
• Bounce back when something bad happens
• Always find a way to make it happen
• Focus on things they can do something about and
  not about the things they cant

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What can we control?

• We cant control everything
• Our skin color
• Who our parents are
• How others might treat us
• Weather
• We can control how we respond to what happens to
  us
• Reactions

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Responding to setbacks

• We can turn our thinking around to respond to a
  negative by making it a positive
• An accident
• Abuse
• Our home life

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Becoming more Proactive

• Take responsibility for your life
• Have a CAN-DO attitude pg. 63
• Take initative to make it happen
• Think about solutions and options
• Act

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Just Push Pause

• When you have a situation you want to respond in
  some way think
• Just Push Pause
• Use your 4 tools in your toolbox
• Self- awareness-stand apart from myself and look
  objectively
• Conscience-I listen to my inner voice to know
  what is right and wrong
• Imagination-I can envision new possibilities
• I have the power to choose

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After

• (2 post-it notes) On a post-it-note write this
  sentence and fill in the blank.
• Im not going to let ___________ decide how Im
  going to feel.
• Ex. Depression, someones name, sickness, anger
• Identify a negative label others may have given
  you. Think up a few things you can do to change
  that label.
• Negative label _____________________
• How to change it ___________________