The Principle of Personal Vision

The Principle of Personal Vision

Be Proactive

You can completely change your being. You have free will. You need not be reactive but can genuinely act from the basis of a well-defined plan.

A proactive mindset starts with realizing that you’re not a product of your circumstances, but your decisions.

One of the most important characteristics of a proactive mindset is focusing on things that are in your control – you can’t control the weather, but you choose if you’ll bring an umbrella and put on waterproof footwear – and, ultimately, will you come home dry or with wet socks. Sometimes things that happen to us aren’t our fault, but they are always our responsibility, and proactive people realize that.

The proactive mindset is often intertwined with the growth mindset. If you have a growth mindset, you don’t give up when you face a challenge, you persist; you don’t see failures as a bad thing, but the opportunity to grow; you are inspired by the success of others instead of envious; your goal is to continuously grow and improve yourself.

Are you open to change?

Proactive people are. They are also not afraid to make positive changes themselves, by taking action instead of waiting for everything they want to magically appear in front of them.

When a reactive person makes a mistake, they will make excuses or blame everyone but themselves: circumstances, people around them, Mercury retrograde. When a proactive person makes a mistake, they acknowledge it, take accountability for it, correct it and learn from it.

They know they are responsible for themselves and their life; they control their response to unpleasant or stressful situations, instead of letting their emotional reactions get the best of them.

Being proactive in life means taking care of yourself and things around you, as well as developing good habits because you realize your life is a product of things you do every day.

For example, proactive people will make sure they are eating healthy and having some kind of physical activity in their daily routine; they will also go to regular health checkups. Reactive people will go to the doctor only when they can’t tolerate the pain anymore – till that point, they’ll just brush it off. (This can have fatal consequences, please don’t do that.)

In relationships with other people, proactive people don’t throw problems under the rug. They don’t take their frustrations out on other people. They regularly communicate about their feelings and needs and when there is a problem, they actively work on solving it.

Even their car is less likely to break down because they’re doing regular vehicle maintenance.

How to be less reactive

Other than having a proactive mindset, you’ll need to develop a few skills too. Is being proactive a skill, you may ask? Not in itself, it’s more like a set of skills on top of each other with a trench coat on. Here is the list of the most important skills you need to acquire to be proactive:

Be aware of the words you use. Words we speak have a bigger impact on our lives than we realize. Be aware of how you talk and what phrases you tend to use. Do you keep saying “I have to”, “If only”, “I can’t do anything about it”, “Things would be different if _________”? That’s a reactive language that gives away your power. Try saying “I get to”, “I will”, “I choose”, “I will try different alternatives/different approaches”.

Plan ahead. Whether they use a regular planner or a time-tracking, proactive people are aware of how they spend their time and use that knowledge to plan the future and be prepared.

Set goals. In that way, you create your future. Set SMART goals – specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely.

Prioritize. Not all goals and tasks are equally important, and you shouldn’t treat them as they are – that leads to burnout. If you’re not sure how to prioritize, the Eisenhower matrix can help you.

Learn to problem-solve. Proactive people focus on how to solve the problem instead of panicking (panicking for a couple of minutes and then solving the problem is fine too). Find out what exactly the problem is, create a plan, and…act. Contrary to popular belief, good things don’t come to those who wait, but to those who take the initiative and work for what they want.

Learn to take responsibility for your actions.

Don’t dwell on the mistakes from the past but learn from them. Mistakes are inevitable, there’s no way to completely avoid them. However, you can learn how to not repeat the same mistakes by analyzing what went wrong and what you can do better next time and using the mistake as an opportunity to improve yourself and your knowledge.

According to April Pashovich, content writer for MysticSense: “Proactivity is a crucial part of being successful, and the way to do this is simple.

1) Gather all required information before starting whatever it is you are doing. The more you know, the more prepared you will be to make decisions you are confident about. Calling the shots can’t happen if you don’t know what you are doing.

2) Get training and sharpen skills often as necessary. Being a lifelong learner in whatever you are doing will keep you at the top of your game, and propel you forward to greater and greater successes.

3) Keep in mind not all people thrive in all settings. You may have to change what you do to ensure you are successful. When at first you don’t succeed, try again, but if you are continually failing, you might need to try something else.”

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