Habit 1: Be Proactive
the following phrases best represent proactive language:
"there must be something we can do," "let's look at all our options," "I choose to"
no control problems are solved by:
changing our habits
indirect control problems are solved by:
changing our methods of influence
habit 1 is the habit of:
choice and personal responsibility
your ___ is an endowment that can help you in a situation where you need to choose how you are going to respond in a difficult situation
conscience
habit 1 is based on the principle that your life is a result of your ___ not you ___
decisions, conditions
a common practice for habit 1 is to blame, accuse, and use victim language T/F
false
proactive people focus their energies in the circle of concern T/F
false
reactive people are not affected by their social environment T/F
false
the common paradigm for habit 1 is "is am free to choose and am ultimately responsible for my happiness" T/F
false
if the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror, we have been affected by:
genetic determinism, psychic determinism, and environmental determinism
your circle of ___ includes those things you can affect directly. your circle of ___ includes all those things you care about but over which you have little or no control.
influence, concern
while imprisoned in a death camp in nazi germany, victor frankl had:
no liberty but more freedom than his captors
between stimulus and response there is a space. in that space lies:
our freedom to choose and the four human endowments
the opposite of proactive is:
reactive
the four human endowments are:
self awareness, conscience, imagination, independent will
focusing on the circle of concern will:
shrink the circle of influence
which of the following is not a social map discussed by covey:
stimulus
_____ is a powerful example of a transition person
the nurse, Frankl??
you can tell the difference between proactive and reactive people by:
their language
a person who breaks unhealthy, harmful, abusive or ineffective behaviors and replaces them with proactive, helpful behaviors is known as a transition person T/F
true
habits 1, 2, and 3 are the private victory T/F
true
