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