Instructions
Follow the Learning Model
Prepare: Spend at least 30 minutes thoroughly studying the information listed below.
Teach One Another: Spend 10-15 minutes teaching the associated principle to an individual or group.
Ponder and Prove: Reflect on each principle and complete an improvement goal.
Definition of Proactive
Of a person, policy, or action: creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened.
Questions
- How does our gift of agency relate to being proactive?
- What are the benefits when it comes to being proactive?
- How would you respond to an employee who proactively served you?
- How do you see church leaders of this dispensation and those in New Testament times act proactively?
Quotes
"Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past." -Kenny Loggins
"The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it." -Stephen R. Covey
"The weaker mind reacts." -Toba Beta
"Remember, action today can prevent a crisis tomorrow." -Steve Shallenberger
Church Quotes and Scriptures
"If you stumble, rise up, go on." -President Boyd K. Packer
"Live your life to be a good example of what you believe." -Elder Robert D. Hales
"We can become the masters of our own destinies by practicing self-discipline and by setting worthy goals that will lead to higher ground so that we can become what our Heavenly Father wants us to become." -Elder M. Russell Ballard
"To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never done before." -Elder Richard G. Scott
"Your Eternal destiny will not be the result of chance but of choice. It is never too late to choose eternal life." -Randall K. Bennett
Scriptures
Videos
- Things To Act and Things to Be Acted Upon
- To Act For Ourselves: The Gift and Blessings of Agency
- A Life Lesson From a Volunteer Firefighter
- Choosing Success
- Review of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"