12/12/2019
🤔🤔Are you Proactive or Reactive? Does it matter?
Before you answer the second part of the question (Does it matter?) let’s unpack the reasons why some people are proactive and some are reactive.
What does it mean to have a proactive approach to everything? I’m not trying to give you an English lesson but the word proactive has the prefix (pro) - which means “before”. It’s safe to say that a proactive person handles things before they happen, they plan ahead, and they foresee possibilities and act before they occur, they work on solutions to try to avoid them.
What does it mean to have a reactive approach to everything? Taking the reactive approach to events, means that, the reactive person would rather wait to see what needs to be done and then collaborates. This type of approach is one of little if no initiative and strategic thinking; it’s a go with the flow kind of attitude towards situations.
DOES IT MATTER?
Well of course it does, it matters in different ways to each individual depending on how they choose to live their lives. Both reactive and proactive approaches are needed for there to be balance in the universe. An example would be; if every individual was proactive, we would have a world that could not account for the discovery of many things that require us to be daring. We would be overthinking everything, not taking action on anything.
Then the reactive individuals would also not get anything done, waiting to see what decisions are going to be made so they can then do what they do best. REACT, meaning they will bring their input once things have gone whichever way they have.
I want to share what my thoughts are on these two. To me it’s not a matter of being Proactive “or” Reactive. Emphasis on the “or”, both of these are REACTIONS and they are needed. It’s important to have the skills necessary to adapt to the different circumstances that come along. There are moments in life that we have to be proactive, meaning we need to be able to act in a way that we can prevent situations from occurring. We also need to develop the ability to process events that take us by surprise and have the ability to function, this would be a reactive response to it.
Therefore, take some time to meditate on your own skills in regards to how you react to life circumstances. Your position on this matter will show you, why you choose to make decisions the way you do, or the lack thereof. Life is about balance. It’s about less judgement and increasing awareness. It’s about the desire to develop the skills to have a good balance in life (being proactive) but also, the ability to love in hard situations (being reactive).
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