This document discusses proactive behaviors and habits. It provides a list of positive qualities like love, peace, and kindness, as well as their opposites. It also discusses Sean Covey's book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" and prompts the reader to think about how to apply proactive habits like being proactive rather than reactive in various scenarios at work or home. The document emphasizes that an individual has control over their thoughts, words, and actions, and using this control proactively is powerful for shaping one's life.

1. Be Proactive
Work Based Learning

2. I Knew You Could
 By Craig Dorfman

3. Opposites
 Love
 Peace
 Success
 Security
 Humble
 Kindness
 Honest
 Valuable
 Patient
 Hate
 War
 Bankruptcy
 Insecurity
 Arrogant
 Mean
 Dishonest
 Cheap
 Impatient

4. Discuss
 What are the differences between the
two sides of the paper?
 How do these qualities play out in our
lives?
 Which side of the paper are you going
to choose to live?

5. 7 Habits of Highly Effective
Teens
 By Sean Covey

6. Discuss
 Habit 1- What does Proactive mean?
What are the opposites?
 Habit 2- What are we living for when
practicing the opposite?
 Habit 3- What is scarcity mentality?
 What will give us true liberation?

7. Scenarios
 Scenario #1-- How will
you proactively respond
to this situation?
 Your boss is talking to
another employee when
you come in to punch
your time card. You
have reason to believe
they are talking about
you. This makes you
feel uncomfortable and
mad.
 Scenario #2-- How will
you proactively respond
to this situation?
 A close friend gets to go on
a senior trip, all expenses
paid. You are jealous they
do not have to pay a dime.
You do not think they
deserve to have their
parents pay for everything.
You consider not going
because you have to pay for
part of your trip and do not
think it is fair.

8. Scenarios
 Scenario #3-- How will
you proactively respond
to this situation?
 At work, you developed
a new way to organize
the filing system that
makes it easier for the
office staff to find
documents. Your
supervisor takes all the
credit.
 Scenario #4-- How will
you proactively respond
to this situation?
 You are a nurse. The
patient you are working
with is ungrateful, rude,
is always finding fault in
everything you do, and
makes your life
miserable.

9. “You have control over three
things: what you think, what you
say, and how you behave. To
make a change in your life, you
must recognize these gifts are the
most powerful tools you possess in
shaping for form of your life.”
--Sonya Friedman