Being Proactive
Luke 6:42″Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
While I was reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen Covey, one section in the book particularly caught my eye. It was about being proactive. I’m going to quote it here, because I sometimes have the same problem described.
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“I would challenge you to test the principle of proactivity for thirty days. Simply try it and see what happens…make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Try it in your marriage, in your family, in your job. Don’t argue for other people’s weaknesses. Don’t argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, learn from it — immediately. Don’t get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It’s not what they’re not doing or should be doing that’s the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is “out there,” stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day will, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally “being lived.” They are acting out the scripts written by parents, associates, and society.”
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That seems like a great message and a great attitude to have in the world doesn’t it?
I’ve heard about that book, looked at in book stores a few times, but haven’t gone for it (something about yet another self-help book to add to my pile just didn’t appeal
). Now I’m tempted. That’s a great quotation.
i am reading the 7 habits of hily effective learning in “Guided learning” it was a very good book.
it has changed my life emotional and spiritual