Human Behavior Is Responsible For Our Own Lives

Being proactive can challenge you but is worth it. “There's only one thing we can control, how we respond to what happens to us. ”(Covey 54) What the author means in this quote is you can't control anything that happens to you, you can only choose how you react. My mentor, Jeff Davis, stated “doing things the correct way first can create less problems.” What he was talking about is if you decide to be reactive and not listen to what someone

• Using a participative style with a team who know their job. The leader knows the problem, but does not have all the information. The employees know their jobs and want to actively be part of the team.

The first habit portrayed in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is Be Proactive. Being proactive means taking responsibility of your life and thinking before you act. As the book states, Proactive people are aware that “they can’t control everything that happens to them, but they can control what they do about it.” The opposite of being proactive is being reactive, which is what the book is trying to steer you away from. Reactive people act on feelings and don’t take the time to assess the situation. This habit has taught me that how you react to situations determines the outcome. Even if the situation is negative, if you are proactive and have a good, responsible

My understanding of being proactive was distorted in relation to the assessment before reading about the category. First question of the category, “are you in control of your life?”; yes, I am. I am very in-tune to my emotional, physical and spiritual needs. With respect to my professional life, I have a very good ability to focus on things I can control and almost mentally hide the things that I can’t. If I focus on the things I cannot change, will I be successful or effective? Sometimes I find myself in meetings having very little patience for what I like to call complaint sessions. As I’ve gotten older and matured I have learned to strengthen my poker face but complaints and sidebar conversations during meetings hold very little weight when

Last, we learned that in order to be proactive, you have to use proactive language. One article says, “The problem with using reactive language is that it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy: Re-enforcing the belief that we are pre-determined (1).” Using reactive language then keeps you from being a proactive person. I have witnessed this in my own life with my cousin. Whenever anything bad happens to her, instead of being proactive and taking charge of her life, she just settles and just says that’s the way it is. In doing so, she has failed to be a proactive person and therefore her situation hasn’t changed. From this, I know that in order to be my best self, I have to use proactive language.

Bethany is a perfect example of a proactive person, because she took an awful occurrence and made it a positive occurrence. She depicts the idea of taking initiative and not giving up. Being proactive led Bethany into practicing another habit, Habit 4: “Think Win-Win.” Thinking win-win is about not only helping yourself, but helping others. Bethany thinks win-win by using her experience and faith to motivate and inspire other people who have also gone through defeating

To be progressive means to be developing or proceeding in a situation. When being progressive you may have a different mindset than everybody else, you may also have different beliefs. Being progressive includes putting effort into what you are doing. “A person who is progressive likes to get things done on time” and not many days after it is due. (Foran Feb. 6,2016) Last but not least I feel like being progressive is being significant to the things you do and the people around you.

A participative-style leader might react to the aftermath of a Category 4 hurricane by gathering as much intel and expert guidance as possible on the current situation. This type of leader derives his or her strength from their cohorts' input and feedback on activities. An example of a participative leader in

In psychology there are many different approaches to understanding the complexity of human behaviour, all of which have different methods of testing what factors can influence behaviour, varying from scientific to pure assumption in an attempt to understand human behaviour. This essay with explain the key ideas of the behaviourist, biological and humanistic approaches and will compare and contrast their assumptions on human behaviour.

For example an HR professional working competently at band 4 will be expected to be a decisive thinker, will be driven to deliver and will also need to be a skilled influencer.

The purpose of this essay is to outline and evaluate at least three psychological perspectives of human behaviour. The three approaches that will be summarised are humanistic, social learning theory and the Biological approach. They will also be criticised and compared to one another. A brief description on psychology will occur, and there will also be a short summarisation on some key early influences of psychology, from its origins in philosophy.

This essay will outline and compare both biological and behavioural perspectives on human behaviour. The history, major discoveries and theories will be discussed along with some of the most influential theorists in each of these two areas of psychology. This essay will also compare the two areas strengths and weaknesses in the field of psychology.

If the journey of our lives is like our journey in a car, being proactive means being the driver. The reactive people are the passengers in their own car, and they are letting other people or the condition to drive for them. While the reactive people wait for good things to happen to their lives, proactive people make them happen. They look for the things they want and if they cannot find one, they create one. They know what things they can control and what things they cannot control. Reactive people complain and worry about things they cannot control while proactive people deal with the things they can control. We cannot control the conditions, but we can control our respond towards the conditions. For example, when Amy has a problem, she becomes easily irritated, so when Beth told her that she looks miserable, Amy get irritated and said bad things to Beth. If Beth is a reactive person, she will be irritated as well; she will get mad and start a fight with Amy. This time, Beth is a proactive person, she does not like what Amy said about her, but she pull back and try to tolerate. Beth tries to understand that Amy is

Throughout history, our society’s socialization, or lifelong social experiences, has been debated upon quite vigorously. It is quite evident that we all obtain certain characteristics and abilities through heredity factors, but many still argue that this is not the only explanation for how our lives are determined. The argument of nature versus nurture is still being discussed by many, although both have been seen to have an impact on our life experiences.

Helping individuals to achieve their potential is in the best interest of the person, as well as in the best interest of an organization. Proactive people will actively seek opportunities and make things happen. Fully involved people will be innovative and creative in furthering the organizations objectives. It is beneficial for the organization when people are satisfied with their job and are actively involved in their personal growth and development.