Habit 1 : Be Proactive

Be proactive is the key unlocking all the other habits and thats why it comes first. Habit 1 says "I am the force. I am the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude. I am responsible for my own happiness and unhappiness , I am in the driver`s seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."

Each day you and I have about 100 chances to choose to be proactive or reactive. Let take an example if you are driving on the road and someone suddenly cuts in front of you, making you slam on your breaks? What do you do?

The choice is yours. Be reactive of proactive.

Reactive people makes choice based on impulse. They are like a can of COKE. If life shakes them up a bit, the pressure build and they suddenly explode."Hey bodoh!, menyusahkan orang.. Get out of my lane!"

Proactive people make choices based on values. They think before they act. They recognize they can`t control everything that happens to them, but they can control what they do about it. Proactive people are like water. Shake them up all you want, it remains cool without pressure. They are calm and in control. "I`m not going to let that guy me upset and ruin my day."

The key to get into the habit of being proactive so that you can run on it autopilot is try to be proactive by "thinks before you act" 20 out of 100 times on average each day, and by the time goes by, try to increase it to 30 times a day, 40 times..and so on.. until it becomes your habit.


Make sure your life is in your control. You have the remote control in your hand. Don`t let others to control it for you.

~muehehe~ Habit 1 will be continued ...