Question

HOW DOES COVEY DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN A REACTIVE AND A PROACTIVE PERSON?

Answer 1

Covey differentiates between proactive and reactive people by saying that the reactive people are the people who are often affected by their physical environment. For example if; the weather is good, they feel good. If it isn’t, it affects their attitude and performance. Proactive people carry their own weather with them. Thus a reactive persons  feelings depend on the results of external events or processes that they have no control over. However, a proactive person is in complete control over his emotions. It’s making the transition?—?from other people and circumstances being in charge, to being in charge of ourself. Thus a proactive approach focuses on eliminating problems before they have a chance to appear, while a reactive approach is based on responding to events after they have happened.