Being proactive in daily life is not only going to become easier on working on something easier, but also will help you to become a better individual. Being proactive means being a person who has initiative to control any kind of situation, not only wait until something appears then you start to take action. Most of the companies are more likely to get attracted by your proactive action, it is a very good step for all of you and especially if you are a fresh graduate.
However, you must have a knowledge to differentiate between proactive and ‘proactive’ or act like you know everything in fact not, because it will reflect a bad impression toward your image. Being proactive means that you are brave enough to make a change based on the value and principle that applied, instead of you trying to be proactive but it is only because of your mood. Let us see the tips to become a proactive in a proper way below:
1. Control Your Emotion and be Positive
Your positive emotion is one of the important aspects for someone to become proactive. A proactive person will always control his/her emotion so the negative emotion will not affect the decision that they might take later, uncontrollable emotion will reflect that you are an unprofessional person. The other advantage from controlling your emotion is your environment will see and become positive as well as your positive manner result, so always try to control your emotion and be positive!
2. Dare to Take Action
Have you ever experienced a situation where you have a problem with your work that pushes you to take action? If yes, that is actually a time where people can see your true self. A reactive person tends to wait for an instruction then start to make an action, the proactive person will initiate to start the action and think what is the core of the problem that they face, then try to find the answer that might become a solution. Being proactive is not only waiting until something happens, but making it real.
3. Predict Every Opportunity
Getting used to anticipating problems that might happen is one of the reflections of a proactive person. They will carefully try to understand how things work, and then try to connect creativity and logic so they can fully understand the things that are going on or in the future. Try to make a scenario that consists of a problem chance that is probably going to happen and the step that you are going to take from each chance.
4. Grow Your Sense of Initiative
We are not only talking about the working area, but being proactive also can be implemented in your social life. You may see some of your cheerful friends and all of sudden he/she becomes moody and separates his/her self from us, that is a right time for you to approach him/her and ask about the problem that he/she had. If there is a problem, try to give advice and solutions to lighten up his/her mind.
So those are 4 ways that you can do to become a proactive person. But always remember, that sometimes we need to become a reactive person in several conditions. Therefore, always try to adapt and be flexible with your environment wherever you are.
