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30 Day Test
30 Day Test
APPLICATION SUGGESTIONS
1. For a full day, listen to your language and to the language of the people
around you. How often do you use and hear reactive phrases such as “If
only,” “I can’t,” or “I have to”?
2. Identify an experience you might encounter in the near future where,
based on past experience, you would probably behave reactively.
Review the situation in the context of your Circle of Influence. How
could you respond proactively? Take several moments and create the
experience vividly in your mind, picturing yourself responding in a
proactive manner. Remind yourself of the gap between stimulus and
response. Make a commitment to yourself to exercise your freedom to
choose.
3. Select a problem from your work or personal life that is frustrating to
you. Determine whether it is a direct, indirect, or no control problem.
Identify the first step you can take in your Circle of Influence to solve it
and then take that step.
4. Try the thirty-day test of proactivity. Be aware of the change in your
Circle of Influence.