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If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. If you're reactive, you end up focusing on repairing.

John C. Maxwell, American author, speaker and pastor

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In proactive problem solving we specify where we want to go, and we try to get there. Although such an approach does not eliminate the possibility of overlooking relevant consequences of our solutions, it reduces the probability of doing so. The more ultimate the desired outcome we specify, the more likely we are to consider the intermediate and long-run consequences of our immediate actions. The more immediate the source of dissatisfaction we try to get rid of, the less likely we are to take account of relevant consequences. Therefore, the chances of overlooking relevant consequences are minimized when we formulate a problem in terms of approaching one or more ideals.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States from 1861 to 1865

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Many problems are minor when you solve them right away, but grow into an enormous conflict when you let them linger.

As a rule of thumb, fix it now.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

"Don't make up problems you don't have yet. It's not a problem until it's a real problem. Most of the things you worry about never happen anyway.

The decisions you make today don't need to last forever. If circumstances change, your decisions CAN change. Decisions are temporary.

Pay attention to today and worry about later when it gets here. Otherwise, you'll waste energy, time and money fixating on problems that may never materialize."

~ An excerpt from the awesome book, "Rework"

Jason Fried, software entrepreneur

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Too often entrepreneurs are reactive to the challenges inherent when building a company... the most successful founders are proactive.

In the face of difficult circumstances, be responsive, not reactive, Dara advises. There are things you can’t control, and there are things you can control. Separate the two.

You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.

Janis Joplin, American singer (1943–1970)

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The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Kent M. Keith, American writer and sociologist

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I'm not saying it's wrong to plan for the future. I'm warning not to make today a victim of those plans.

Being successful requires being proactive and not waiting for life to come to you. It means you're on offence, not defence. You're active, not passive.

Beware not to use the future as an excuse to ignore living in the present.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values — carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.

Stephen Covey, American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker (1932-2012)

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