iBST Year B – Leadership Session 1

Be Proactive – Homework
Create a 1 page essay on the topic of the importance of being proactive in all aspects of our lives. Utilize your own
personal anecdotes, as well as prasangs from our guru’s lives from Satsang Exam books, Eternal Virtues, and/or any
other such publication.

Their are many reason to why being proactive is important. Being proactive means to say
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things like “I will do it” and not “I can’t” When people being to say this it means being
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reactive. This means you say stuff like “That’s just the way I am” or “I’ll try… maybe.”
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This is the first habit. The 2nd habit is to begin with the end in mind to have a plan. The
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3rd one is to put first things first work and then play. The 4th habit is to think win-win if
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I win then you win so we all win. The 5th habit is to seek first to understand, and then be
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understood. This means to think about others while listening to others. Habit 6 is to
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synergize when being together it is better for you to accomplish the goal. The last habit is
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to sharpen the saw this means to stay healthy and to take care of yourself and others
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when trying to complete your goal. By trying to make all these habits we all can become
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one step closer to being proactive. I am proactive in my life because I set goals and try to
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accomplish them. In 2017 many people were at the mandir and getting darshan of
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Thakorji but many of the ladies were very upset because they went close enough. So
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Mahant Swami said that it doesn’t matter how close you are to Bhagwan you are still
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getting darshan of him. The habit that Mahant Swami used was seek first to understand.
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By using this one habit he can be called proactive. That is why it is important to be
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proactive to reach goals or even to help in your everyday life.
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