The 7 habits—Day 4

Part 1 Words & Expressions

1. proactive

Making things happen or change rather than

reacting to events.积极的，主动的

Eg. Being proactive was not so easy for me, butnow I form a habit of it.

2. He was imprisoned in the death camps of NaziGermany, where he experienced things that were so repugnant to our sense ofdecency that we shudder to even repeat them.

Repugnant: very unpleasant and offensive.

Eg. Our boss’s words sounds so repugnant to us.

3. He exercised his small, embryonic freedomuntil it grew larger and larger.

Embryonic:at a very early stage of development.萌芽阶段的，胚胎的

Eg. At our embryonic time, we live a life with nosense in mother’s uterus.

Part 2 Reflection

They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions,based on feelings.

Proactive people can carry their own weather withthem.

Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thoughtabout,selected and internalized values.

主动的人不会怨天尤人，他们的行为是基于自己价值观的选择，而不是环境的产物。一直以来常常太在意别人的想法，情感上好像还是处于dependent的阶段，如今需要学着去改变、成长。先从建立一个稳定的价值观开始，而不是经常性自我怀疑和动摇。

Taking initiative does not mean beingpushy,obnoxious, or aggressive.

这句话解开了我一直以来的疑惑。一直都知道主动性很重要，可是一位老师让我非常困惑。他一直强调aggressive才叫主动，无论是与人相处还是做项目，这样才能得到想要的结果，然而我一直无法做到真正地aggressive，并且抗拒把它等同为主动性，如今这句话算是对我小小困惑的一个解答和安慰。主动性不是侵略性，它可以很优雅。