- Keep on top of your job by being proactive
- Why you need to be proactive
- Portrait of a proactive person
- Stop playing the “catch-up game”
- How to become a proactive person
- Proactive actions
- Get organized
- Set specific goals for the future
- Set fewer goals
- Plan and prioritize
- Know when to say no
- Visualize the task or activity in advance
- Maintain an inventory of completed tasks
- Don’t procrastinate
- Develop routines and habits
- Set deadlines on all important tasks
- Start at the finish
- Develop checklists
- Know how to say no
- Slow down and pay attention
- Maintain the right attitude
- Planning keeps you on top of your work
- Are you feeling overwhelmed? Prioritize
- Planning saves time
- Planning is the key to being proactive
- Making commitments to get things done
- Guidelines for scheduling tasks & activities
- How to build an inventory of completed tasks
- Make a list of repetitive tasks
- Planning leads to doing
- Storing your inventory of tasks
- Build the routine of working ahead for future events
- Visualize the future events and activities
- How to get the time to get ahead
- Know how to say no
- Don’t be so quick to say yes
- Know why you are saying no
- The emotional side of saying no
- Even your brain wants you to say yes
- Let your yes be yes and your no be no
- Delegation makes proactivity easier
- Get things done through others
- The delegation process
- Why people are reluctant to delegate
- What jobs should you delegate?
- Build the habit of being proactive
- Personal policies help you to be proactive
- Benefits of routines and habits
- Develop the do it now habit
- Get organized and manage your time well
- You can become a proactive person