WEBVTT - MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT: Master a proactive mindset and become less reactive 🧠

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Sam Wood, and this is your motivational moment, the

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<v Speaker 1>difference between a reactive and a proactive mindset. We've been

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<v Speaker 1>a bit deeper last couple of Mondays, haven't we. They've

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<v Speaker 1>been good starts of the week. I think that being said,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought we should change gears a little bit today,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's still a really really important message about two

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<v Speaker 1>different types of mindset, the difference between a reactive and

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<v Speaker 1>a proactive mindset, which I think is something that we

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<v Speaker 1>probably all conceptually understand because it's sort of self explanatory.

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<v Speaker 1>But when I talk about reactive, I'm talking about this

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<v Speaker 1>part of our primitive brain where we don't take the initiative.

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<v Speaker 1>We let the events and the outside world determine our

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<v Speaker 1>actions and then guess what. We end up doing things

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<v Speaker 1>with urgency or immediacy, and you know, typically increasing the

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<v Speaker 1>level of stress and decreasing the level of performance in

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<v Speaker 1>which we do these task set. The one that jumps

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<v Speaker 1>into my mind with reactive has got to be food.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm sure many of you can relate to this,

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<v Speaker 1>But if I'm hungry, it's game over. It's too late.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not make good food choices when I'm hungry.

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<v Speaker 1>When I'm proactive. On the other hand, I'm actually really

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<v Speaker 1>good with my food. If I'm organized and I'm prepping

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<v Speaker 1>my food and I've got my ingredients, I'm really really good.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm not, it's just I'm hungry, I'm grumpy. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a gap that needs to be filled, and I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>going to feel it. And the nutritional even though I

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<v Speaker 1>understand what is nutrition on what isn't, it doesn't even

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<v Speaker 1>almost enter the equation when I'm making those poor choices.

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<v Speaker 1>Whereas if we're proactive, it means that you forward plan.

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<v Speaker 1>It means that it gets done before it needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be done. But if I'm giving an example on the

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<v Speaker 1>proactive side, it probably is my training. I'm really bad

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<v Speaker 1>with my training if I don't know what I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to do the next day. If I am, I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go by feel. I don't do much. The day

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<v Speaker 1>gets away from me. For me, I need to plan

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<v Speaker 1>that workout in my calendar. It literally goes in the

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<v Speaker 1>calendar and then it says this is what I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to do. I might write lower body weight, so I

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<v Speaker 1>might write run, I might write swim, I might write

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<v Speaker 1>bike ride. I know what I'm going to do, and

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<v Speaker 1>there are times where I'll swap it out depending on

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<v Speaker 1>how I feel, But there's a default there, there's something

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<v Speaker 1>there that is actually planned that I'm already accountable to.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is a big thing. When it comes to

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<v Speaker 1>working out, half the battle is thinking about what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's face it, life is chaotic enough without us contributing

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<v Speaker 1>to that cause. And I don't meet a single person

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't want to be more productive. It's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we all feel like we don't have enough time, and

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<v Speaker 1>we all feel like life's too chaotic, and then we

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<v Speaker 1>do all these things that throw fuel on that fire,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're actually part of the problem when we're really

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<v Speaker 1>just blaming other things where we could actually control our

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<v Speaker 1>own destiny a lot more So, I think the thing

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<v Speaker 1>here that's in important is being proactive. And being reactive

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean you do a different thing. It means you

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<v Speaker 1>do the same thing ahead of time. You're not living

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<v Speaker 1>a different existence, You're not having a different life. You're

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<v Speaker 1>just having a more organized, less stressful life because you

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<v Speaker 1>did these things when you had the opportunity to, rather

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<v Speaker 1>than at the last minute. So I've got homework for you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a nice, simple one this week. You need to

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<v Speaker 1>identify just one thing, one thing that you do reactively

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<v Speaker 1>all the time. I don't mean a one off occurrents that.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I wish I'd been a bit more organized with that.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish I've got ahead of time and done that

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks ago. I could have saved himself a whole

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<v Speaker 1>lot of grief and heartache. I mean, this is the

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<v Speaker 1>thing that you either subconsciously or even out loud, say

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<v Speaker 1>to yourself, why do I keep doing this? And it

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<v Speaker 1>might be something as simple as you pack your gym

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<v Speaker 1>bag the night before and you put it by your bed.

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<v Speaker 1>There could be a million different things like that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna can tell you what they are. You need

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<v Speaker 1>to identify the one thing in your life that you

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<v Speaker 1>are doing reactively and it is causing you stress and

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<v Speaker 1>or not being done as well or as consistently as

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<v Speaker 1>it could be. And I can't wait to hear your feedback.