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 the last couple of Mondays, haven't we.

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<v Speaker 1>They've been good starts to the week. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>being said, I thought we should change gears a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit today, and it's still a really really important message

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<v Speaker 1>about two different types of mindset, the difference between a

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<v Speaker 1>reactive and a proactive mindset, which I think is something

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<v Speaker 1>that we probably all conceptually understand because it's sort of

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<v Speaker 1>self explanatory. But when I talk about reactive, I'm talking

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<v Speaker 1>about this part of our primitive brain where we don't

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<v Speaker 1>take the initiative. We let the events and the outside

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<v Speaker 1>world determine our actions and then guess what. We end

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<v Speaker 1>up doing things with urgency or immediacy, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>typically increasing the level of stress and decreasing the level

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<v Speaker 1>of performance in which we do these tasks. Set. The

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<v Speaker 1>one that jumps into my mind with reactive has got

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<v Speaker 1>to be food. And I'm sure many of you can

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<v Speaker 1>relate to this, But if I'm hungry, it's game over.

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<v Speaker 1>It's too late. I do not make good food choices

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<v Speaker 1>when I'm hungry when I'm proactive. On the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm actually really good with my food. If I'm organized

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm prepping my food and I've got my ingredients,

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

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<v Speaker 1>I'm grumpy. There's a gap that needs to be filled,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm just going to feel it. And the nutritional

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<v Speaker 1>even though I understand what is nutritional on what isn't,

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't even almost enter the equation when I'm making

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<v Speaker 1>those poor choices. Whereas if we're proactive, it means that

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<v Speaker 1>you forward plan. It means that it gets done before

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<v Speaker 1>it needs to be done. But if I'm giving an

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<v Speaker 1>example on the proactive side, it probably is my training.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really bad with my training if I don't know

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>The day gets away from me. For me, I need

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

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<v Speaker 1>in the calendar and then it says this is what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do. I might write lower body weight,

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>something 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 our 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 occurrence that,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh I wish I'd been a bit more organized for 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>out 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 tell you what they are. You need to

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

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

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

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