Proactive is the new reactive

Okay, let’s be real. You probably didn’t start with a strategy. Your business started with an idea, a skill, and a desire for freedom. It was a whole lot of figuring it out on the fly. Building the ship while setting sail kind of vibes. Which worked, until it didn’t.

Also, it was a lot of work, and you’re not trying to step in that mess again. Period.

It usually means falling flat on your face a few times, picking yourself up, dusting off, and diving back in. That’s reacting. But here’s the thing, proactive is the new reactive.

When you're leveling up and stepping into premium business growth, you’ve got to get out ahead of things. Yes, you're still going to put out fires. That’s just business. But we want them to be small fires. Ones you can handle without spiraling. And when you're proactive, that's exactly what happens. You’re not scrambling. You’re not guessing. You’re calm because you already saw it coming.

Most of how you built your business up to now was reacting. And you know your business needs to grow. You want to plan ahead. But you’re still stuck in that old pattern of reacting.

But how do you move into thinking proactively?

It starts with your thoughts. And the biggest shift is learning to ask, not what do I need to do? but what do I need to know?

Because reacting is usually a sign that you don’t have all the information. You’re guessing. You’re making moves based on what feels urgent instead of what’s actually important. And to be proactive, you have to start filling in those gaps.

For example: I’m planning a microsummit right now, and I caught myself jumping into the Who, What, When. Then I paused and asked, what do I need to know? And the list of questions that came up was completely different. And way more useful. It shifted the whole direction of how I’m planning it.

So when you feel yourself rushing into action, start asking: what do I need to know? and adjust your proactivity accordingly.