Proactive
adjective
Taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens.
A proactive attitude towards work can help you achieve your goals more efficiently.
Often appears as...
- proactive approach
- proactive measures
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Formal
adjective
Creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened.
The company needs a more proactive marketing strategy.
Often appears as...
- proactive strategy
- proactive management
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens.
A proactive attitude towards work can help you achieve your goals more efficiently.
Often appears as...
- proactive approach
- proactive measures
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Creating or controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened.
The company needs a more proactive marketing strategy.
Often appears as...
- proactive strategy
- proactive management
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Action-Oriented
Proactive implies taking initiatives before problems arise.
She was proactive in learning the material before the lecture.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Proactive' often suggests a commendable or positive approach to situations.
His proactive nature made him a favorite among his peers.
Pro Tip 3/3Responsibility
Being proactive means taking responsibility for one's actions ahead of time.
The proactive student asked for extra homework to improve.
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The pharmacy of the...
Well, I think part of the solution is all the emerging ways that we can measure and connect our health care information. Today, we pretty much live in a reactive, sick-care world, siloed information that doesn't flow. We have the potential to move into a more continuous, real-time proactive world of true health care.
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How Twitter needs to...
So about midway last year, we decided that we were going to apply a lot more machine learning, a lot more deep learning to the problem, and try to be a lot more proactive around where abuse is happening, so that we can take the burden off the victim completely. And we've made some progress recently.
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Color blind or color...
We have to be willing, as teachers and parents and entrepreneurs and scientists, we have to be willing to have proactive conversations about race with honesty and understanding and courage, not because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the smart thing to do,
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How to ask for help --...
Now, he is more patient than I deserve and much more proactive, much more, about helping than any of us have any right to expect other people to be. So if you need help, you're going to have to ask for it. And by the way, even when someone can tell that you need help,
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How to live to be 100+ -...
faith-based community which is worth between four and fourteen extra years of life expectancy if you do it four times a month and the biggest thing here is they also belong to the right tribe they were either born into or they proactively surrounded themselves with
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Why I choose humanism...
So as a humanist, I believe in a proactive approach to life. The changes that we want cannot be achieved only by dreaming but require doing as well. The challenges that we face cannot go away if we recoil and retreat into our shells, wishing and imagining
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The age of genetic...
You used to have a lot of biologists that had microscopes, and they had magnifying glasses and they were out observing animals. The new biology is proactive. You don't just observe stuff, you make stuff. And that's a really big change
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Where is Africa in our...
and proactive about developing these change agents for Africa so that we don't just leave it to chance but really harness a group of people who are united by one common purpose to bring about peace and prosperity in Africa
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Dan Buettner: How to...
extra years of life expectancy if you do it four times a month. And the biggest thing here is they also belong to the right tribe. They were either born into or they proactively surrounded themselves with the right people.
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The Strange—but...
research program is the only group that is proactively going out and activating a large subset of a marine mammal populations anywhere in the world right now so it really is a very unique program that we're excited to be
Video examples
The pharmacy of the...
Well, I think part of the solution is all the emerging ways that we can measure and connect our health care information. Today, we pretty much live in a reactive, sick-care world, siloed information that doesn't flow. We have the potential to move into a more continuous, real-time proactive world of true health care.
Video examples
How Twitter needs to...
So about midway last year, we decided that we were going to apply a lot more machine learning, a lot more deep learning to the problem, and try to be a lot more proactive around where abuse is happening, so that we can take the burden off the victim completely. And we've made some progress recently.
Video examples
Color blind or color...
We have to be willing, as teachers and parents and entrepreneurs and scientists, we have to be willing to have proactive conversations about race with honesty and understanding and courage, not because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the smart thing to do,
Video examples
How to ask for help --...
Now, he is more patient than I deserve and much more proactive, much more, about helping than any of us have any right to expect other people to be. So if you need help, you're going to have to ask for it. And by the way, even when someone can tell that you need help,
Video examples
How to live to be 100+ -...
faith-based community which is worth between four and fourteen extra years of life expectancy if you do it four times a month and the biggest thing here is they also belong to the right tribe they were either born into or they proactively surrounded themselves with
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
So as a humanist, I believe in a proactive approach to life. The changes that we want cannot be achieved only by dreaming but require doing as well. The challenges that we face cannot go away if we recoil and retreat into our shells, wishing and imagining
Video examples
The age of genetic...
You used to have a lot of biologists that had microscopes, and they had magnifying glasses and they were out observing animals. The new biology is proactive. You don't just observe stuff, you make stuff. And that's a really big change
Video examples
Where is Africa in our...
and proactive about developing these change agents for Africa so that we don't just leave it to chance but really harness a group of people who are united by one common purpose to bring about peace and prosperity in Africa
Video examples
Dan Buettner: How to...
extra years of life expectancy if you do it four times a month. And the biggest thing here is they also belong to the right tribe. They were either born into or they proactively surrounded themselves with the right people.
Video examples
The Strange—but...
research program is the only group that is proactively going out and activating a large subset of a marine mammal populations anywhere in the world right now so it really is a very unique program that we're excited to be
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Sophie B. Hawkins
American Musician
I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about trying to get my father healthier, and there were moments when he was healthier. Then someone would give him a drink. I always felt if he had one person in his life who supported his healthy side, he'd be on his way.
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Eva Chen
Taiwanese Businesswoman
A good attitude is really important. And a sense of optimism, someone who has ideas and isn't afraid to pitch them no matter what level she is. Someone who is proactive. Someone with efficiency and common sense. They don't always go hand-in-hand, common sense and, well, everything else.
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Felicia Day
American Actress
There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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Jared Cohen
American Businessman
Part of the responsibility of the technology industry is to anticipate the challenges of the vast majority of its future users and proactively start thinking about them now and proactively build products that address those challenges.
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Olivia Newton-John
Musician
Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and proactive.
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Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Most people assume that once security software is installed, they're protected. This isn't the case. It's critical that companies be proactive in thinking about security on a long-term basis.
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John Bel Edwards
American Politician
We never know when or where harm may strike but, we can take proactive steps to protect ourselves.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.
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Giuliana Rancic
American Journalist
I want to encourage everyone to be proactive with their health and get checked out.
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Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
When eyes were first developed in animals, suddenly animal life becomes proactive.
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Sophie B. Hawkins
American Musician
I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about trying to get my father healthier, and there were moments when he was healthier. Then someone would give him a drink. I always felt if he had one person in his life who supported his healthy side, he'd be on his way.
Quote examples
Eva Chen
Taiwanese Businesswoman
A good attitude is really important. And a sense of optimism, someone who has ideas and isn't afraid to pitch them no matter what level she is. Someone who is proactive. Someone with efficiency and common sense. They don't always go hand-in-hand, common sense and, well, everything else.
Quote examples
Felicia Day
American Actress
There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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Jared Cohen
American Businessman
Part of the responsibility of the technology industry is to anticipate the challenges of the vast majority of its future users and proactively start thinking about them now and proactively build products that address those challenges.
Quote examples
Olivia Newton-John
Musician
Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and proactive.
Quote examples
Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
Most people assume that once security software is installed, they're protected. This isn't the case. It's critical that companies be proactive in thinking about security on a long-term basis.
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John Bel Edwards
American Politician
We never know when or where harm may strike but, we can take proactive steps to protect ourselves.
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Stephen Covey
American Educator
Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.
Quote examples
Giuliana Rancic
American Journalist
I want to encourage everyone to be proactive with their health and get checked out.
Quote examples
Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
When eyes were first developed in animals, suddenly animal life becomes proactive.
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