Proactive

/proʊˈæktɪv/ adjective

Definition

taking initiative and acting in advance to deal with expected difficulties

Etymology

coined by psychologist Viktor Frankl in 1946, combining 'pro-' (forward) and 'active'

Kelly Says

Being proactive means you're the director of your own life movie, not just an actor responding to whatever script life hands you!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ንቁ
ARالعربية
استباقي
BNবাংলা
সক্রিয়
CACatalà
proactiu
CSČeština
proaktivní
DADansk
proaktiv
DEDeutsch
proaktiv
ELΕλληνικά
προσεργατικός
ESEspañol
proactivo
FAفارسی
پیشگیرانه
FISuomi
proaktiivinen
FRFrançais
proactif
GUGU
સક્રિય
HAHA
ainihi
HEעברית
יזום
HIहिन्दी
सक्रिय
HUMagyar
proaktív
IDBahasa Indonesia
proaktif
IGIG
mma
ITItaliano
proattivo
JA日本語
プロアクティブ
KKKK
ынамдық
KMKM
សកម្ម
KO한국어
선제적인
MRMR
सक्रिय
MSBahasa Melayu
proaktif
MYမြန်မာ
တစ်ဖန်ဒွီလုံးဝ
NLNederlands
proactief
NONorsk
proaktiv
PAPA
ਸਰਗਰਮ
PLPolski
proaktywny
PTPortuguês
proativo
RORomână
proactiv
RUРусский
проактивный
SVSvenska
proaktiv
SWKiswahili
mambao
TAதமிழ்
சுயநினைவான
TEతెలుగు
ఉద్యమశీల
THไทย
เชิงรุก
TLTL
proaktibo
TRTürkçe
proaktif
UKУкраїнська
проактивний
URاردو
مہم
VITiếng Việt
chủ động
YOYO
gbiyanju
ZH中文
主动的
ZUZU
okungenzakalakalakalakala

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