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Does the person take the initiative or wait for others?
People in the Proactive category act with little or no consideration; they are motivated by doing.
Language: do it, jump in, get it done, now.
People in the Reactive category are motivated to wait, analyze, consider and react.
Language: understand, think about, analyze, consider, wait, might, could, would.
In the work context, most people have a balanced Proactive and Reactive pattern.
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