Definitions
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- verb To take action in advance of an expected event
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also why are you having a go at the proact scheme.
Pathetic Dylan Jones-Evans 2009
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Easily done if we just proact to everything that happens.
Simon Sinek: We Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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Sitting in the taxi - I make a strategic decision - I am going to proact to the situation.
Simon Sinek: Business Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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Telling someone to be proactive is passive, not as powerful, as telling them to proact (think of the opposite - telling someone to be reactive instead of telling someone to react is a very different instruction - the latter demands action ... but in the wrong direction).
Simon Sinek: Business Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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I'm using the verb "to proact" on a regular basis now, especially at work and in a strategic context.
Simon Sinek: Business Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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In business, developing strategies to proact to situations instead of react to them forces us to think ahead.
Simon Sinek: We Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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Telling someone to be proactive is passive, not as powerful, as telling them to proact (think of the opposite - telling someone to be reactive instead of telling someone to react is a very different instruction - the latter demands action ... but in the wrong direction).
Simon Sinek: We Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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When we proact, we accept the situation as fact and start looking for solutions or alternatives.
Simon Sinek: We Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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I'm using the verb "to proact" on a regular basis now, especially at work and in a strategic context.
Simon Sinek: We Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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Sitting in the taxi - I make a strategic decision - I am going to proact to the situation.
Simon Sinek: We Would Benefit From A New Word: To Proact 2008
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