It is also an attitude advocated by Stephen R. Covey, the author of the self-help bestseller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey advises us to be “proactive”: “You need to develop the awareness ‘I am a separate person to all that’s happened to me — my moods, my impulses, even my genetic make-up. I have the capacity to take responsibility. I am responseable.’ We have the power to choose our response even in situations we have little control over. Between the stimulus and the response lies a space, and in that space lies our freedom and power.”
