Pro-Activity
Reactive speech
- There‘s nothing we can do.
- They won‘t allow it.
- That‘s just the way I am.
- He drives me crazy!
- I must...
- I can‘t...
- If only... (living one's life in the subjunctive tense)
Pro-active speec
- Which alternatives have we got?
- I can present our concern convincingly.
- I can do it differently.
- I decide how I react.
- I choose.
- I can.