The difference between being proactive and reactive on the battlefield gets discussed in the military a lot. People have their catchphrases that they like to use in an attempt to try and instill the proactive mindset in the troops, and you hear them pretty regularly during many training exercises. “YOU have to take the fight to enemy!” “YOU dictate when and where you fight, NOT the enemy!” “We have to get into the enemy’s OODA loop and keep him reacting to US!”