Let’s begin with a question; what have you done lately to demonstrate initiative and a willingness to go the extra mile in your own life?

This question asks you to demonstrate that you can recognize what tasks need to be completed, when those tasks need to be completed, and how those tasks are going to be completed.

Your answer and behavior demonstrate you ability to think outside the square and display a passion for work.

Initiative can be defined as your ability to activate yourself to do something even if no one has asked you to do it.

Take Initiative

Your life doesn’t just “happen.” Whether you know it, like it, or simply choose to dismiss this reality, your life is carefully designed by you.

The choices, after all, are yours. You choose happiness. you choose sadness. you choose decisiveness. You choose ambivalence. You choose success. You choose failure. You choose courage. You choose fear.

You also choose to take initiative and take control of your future, or you choose to suck your thumb and wait for someone to tell you what to do.

Just remember that every moment, every situation, provides a new choice. At any moment of your life, you can choose to take initiative or to offer up an excuse to procrastinate.

And in doing so, it gives you a perfect opportunity to do things differently to produce more positive results.

Take the 100 Day Challenge and you’ll learn the true secret to taking initiative and proactive behavior!