Quotes About Initiative

Tell me what to do, not how to do it.' Decentralize command and allow subordinates to operate freely within the framework of the commander's intent. Train them as a team. Develop trust, loyalty, initiative.

A new world will be won not by those who stand at a distance with their arms folded...

Make a plan. Get moving. Get to work. Do something. Make a decision. If you don't, circumstances will decide for you. The enemy loves to tell you what to do.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

We cannot hope for change, without action.

Successful, self-starting individuals seek responsibility. They take calculated risks; they don't make excuses to cover up their inactivity.

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.

Everyone who's ever taken a shower has an idea. It's the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

Do the thing that's less passive. Do the active thing. There's more of the human in that.

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Have the courage to act instead of react.

People can be divided into two classes those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, 'Why wasn't it done the other way'

when everybody owns the challenge of generating results, very few stones get left unturned, and value is created at all levels.

Don't let your company default to the kind of numbers that your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is likely to grind out. Instead, look for data that will help you understand whether a specific initiative is succeeding according to the most relevant metrics.

GLOBE initiative,

More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.

Many lose through never starting. A job well begun is half done.

You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.

You will never know what could have been done until you start doing what needs to be done.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

It's absurd to be upset by a lack of results when the cause is a lack of activity.

The greatest leaders are reluctant ones who lead because they realize that no one else seems willing to step up.