What Is Personal Initiative?

Fredrick Miller

Fredrick Miller

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What Is Personal Initiative?
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What is personal initiative, and what habits can be developed by applying them to our life?

Andrew Carnegie once said, there are two types of people that never amount to anything. There are those who never do anything except what they are told to do. And there are those who cannot even do what they are told to do.

"The people who get ahead do the things that should be done without being told. Yet they don't stop there. They go the extra mile and do much more than is expected of them."

Personal initiative is absolutely necessary if you are going to realize your potential and achieve your goals. It has the potential to bring you advancement, attention, and opportunity.

What are some attributes of Personal Initiative?

  • The ability to know and operate within your purpose.
  • Self-motivation to take action toward the pursuit of your purpose.
  • Having the initiative of self-reliance, self-discipline, and persistence to finish what you started, no matter what obstacles you face.
  • The habit of prompt, decisive, and definitely making decisions and sticking to them.
  • The habit of going the extra mile on your job, career or profession. Doing what needs to be done without being told.
  • The ability to recieve constructive criticism without retaliation.

Gaining Favorable Attention: There are people that will pay you for your unique skills. They have things to offer you. You are probably not the only person providing what they need. So what will distinquish you from the crowd?

The ability to take the initiative to do more than you will be paid to do. You must become indispensable by going the extra mile. It makes you stand out from others who are as well prepared.

You will never command more than average compensation until you become indiapensable in your job, career, profession or employer.

People who have pulled themselves out of the crowd and have included the priceless ingredients of going the extra mile in their service, virtually write their own paychecks.

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