Initiative Taking Quotes

a vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.

Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.

I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Nobody said, 'You have to step up and be a leader for the family.' I took it upon myself. I wanted to set the bar high for my brothers.

If the enemy opens the door, you must race in.

When I'm on the field, if something doesn't go exactly as it's planned, I'm going to say something before a coach is going to say something. I'm going to get to it quicker and try to get it corrected.

If you want things done, you need to be able to find solutions.

Dynasty was the opportunity to take charge of my career rather than waiting around like a library book waiting to be loaned out.

If you want what's in the package you should at least know how to get the string off, is what I say.

Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority. Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That's true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.

If we aren't actively pursuing what we want, we don't really want it.

Nobody can dare me to do anything that I don't come up with on my own.

Sometimes I feel like I'm not only the engine but the caboose. I have to be in the front car and pull forward, and at the same time run around behind and push everybody along with me.

I don't really think about it. I just try to find my opportunity and then attack.

Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.

I think the worst professional advice I received was this kind of unspoken message of "sit back and wait your turn," or "sit back and wait and let other people do things."

You have to have an idea of what you need to do, what needs to be fixed, what can be improved, what we should now imagine together which we didn't previously imagine. And having thought of it, decide to go it. And that's the government's role.

Instead of just being the person that's like: 'Gosh, that's cool that people are doing stuff and good luck. Do you need me to write a check? I can do that,' I've always just been very hands-on.

I believe that if doors don't open, make new doors. So I also have started producing quite a bit of things as well.

Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.

I had just turned 20, and Jackie told me the only way to be successful at anything was to go out and do it. He said baseball was a game you played every day, not once a week.

I pretty much only write by default, because I want to make certain projects so instead of trying to wait and find them, I create them, but I'm not really a writer.

Start writing sooner. Don't wait for permission. Don't hesitate.

I had started by imitating a parrot, which is unusual, in that a parrot is supposed to imitate you. By taking the initiative you allow the parrot no alternative but to be itself, which proves again that attack is often the best defence.