Success is always tied to action.
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton
What initiative means for leaders
An entrepreneur is someone who undertakes things – otherwise they would just be a bystander. The same is true for leaders in every field.
Initiative begins with goals. Being indecisive and staying effective at the same time simply don’t go together.
What initiative looks like in practice
The skater who landed the first 900
When skateboarding lost popularity in the 1980s, Tony Hawk kept going. In 1999 he became the first to land the “900,” founded Birdhouse Skateboards and brought the sport into pop culture with a video game series.
She learned to code before the machine arrived
Dorothy Vaughan realizes that IBM computers will replace manual calculations at NASA. Instead of waiting, she teaches herself programming and trains her team – while Mary Jackson goes to court to study engineering.
The idea that set knowledge in motion
Around 1440, Johann Gutenberg developed printing with movable metal type to produce books faster and in greater numbers. Despite money troubles, legal disputes and losing his print shop to investors, he kept going.
What the animation shows
One moves first. The movement ripples like a wave through the entire row.
