The Power of Taking Initiative and Being More Proactive 13 How to Take the InitiativeAs you look around, you will see that there 19s a huge difference between people who take the initiative and those who don't. Life is actually quite fair in the sense that everyone has the very same opportunity to pursue their own purpose and destiny. But if we don't seize the opportunities before us, the influential people in our environment will use us to accomplish their own purposes. Regardless of our personality, each of us can construct a proactive culture in our lives through creativity and resourcefulness. There is no reason to keep being a victim of our environment. We can instead choose to take the initiative and accomplish our life 19s purpose. Our first step is evaluating our present level of proactivity. One way to assess our current level of proactivity is to take note of where we are focusing our resources. We all have lots of concerns in our lives.














