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When you possess that sudden urge to get ahead doing something, led only by your inner voice without external guidance or proposal, this defines what we call initiative, which can sometimes happen through small gestures.
In real life, we can always tell who lacks initiative culture by watching people who just follow what is being made and started by others without a single effort of their own to take initiative. It is praiseworthy to appreciate the beginners and the makers of change in life; they are actual creative opportunity leaders. Sorry to say that lazy, egoistical, self-centered or maybe uncaring people cannot be the initiative holders.
I refused to be bullied into writing these facts about the initiative culture because it came based on longtime observations. However, I have to speak it loudly to emphasize that most people lack this touchy-feely, expressive culture at the group and individual level, sadly.
Acknowledgment: Acknowledging the good qualities, skills and accomplishments of others requires a lion-hearted personality, I believe, and a few people can take this approach to identify the greatness in humankind. The confident people always celebrate beauty and are not afraid to accentuate goodness.

Learn how to identify the initiative culture and use it now and then in everyday life to make the world a better place.

Noor A. Al-Naboud

Thank you: To thank someone can be a kind of initiative, too. Before grabbing your coffee and walking into your work, thank the person who made it with a cheerful smile and wish them a good day. Please say thank you to everyone who deserves it, no matter who they are.
Encouragement: Everyone craves motivation, and to be motivated to achieve desired goals and inspire people, you have to understand their motives, too. It takes emotional intelligence in the first place, and personality studies and resources, of course, to tell a person’s mindset by the type of things that impress them.
Communication: We all need folks who take the initiative to ask, to call, to message and to look after, who care about tone and eye contact language. I guess many of you while reading this have remembered something painful concerning poor communication culture.
Small details matter: We all love to be treated nicely unconditionally, but asking it is a little hard to the self; it would be meaningful if it comes as a kind of gesture that carries a meaning of remembering, appreciation and welcoming.
Giving credit: It is not too much at all to give credit to people who make something; being fair is a human initiative.
Learn how to identify the initiative culture and use it now and then in everyday life to make the world a better place. Honestly, I love all the initiatives being driven by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which encourage us to be more serious and keen about positive impacts and doing something new.
Seth Godin, a US author and former dot-com company executive, said: “Excellence isn’t about working extra to do what you’re told. It’s about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.”

• Noor A. Al-Naboud is a writer, marketing, external communication and insurance expert. Twitter: @moionlynoor Email: [email protected]