RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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The willingness and ability to begin useful action without waiting to be directed.

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initiative

She showed initiative by drafting an agenda before the group met.
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While classmates waited for instructions about a fictional campus puzzle archive, Farah showed initiative by listing the unsorted boxes and proposing a first inspection.
From Organizing a Shared Investigation.
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