3v: What is Initiative?

To take the initiative is to step up and be responsible and handle something before someone has to refer you in the proper direction in getting said thing done. To take the initiative one needs to be someone who shows characteristics of being that of a leader, that of which is able to stand out and constantly do whatever it takes to make the right moves towards perfection without having to be constantly reminded. Though this isn’t the exact Webster definition of initiative, but coming from someone who plays sports and is faced with having to “take the initiative” every day, this is what I feel initiative truly means.