self-initiative

Sometime in the next few decades, assuming civilization is still here yadda yadda, a company will manufacture and market a cleaning robot capable of “stopping messes before they start,” including learning and self-initiative.

Matthew Yglesias » The Rise of the Machines 2009

He was rebelling against “status quo-ism,” he informed Time, and was promoting a new humanist ethic that allowed for self-initiative and creativity.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

With eyes averted and personal self-initiative suffocated, the Roman government took on public works projects that encroached into every nook and cranny of private life, regardless of whether it was desired or successful.

Broke Glenn Beck 2010

He was rebelling against “status quo-ism,” he informed Time, and was promoting a new humanist ethic that allowed for self-initiative and creativity.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

He was rebelling against “status quo-ism,” he informed Time, and was promoting a new humanist ethic that allowed for self-initiative and creativity.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

He was rebelling against “status quo-ism,” he informed Time, and was promoting a new humanist ethic that allowed for self-initiative and creativity.

Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010

We've also seen a lot of other cases where there have been no operational ties to organized terrorist groups that people have tried to take their own self-initiative.

CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2009 2009

The chance to do things with stealth and careful self-initiative has largely passed.

What does bottom up mind have to do with you personally? 2009

As it turns out, it does have many implications in the workplace, as often Mexicans (and Asians, and ….) are seen as lacking "ambition," self-initiative, and so on, on the basis that they behave more humbly, and therefore are already marked as "limited leadership potential," or are often paid less because they do not know how to self-promote.

About Number One 2006

Considering there are countries that are telling the world to essentially 'go pound sand' not the US, interestingly enough when it comes to encouraging self-initiative for preservation.

From the NY Times Academic 2008