Initiative & Reciprocation

If you are in business, you need to be very proactive. You always need to be on your toes and always taking the initiative. Initiative is the single most important thing that decides how far in your life do you go. Whether you are in job or in business, you need to take initiative. Status Quo does not help. You will remain where you are if you do not take initiative unless the whole place is moving and you move as a result. But to go further, you need to make the move. 

 I will go further explaining the point. Suppose you are attending a marriage. You take a chair and sit quite. No body will come to you or only a few of them will come. But if you are actively meeting people interacting with them, people will also reciprocate with you. You may even find some old connection or some new business in these rare meetings. Ditto with conferences that you may attend. 

If you take initiative to meet people, people will reciprocate with you. But if you are sitting in one corner just watching them, you will remain at your place, while others will get along. You may lose some potential client or business. 

So, next time you attend some gathering, go and take initiative.