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March SP, 1921. 

 MiELCTPI^G INITIATIVE 



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(C. M. Granger) 



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In analyzing tk qualities of 9 man initiative is 



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cften confused with energy. There is -in reality a radical. 



difference. 



Tr.-v. &quot;. 



Initiative s independent, constructive action; or, 



in common parlance, the qualify of starting something. 



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Energy power of action; capacity for performing 



work. 



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 1& la quite poaslble that a man may have capacity 



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., for etartiijg many new things, without the energy to carry 



them through. Or, otversely,&quot; a man rosy be devoid of Initiative 

 and yet execute energetically task* laid out for MM. 



fh*re - Seem to Ui& three principal ways of developing 



initiative? (l) by oreatlttg an unavoidable necessity; (2) by 



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oompetltloBf (3) by example. 



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tJjl-6 flt method - by force of nef6esity .-, is clearly 



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exemplified by Uie measures adopted by the English and the 



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United States to combat th German submarine menace. Face to 

 face with certala defeat they worked out effective defensive 



methods. Similarly, Germany s use of gas in warfare~ forced 



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the development of protec-tlve masku. Traffic congestion in 

 Rew York gave birth 1& th-e subwa:y. It is simply the old axiom 



that necessity is the mo tiler of invention. Necessity is 







probably responsible for %fce largest share of initiative in this 



world. 



