even if you're on the right track you'll get run over if you just sit there (will rogers)

initiative (noun) self-motivation, resourcefulness, inventiveness, imagination, ingenuity, originality, creativity, enterprise, drive, dynamism, ambition, motivation, spirit, energy, vision, get-up-and-go, pep, moxie, spunk gumption. 

the power or opportunity to act or take charge before others do