We spent our days reacting, responding and initiating. We tend to reserve the third one, initiating for quite times, good times, down times, bad times. We wait until our to do list is empty.
It’s possible to spend an entire day working, calling, watching TV, reading paper, surfing Internet, facebooking, responding what’s coming in and never initiate a think.
It’s possible to spend an entire day (actually it’s possible to spend an entire life) doing nothing but responding to something.
One big initiating is keeping yourself fit. Mentally and physically. You need to initiate to find time for your workout. You need to initiate to find a way to fit it into your schedule. You need to initiate to push yourself to do it even if you don’t feel like it. But the reward usually is: you feel good, you are fitter, you have more energy, so you initiate even more.