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To break the rules.And why did she decide to break the rules?So she could be excellent. So she could be remarkable. So she could be irreplaceable.So she could be special and amazing.Well, the first thing she needed to do was get a new job. Instead of following thenormal rules of just mailing in resumes, she tried new, different, creative things.She sent videos of herself talking about herself and what a great worker she was.She called managers directly on the phone and told them what a great worker shewas and how they should hire her. She took initiative.Now “to take initiative” means to take strong action. It means you don’t wait. You’re notpassive. Now in another lesson you’ll learn “proactive.” Well, to take initiative is thesame basic meaning. It means you start the action. You don’t wait for someone else totell you what to do. You decide what needs to be done and you just do it yourself. Youdon’t wait. You don’t ask permission. You just do it.Well, she took initiative. She took initiative and aggressively hunted for jobs andshe didn’t do what all the other job seekers were doing. She didn’t just mail inresumes and applications. She was much more aggressive about callingmanages directly.She skipped the Human Resources Department. (The Human ResourcesDepartment in a big company is the department that hires people.) She didn’tcontact them. She contacted the managers directly where she wanted to work inthe departments she wanted to work.She took initiative. She did creative things. She sent videos of herself. She sentaudios of herself. She did all kinds of interesting, amazing things.So she took what?She took initiative.And who took initiative?Carol took initiative.She took initiative for what reason?To get a new job; to get a new great job.www.EffortlessEnglishClub.com