E11 The Success Habit of Initiative – How to Take Action & Lead
- S2E11
- 13:00
- January 11th 2025
You talk to yourself all day long—are you listening? What if mastering your inner dialogue could be the secret to becoming the kind of leader your business needs?
This episode dives deep into the “Initiative Habit,” helping you transform self-talk into self-leadership and creative daily action.
As a business owner or aspiring leader, understanding and practicing initiative isn’t optional—it’s essential. The moment your business grows, the first person you’ll need to lead is yourself.
Initiative is the bridge between dreaming and doing. It helps you overcome procrastination, take meaningful steps daily, and begin to influence those around you.
What You Need to Know
The foundation of leadership starts with self-confidence and the ability to take initiative. According to Napoleon Hill’s “Law of Success,” auto suggestion—tools like affirmations, meditation, and visualization—can help you build self-confidence and eliminate procrastination.
You’ll discover in this episode that awareness of your thoughts creates the space to change them, powering the habit of initiative. Plus, Donna and Londina share a specific formula for transforming your chief aim into daily action.
What You Need to Do
- Build Awareness: Practice auto suggestion. Take time each day to notice your self-talk and consciously guide it using affirmations or visualization.
- Create Mindful Moments: Step out of your mental chatter by focusing on something tangible—like your hands, a cup of coffee, or even coloring while listening to relaxing music. This breaks the cycle of endless thought.
- Post Your Chief Aim: Write down your mission and post it where you’ll see it each morning and night.
- Take Decisive Action: Commit to one meaningful action everyday, without waiting for instruction. Look for something new you can do to help others—without expecting a reward.
- Share the Habit: Tell someone daily about the value of taking initiative, reinforcing your commitment and inspiring others.
Your Next Step
Pick just one formula or habit from the episode and focus on it for several weeks. Give yourself permission to go slow and allow the habit to take root.
Start today: write down your definite chief aim and plan the one action you’ll take tomorrow to move closer to it.
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00:33 Meet Your Hosts: Londina Cruz and Donna Kunde
00:37 Success Habits for the New Year
01:08 Segment 3: Steps to Become a Person of Initiative and Leadership
03:41 The Power of Autosuggestion
05:38 Theta Waves and Mindfulness
08:38 Initiative and Leadership Formula
11:16 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Building Success Habits
“The more tranquil a person becomes, the greater is their success, their influence, their power for good.” James Allen
"Building Success Habits" is a podcast hosted by Donna Kunde (Business Coach) and Londina Cruz (Life Strategist). The show is all about sharing practical tips, strategies, and insights for building success habits in all areas of life.
This show was originally produced as hour-long radio content, later adapted into 4-episode Signature Season themes for podcast listeners.
The podcast explores a variety of success habits, including goal-setting, resilience, focus, and productivity. Each episode provides insights into how these habits can be developed and maintained, along with tips for staying motivated and on track.
In addition to success habits, the show covers personal development and mindset topics, such as overcoming limiting beliefs and cultivating a growth mindset. Donna and Londina share their own experiences and challenges in these areas, providing listeners with relatable examples and actionable advice.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, or simply someone who wants to achieve more success in your personal and professional life, "Building Success Habits" offers inspiration and tools to help you achieve your goals and live a more fulfilling life.
Join Donna and Londina on this journey of self-discovery and growth, and learn how to build the success habits that will transform your life.
"When we begin to see the world from the inside out, life will happen through us instead of to us."
Donna Kunde is one of IBGR's founders and started her career in radio at WNTW on it's Sales 2020 Show. In her role as EVP Supply Management she is responsible for day-to-day station operations and the quality of programming - both show topics and OnAir Talent.
She is an internationally recognized Business Coach and Trainer bringing 20+ years’ experience in military leadership. Donna has been a serial entrepreneur for the last 25 years owning a range of businesses experiencing the unique challenges solopreneurs face with small business growth.
In addition to her entrepreneurial background, Donna brings 35 years of academic and applied cognitive and behavioral science experience to the IBGR Network. Her specialty is helping organizations navigate through change, challenge and tragedy. The combination of her intensive study of the mind, plus practical applications in human potential, Donna provides a unique perspective on leadership, personal growth, sales, communication, and team building.
A high point of Donna's training career happened when she accompanied Dr. John C. Maxwell and his team on a country transformation mission. At the request of the Costa Rican government, the Maxwell team successfully trained 15,000 Round Table facilitators in three days, resulting in a 2% transformation of that nation and projected to reach another 60,000 Costa Ricans the following week. Her trademark energetic communication style and teaching skills have earned her a reputation as a highly effective speaker and respected facilitator.
Londina Cruz is an International Trainer, Executive Coach, and Keynote Speaker with the John Maxwell Team and a Strategic Coach with Anthony Robbins. Londina is a part of Global Transformation with the John Maxwell Foundation, training thousands of leaders in Paraguay and Costa Rica to help transform the values and culture of these nations.
She has spent more than 25 years studying, coaching and consulting in personal mastery and human performance techniques. These techniques include emotional and social intelligence trainings that elevate individuals, leaders and their organizations to excel well beyond current standards – offering a dynamic competitive advantage.
Londina has taken a situation that would devastate most individuals, being hit by a drunk driver, and has turned it into her life force. In this accident, Londina sustained a traumatic head injury, broken back and broken neck. The doctors gave her little hope of a normal life. She has now turned this challenge into an extraordinary life of empowering others to turn their fears into freedom and reach their potential.
Mastering her limiting beliefs and overcoming all that doctors had told her, Londina has thrived physically as well.
She has become a Triathlete (competing in a Half-Ironman and medaling in numerous other triathlons), a two-time marathon runner (Nike Women’s in San Francisco and the Marine Corps in Washington), and a cyclist.
She has released 100 lbs. by taking control of her thoughts instead of allowing thoughts to control her.
She knows what it takes to take you and your team from where you are to where you want to be.
As a Certified Coach, Teacher and Speaker, I can offer you workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods. Working together, I will move you and/or your team or organization in the desired direction to reach your goals.
Contact me. I am looking forward to assisting you on your journey to becoming a success in your life and/or business.