Initiative and Perseverance

Initiative:
I can show better initiative in my own life and leadership capabilities by starting things that I know will be hard but still sticking to them in the end. I'm lacking initiative in school and doing mt work because it's almost summer, and I just want to be done with school. I can help solve this problem by doing my homework right when I get home so that I don't keep procrastinating, I can make sure that I turn in all my homework by the time they're due, and have someone in every class help hold me accountable.
Perseverance:
I could take that person aside one day and ask what's going on in their personal life and ask how I could help in any way. I could also try to keep motivating them every day, even if it doesn't seem to be helping at first. I could keep telling them to persevere even when things are getting hard and keep trying to be positive while persevering. I can remind them that perseverance is "needed to release most of life's rewards."