Q.'Doing things before being asked or forced to by circumstances' describes which entrepreneurial competency?

One achievement-cluster competency is about acting first, on one's own, rather than waiting to be told.

Match the description to the competency about self-starting action.

Initiative means doing things before being asked or forced to by circumstances — acting on one's own to start or expand a business. It belongs to the achievement cluster of entrepreneurial competencies.

Option-by-option analysis:

• (a) Incorrect — persistence is taking repeated action to overcome obstacles, not self-starting before being asked.
• (b) Correct — this is the exact meaning of initiative.
• (c) Incorrect — self-confidence (a power-cluster competency) is belief in one's own ability, not the act of starting first.
• (d) Incorrect — goal setting (a planning-cluster competency) is fixing clear, realistic goals, not acting before being asked.