The economist Steven Landsburg tried to come up with a word for this and decided to co-opt the word "gumption", redefining it as consisting of the following:

The economist Steven Landsburg tried to come up with a word for this and decided to co-opt the word "gumption", redefining it as consisting of the following: 1. Sensitivity to know what needs doing. 2. Inventiveness to figure out how to do it. 3. Single-minded perseverance to make it happen. I think for this audience, 1 and 2 are no-brainers and 3 is exactly what PG is talking about.