Written in my neurotic 'this post is meant for Gulliver' voice: Even now, as a W-2, I still find myself struggling with taking initiative. Not because I lack ideas, or any other reason, but simply because I worry that I might overstep my bounds and/or do a bunch of work that might not get approved or whatnot. And then, it's not that "this idea is my baby!" territorial pissing, it's simply the chance of lost man hours, as I could be applying for a job or reading a book or... I suppose I'm just expressing some worry on the part of those who would like to take initiative to *do* things, but may not have a clear idea what they are able to. At least the non-builder people. I know I struggled like a mofo with this as an E in Navis in the old days when not a whole heckuva lot got done. I suppose I lacked the brazenness of Sosarin as far as reinventing his branch at such a small rank. (Lestat, I don't know your case, hoss.) Maybe say something about that, Aryte?