About initiative and responsibility

Seth Godin:

"Initiative isn't given, you take it". 

"The amazing thing is that unlike taking an apple or a chocolate bar, there's no loss to the rest of us. After you take it, we all benefit. There's one other thing you can take at work, easily and with approval: responsibility. In fact, they sort of have to go together. One without the other is a mess."

How true that last sentence rings. I like Seth, and we have the same haircut. Maybe my head can fill in for his head one day?