The Brink of Chaos

Month: February 2014

  • Asking Permission vs. Getting It Done

    But won’t your manager be mad that you’re doing something that isn’t your job? – A good friend after I told him about a project I was working on that would help the organization but was never explicitly requested. What job description did you get hired into? – Two different people when I told them…

  • Laughing At Failure

    While visiting a friend who has a great espresso machine, I went to go grind some coffee in preparation of pulling an awesome shot of espresso.  When the coffee grinder was under the cabinets, it looked like it had an open top so I took a handful of coffee and dropped it into the hopper…