Articles for category: Delivery

December 15, 2023

Greg Thomas

Elapsed vs Actual

No matter what you are working on, when you will complete it comes down to two definitions of duration. How long it will take to complete the work? How long will it take to deliver the work? The work itself might not take very long, but if you have to have x number of meetings, wait for testing, work through problems that are out of your control (but you know you’ll have to work with), bang your head against the wall over and over again – the time it takes to complete becomes that much longer. Actual – how long

December 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

Do the Hard Things First

Because when they are done, everything else becomes that much simpler. And if you aren’t sure what the Hard Things are, then do the work to identify what they are and start there because chances are you aren’t doing the hard thing.

December 10, 2023

Greg Thomas

Forgetful Stress

When we get stressed, we forget what it was that made us a success. We go back to what is easy, and what doesn’t require effort. We go back to the things that might have worked a long time ago but don’t work now. The only way to break through is to not rely on what you did before but to set a new default of what you are trying to get better at, what you are trying to improve on. It won’t work the first or second time, but it will work, but only if you try.

December 9, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Timing can be Wrong

Oh yeah, completely wrong, you could have everything going wrong around you and still make something happen. But don’t confuse that with skill in execution, it’s all your practice, repetition, and focus that made something good happen at that moment where it was wrong and you pushed the needle in your favour.

November 30, 2023

Greg Thomas

Hurry Up

We are one day away from getting everything you set out to do 11 months ago. If you haven’t gotten it all done, hurry up, stop wasting your time, get back in there, and get it done. No excuses, you should have had it all done by now, I have no idea what you were thinking or why you were thinking it. Get it together, get in there, and make it happen. (That’s where all the shock content is going now). Or you can realize what you did do, the paths you did take, the steps you might have missed