Articles for category: Growth

April 24, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Final Test

The Last Test is the one that will determine your future. It’s not the last test, because now you have to take another one. And that won’t be the last one either. There is never a last test, only the next test. And after the Next Test, you want to push for there to be another one, because that’s how you keep moving forward.

April 21, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Truth in Errors

Errors happen. Errors about Errors happen. Errors about Errors about Errors happen. An error can send you down a different path. An error can also be a false positive. The point is, sometimes the error is wrong and you need to keep looking.

April 17, 2025

Greg Thomas

Have Fun With It

There will always be good days and bad ones. But if you’re not having fun with it, with most of it, then why are you doing it?  

April 8, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Impact You Have

The thing about impact is you don’t know how much you have, how far it extends, and where it goes until you hear it from someone else. And even then, you might laugh it off because you don’t see yourself in that light. The person who is told about the great impact they have on others always responds first with “What really?  Why?” But the impact is there, even if you don’t see it, and you might not, you might not see it until immediately, it might be months and years later that you will hear about it – the

March 31, 2025

Greg Thomas

The Teacher’s Pivot

I have a ton of respect for everything that teachers do. They spend time outside of their day putting together intricate learning plans that are geared towards helping kids grow and learn all within the constraints they are provided. Who wouldn’t want to go on a random field trip when the opportunity presented itself because the weather was snowing outside? But they can’t. And then when the lesson plans don’t click, they need to pivot, and pivot quickly to ensure the day is not a complete loss and the kids leave having learned something. The Pivot is what changes the