Articles for category: Growth

December 18, 2024

Greg Thomas

Running too Fast

I was asking someone the other day how I could improve at playing soccer. Their response is – “You run too fast in the first, but are more successful when you slow down in the second.” Truth, I do better in the second, I calm down more, I relax more, I’m warmed up, I have a feel for the game, who we’re playing, who I’m playing with – everything at that point in time is known. But at the beginning, I don’t, so I go too hard. We see this all the time, projects start off with great success, everyone

December 14, 2024

Greg Thomas

Buying Tools

Tools are great for making tasks you know and understand go faster. I.e., I know how to use a screwdriver, a drill is much faster, and the purpose of the drill is to make holes and screw in screws faster. I know the problem, I have the solution. However, if you are buying a tool that you “think” will solve a problem, but doesn’t really and adds a lot of overhead to what you are doing – it’s not going to help you. In our simplistic example above, I could buy a hammer drill (not great for screwing things in,

December 11, 2024

Greg Thomas

Missing Puzzle Pieces

I recently spent a good amount of time working on a puzzle. It was a good puzzle, it would have looked great. It did look great. Save for the +14 missing pieces. This bugged me, all that effort and still not a complete puzzle.  I looked everywhere for them and then stared down at my masterpiece. All I could think was – “I finished it” – but it left me feeling empty because it wasn’t perfect. For context, here is the puzzle, isn’t it wonderful? I could wax poetic about how nothing comes out perfect and you simply need to

December 10, 2024

Greg Thomas

Day Long Meetings

They can be draining. Or they can be invigorating. It all depends on the energy you bring to the session. How you start, sets the tone for the day, for what you want to do and accomplish and get done. Contributing is key, the team doesn’t need a silent watcher doing other work. If you are remote, get ready to be on your camera, get ready to be engaged. Stepping out for a few minutes for that oh-so-glorious cup of tea is encouraged, but otherwise, stay on board. You can’t win every battle, choose the ones that matter most. And

December 8, 2024

Greg Thomas

Your Daily Delivery

We should ask ourselves “How was our day?” Our days are always different and that question alone has such a complex answer to it. Instead, we should ask ourselves. What did we accomplish? What did we deliver? The first question, our brains will go immediately to meetings and emails and we’ll think “Ugh what did I do today?”. But when you start with what you accomplished, what you delivered, all of a sudden all those small things that looked bad or not important – all those little meetings and emails – they add up to something great that gone done

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