Articles for category: Initiative

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Hot Tub Experiment

I had to winterize a hot tub this weekend. I have never done this in my life. I watched YouTube, I asked ChatGPT, and I looked up the model I had. In the end, water was everywhere, the power was off, and it took longer than I thought. Such is learning, that’s exactly what it is – and now I know how to do it better for next season. Don’t turn that goodness completely over to AI; you’re doing yourself a disservice if you do that. Take your experiment, make it up, jump in, and work the problem. It’s the

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

What can’t AI do?

It’s the same problem as before. What other people can’t do, you do. If AI can’t build it, then you build it. If AI can’t figure out how to sell it, then you sell it. But don’t make the mistake of ignoring it. Incorporate it, work with it, understand it, learn from it, incorporate it. Microsoft was able to famously say, “The Internet was a fad”. Microsoft also had billions of dollars behind it to pivot to reverse that decision. You don’t build it now.

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Being Ready for Demand

You don’t get to pick when your work is wanted or your skills are in demand. If you (or we) could do that, there would never be unemployment, and for the most part, everyone would be an entrepreneur. You CAN see where currents are heading. You CAN see what is shaping an industry. You CAN extrapolate what is needed today and from that what will be needed tomorrow. The goal then becomes to get ready for what comes next today, so you’re ready for it tomorrow. Today is gone, but tomorrow is waiting.

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Routine Takes Time

An Instagram post or a bullet list of what someone does for their routine takes about 5 seconds to digest. It probably took 3 – 5 minutes to write it out and throw some uplifting/inspiring music up against it. But to build the routine, to fine-tune it, to make it perfect, to get it to the point where it was no longer a list to be followed but a thing that was ingrained in everything that you did? That took months, years, maybe even decades (I skipped days and weeks, because routines only become routines when they hit the 1-month

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Trick or Treat

The Trick – takes seconds to show, but hours, days, weeks, maybe even months to master. The Treat – is a quick ask – can I have something for nothing? The trick can get you a bigger treat than if you just asked because people will always recognize the work that went into it. Or sometimes you’ll get just the treat. You can ask for something and hope you get your worth, or show your value and get it.

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