Articles for category: Initiative

11 months ago

Greg Thomas

Over Alerts

How many alerts do you need when you sign up for a service? What is enough? What matters? Notifications and Alerts are great when done correctly, of value, and give you what you need. But when overused, they become emails sent to the trash. If you’re sending notifications, ask what their purpose and value are if you were to receive them in your inbox. If your first instinct is to delete, you’ve probably missed something if you, yourself, want to get rid of them as fast as possible.

Journey to the Unknown

For the most part, we have explored the entire planet and know “about” where everything is. But you haven’t. You haven’t explored every inch of the planet. Collectively we have had, but individually? 1%? 2%? 5%? It can still be unknown to you, it can still be an adventure and it can still be a journey for you to embark on.

Back to Where You Started

You can go back to where you started. You can start at the beginning. You can start where you were years ago trying to achieve the same goals. It’s not a step backward, because you’ve been through it before and know what to do move forward. It’s a reset. And it can start where you initially started from.

Follow the Followers

Follow the Followers and you will see where they get. You will most likely miss out on where you could have gone had you taken your path. But you will have gotten somewhere, maybe where you wanted to go? That’s an unknown. But leading yourself, you’ll always be where you want to be.

Your One Metric

What is the one metric that defines you? What is the one metric that people think of when they think of you? What is the one metric you want to be known for? That metric could be anything. It’s yours to identify, yours to figure out, yours to make it your own.