Articles for category: Initiative

February 11, 2025

Greg Thomas

You will Never Be Better Than You Are Today

Does that sound bad? It’s not meant to. At its simplest – each day we move forward, we get older, we might regret what we had at a previous job, previous team, previous image of ourselves – and wish we could go back to it. That is how you feel today, right now. Fast forward five years from now and life will have changed once more, and invariably you are going to wish that you could go back to where you are today, to this moment, to this feeling you have, and tell yourself – “You’ve got it great.” Don’t

February 6, 2025

Greg Thomas

Prove it

Show me your work? How did you get to the answer? How did you figure it out? What did you to to get here? That’s one way to look at it when someone says “Prove it”, the other way is as a dare when you say you can do something and someone says “Prove it” – “Show Me”. The problem with “Proving it” is that everyone expects the proof to be done now, immediately, this instant, when in many cases it doesn’t go that fast or that quickly. Our response to “Prove it” should always be the same – “Gimme

February 3, 2025

Greg Thomas

Measure Your Mark

You’re one month in, it’s time to Measure your Mark. What have you accomplished? How far have you come? What has faltered? What is working? What isn’t? Is it time to put some deliverables aside in favour of others? Have your priorities changed? Every month, you should be asking yourself these questions on the month before so you are not just moving forward, but moving forward in the right direction, the direction you want to be moving in. This isn’t a Performance Review, think of it as a long jump, you’ve set your mark, now it’s time to spend the

February 2, 2025

Greg Thomas

You’re Still Here

Still showing up. Still getting the job done. Still working towards your goals. Still here. Not giving up. Not stopping when the road gets rough. Keep moving.

February 1, 2025

Greg Thomas

Your Roadway

Planes need a roadway to take off and land. There are enough movies out there for everyone to know this, there is no mystery, it is simply what is. To gain speed, accelerate and maintain traction, you need a roadway to do it. What everyone has for a roadway is different from one another.  Some might not need a longer stretch, others might. In the end, it’s yours to determine, discover and implement. The last word being the most important, is what you implement. Find your roadway and run it.

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