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6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Can you do it all?

Probably? Maybe? Doubtful. So do you delegate? Accept less? Quit Quietly? Perhaps you want to do it all, maybe you need to do it all, but the truth is that you can’t do it all.  That realization can come too soon, or very late, where feelings of regret and failure seep in. What’s important is the moment you have this question pop into your head, you realize you can’t do it all, and you shift and adjust from there. That is the only way you’ll move forward; otherwise, you’ll be putting out fires every day and never growing.  Those who

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Paying for the Right Answer

AI has cracked the “Getting the Answer” Code. Upgrade to Max Subscription. Get the Plus Package. Purchase the next Tier. Sign up for our best response. Yes, imagine that, to get the best answers from AI, you have to pay for it! Just last night, I was working through a coding problem with ChatGPT and was downgraded to their lower model, where the answers got worse, redundant, and started going in a circular fashion.  Even when I said stop, it got going (like someone who doesn’t want to give up). But if I upgrade, I get the better answer package.

6 months ago

Greg Thomas

Good Weather

In Good Weather, anything is possible. The sun is shining, everything is dry, possibilities are endless. But in Bad Weather, it rains, it snows, things get wet, leak, the temperature is cold, everything is imperfect, and harder to do. You might have loved to run and bike in the summer, but now, in the fall, in the winter, what are you going to do? Trudge through snowdrifts, wear heavy boots?  And run? You need to plan what you do, between Good and Bad Weather.  If you have tasks that need to be completed in Good Weather, get them done before

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

You’re Not Winning

But you’re not losing either. You just haven’t won that “thing” you’re after. That’s it, you’re not there yet, but you’re on the right path. When you connect, I don’t know, heck, I don’t even know when I’ll connect. But you’re not losing, you just haven’t won yet. Or so the speech goes.