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8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Welcome to 3,000

I started writing this blog in 2014, now, almost 12 years later, through ups and downs, on days I wrote, and days I couldn’t, through the good grammar and the bad, through the good comments and the bad, I’ve reached a number I never would have thought possible. 3,000 No AI (You’ve seen the grammar, right?) No Idea Generators (I mean, who would come up with some of these ideas?) Barely a blip on the SEO radar. There were posts that prompted larger blogs and podcasts, and those that were left in the dust (perhaps where they should be). There

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Taking the Lead

There is a shift that happens internally when you take the lead. You’re no longer sitting on the sidelines complaining. You’re no longer putting your hand up in meetings to have your say. You’re no longer asking for permission. You’re taking the reins, you’re mobilizing the team, you’re moving forward. You’re taking the Lead.

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Gotta Plan?

A plan can be on a napkin, on post-it notes, a bullet journal, a piece of cardboard, or a ripped piece of wood. Plans on computers are good, but they aren’t great. The plans are not on computers; those are the ones we touch and commit to – each task is an assignment we are giving ourselves, and each time we scratch it off is a measure of achievement. You can’t get there from task apps or project plans. Your plan doesn’t need to be elaborate or understood by anyone else, it just needs to be written down and understood

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Your End of Summer Essay

It’s almost the end of summer and what did you do? Did it go as you planned? Did you fit in all your workouts and extra learning? Did you rest? Did you find time to look at the sky? If you didn’t, there is still time, and maybe you don’t want to do it anymore, and that is fine too. It’s your summer, as long as you’re happy with how it turned out—who’s to say otherwise? But if you’re not happy where you’re at, don’t cram it into the last 2 weeks of summer, no sense ending it on a

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

The First Bit of Feedback on your Idea

It might not be the best feedback you’ve heard. It might take you down a peg. It might even make you tear up. But there are 8 billion other people on the planet who haven’t heard your idea and this idea, this thing, might be just what they are looking for and just what they need. Don’t throw it away, keep it, think about it, ponder it. But don’t accept it as the all encompassing feedback for what you are building.