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9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Task Management

There comes a point in managing your tasks that you have too many, and organizing them starts to fall by the wayside. You sit down and wonder where to start to get them done and what the best order. Round and round in circles you go, until you come back to the inevitable – Just Start. Task Management has become an industry on its own with a plethora of apps and methods. But at the end of the day, it’s a list you check off items against – how you view them visually is up to you. As long as

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Preparing for Meetings

If you’re being invite to a meeting, you are one of the select few that have the privilege of being asked to attend and provide your opinion on the matter at hand. You can show up, not read anything, not prepare, not ask any questions. Or you can read what was asked of you, prepare, and ask questions. Showing up is good, Showing up Prepared is bonkers.

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Does Anyone Know?

If no one knows the answer to your question, then you’ve become the expert in that area. Or that’s the joke. That’s not the answer you were looking for, but it’s the truth as to what is going to happen next. Your options: become the expert, relish in it, own it, make it your own, or put it aside and wait for someone else who wants to take on the role. When you’re an expert, everyone knows who to go to, and that person is you.

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Waiting for the Forecast

If you’re always watching the latest weather forecast, you’ll never do anything. It might rain, it could be a bit windy, the heat might be too much, or it could be freezing cold, filled with snow and hail. Or it could be fine for what you are doing, and you can work around it. The same goes for forecasted profits and income, yes, assuming today, everything stays the same, but if we change the date and time, we should still be doing well or badly. But those are Big Ifs since no one can see the future. Forecasts are ideas

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Bugs are Back

Between May and July is bug season. If you haven’t finished your outside work by then, it’s not getting started until August. Factors outside of your control now control your work. Bugs are everywhere and they drive what we do, even if they are completely unrelated to it.