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10 months ago

Greg Thomas

Do I Make you Want to Show Up Differently?

If you have someone on your team, that makes you want to show up better, earlier, and smarter than the day before. Then that person is your leader. It doesn’t matter what’s on the org chart; they are your leaders, and they are the ones who will make you better than you are today. Volunteer to work with them. Ask them questions. Get them to review your work. Listen to their feedback and apply it. This is the person you want to work with and learn from. This is the person that will help you grow and leapfrog others.

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Climb

The Climb is arduous, slippery, rocky, fraught with danger. The Climb doesn’t care whether you make it or not, it’s there for you to do what you will with it. The Climb doesn’t care about what threats come your way – whether the weather gets worse or better, whether they’re predators waiting to strike at your weakest moment. The Climb doesn’t care how prepared you are – whether you have a jacket, an extra pair of socks, or a sleeping bag. The Climb is there for you to take on if you so choose. If you want to run or

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

Follow-Ups Will Always Win

You can apply for any job. Post any comment. Send any email. Tag them. But what will always win is the follow-up. “Did you get my application?” “Did you want to discuss further?” “Got time for a coffee?” “Can I send you my portfolio?” The follow-ups won’t get you to the top; they might not get you anywhere, but they will get you further up in the list. It’s possible you might annoy people and not get what you want. But, no one can ever say you didn’t go beyond the “Apply” button.

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

Layers of Work

There is the work you love to do. The work that you have to do. And the work that you need to do. There are all different layers of work that you have to get done in a day, week, or month. The work you love to do might be to dig that hole in the backyard.  No one is asking for it, but who doesn’t love to dig a hole? The work you have to do is what you are being asked to do for your job; this is what pays the bills and puts food on the table.

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

Mechanical AI

I recently had my jet pump “stop” working.  I didn’t know where to look as I had never had this happen, and had to go find the fix on the Internet.  To give you an idea of what I was contending with, see the picture below. From there, I still had no idea how to configure this thing to start working so then I had to go check out this video (which was immensely helpful in explaining the product).   Important to note in the above picture are those two springs and the nuts on top of them.  To configure the