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12 months ago

Greg Thomas

I Finally Won!

It took 10+ attempts, but I finally won. Would I have bought them anyway?  For sure, I’m not in it for the contest or the bonus. So if you’re in regardless, and a contest or bonus isn’t going to change your level of commitment – what would? Now flip the script to your team – if they are in it and an extra 1.5% bonus isn’t going to change anything, what would? That’s the question leaders need to ask themselves when thinking of keeping their team engaged.    

What Else Can You Do?

Only you know the answer to what else you can do to solve a problem, to fix what’s wrong, to figure out what to work on next. The question of “What Else can you do?” isn’t for someone else to ask, it’s for you to ask of yourself. We do things as a team, but the ones that ask this question of themselves all the time, are the ones that emerge as the leaders.

12 months ago

Greg Thomas

The End is in Sight

The end is in sight. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel. All that you have put into completing this project is there, it’s so close you can taste it. Now the question is whether you will be able to take it the last few steps, across the finish line. Sometimes when the end is in sight, we take our foot off the pedal, because we’re almost there, we’re going to get there anyway, what shape or form does it matter in the end? When the End in Sight, this shouldn’t be the signal for you

12 months ago

Greg Thomas

Revisiting Old Games

The latest isn’t always the greatest. The current graphics aren’t always the best ones. The nostalgia of what was once good can be the greatest. Someone else might not know the rules of what you played as a kid. Old games are new to someone else, or sometimes they are a reminder of how great they are. Don’t shun them because they are old, embrace them because they never go out of style.

12 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Comfort Work

Comfort food is the best – you look forward to it, and it can do no wrong. When you’re having a bad day, it makes you feel better. In short, it gives you comfort. Comfort work can be like that too – we all have the tasks we enjoy to do, the ones we volunteer for and look forward to.  No matter what happens, it always gives you comfort that you are the best person for the job. If you don’t have Comfort work, it might be the time to find some, because it’s the best thing to renewing your interest