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12 months ago

Greg Thomas

Dips and Dives

When we dive into something, we jump with focus, poise and to some degree – reckless abandon. The goal is to jump in and get started, it’s not to hold back, we are committed to moving forward and accomplishing something. When we take a dip, we put our foot in first, we test the water, we wait for the feedback and response from all of those around us before we commit to moving forward. Dips give us some reassurance that we are on the right path and give us an opportunity to back out. Dives commit us to the task

12 months ago

Greg Thomas

Created By a Factory

Always, always, always give credit to the people that created the thing that you are working on, that you adapted, that you are extending, that you are doing something else with. I’ve watched many a Marvel movie and often wondered why they do not start with the people that created that “thing” that spurned something so incredible. What are we afraid of if that should happen? What would be so wrong if they became more than a byline credit? https://www.cbr.com/deadpool-rob-liefeld-marvel-fallout/ Without the creators, we have nothing to start from, take in or enjoy – this goes beyond comics, but everywhere

12 months ago

Greg Thomas

You Can’t Compete with Memories

No matter how hard you try, you can never, ever recreate a memory. It exists at a point in time, not only reflected by the location but your age, your mood, how you were feeling that day, who you were surrounded with. You can’t recreate those moments. You can’t put all those elements into a bottle and hope that lightning will strike twice. You can create new ones, from new variables, new ideas or new components. But the best thing about memories is that they will always be unique to that exact moment in time.

12 months ago

Greg Thomas

The longevity of Cords

I think I replace more cords over the course of a year then anything else. I can buy them anywhere but sometimes they aren’t “the good ones”, and they don’t last as long. The fall apart easily and stop charging after a few months. Why? No one knows, it’s like the lost sock in your dryer, they just go away, never to be heard from again. And then you forget the right the adapter, or maybe it doesn’t line up and of course everyone has a different device so now we are trying to figure out who has what and

12 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Long Drive

Long drives (trips not golf)  are about one thing only – can you go the distance? Can you maintain your focus over 5 hours? Can you keep your cool when things go wrong after 10 hours? Can you keep the team on point after 17 hours? Can you take a break when the finish line is close, but not everyone is at their best? Can you, yourself, keep pushing forward, eyes wide open, not kept alive by caffeine and candy? That’s what you get from doing a Long Drive – you figure out what you can do.