Month: September 2017

September 22, 2017

Greg Thomas

How to Find Your Passion

Do lots of little things. Try new things out. See what you like and what you don’t. Then dig deeper into what you like and narrow your focus, building on each experience. Don’t worry about the Craptivity or the going from good to great, revel in not knowing anything and the excitement of finding what you love. Don’t invest $5,000 in finding your passion, I’m sure you can do it for $100 with a healthy dose of blood, sweat, and tears. After all of it, you still might not have found your passion or where you started might have taken

September 21, 2017

Greg Thomas

Why I Leave Everything to the Last Minute

A new book, or maybe an article… perhaps even a blog on why I leave everything to the last minute. But I’ll probably leave it to the last minute so it might never see the light of day. After all these years of knowledge and experience, I still leave some tasks to the last minute. Perhaps it’s hubris, ego or simple busyness. Whatever the reason, I’m always amazed to find my best work originating from this confluent state of pressure, excitement and stress. Will I ever learn.

September 20, 2017

Greg Thomas

Play the Player or the Game?

There is a lot written about whether you should play the game or the player you are playing against. You see it in many sports games, where a player realizes the instant that they can’t win the game, so they start playing the player. Here’s the thing, when you play the player, you are no longer playing the game, you’re playing something else completely different, but it’s not the game. If you can’t beat them at the game you are in, create a new one that they don’t know they are in. This can work, this can be a strategy.

September 19, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Mercy Rule

However implemented, it’s a rule to enforce that one team does not lose by a substantial amount to another team. I’ve seen this implemented over the years in fashion. The worst way I have seen it implemented is when the team with the larger score, takes members of their team off the field. Why is this the wrong way? Invariably, the mismatch is not by numbers but by skill so there is a good chance the other team will score again. You are blatantly saying to the other team – “we can beat you with less” or rather “less of

September 18, 2017

Greg Thomas

Don’t Take the Job that Holds You Back

When you are a contractor, freelancer or consultant – there is always an enticement to take the job that will pay well but stifle any form of creativity, learning and accomplishment that you can bring to the project. If you need a paycheck, take it. But don’t take it forever, don’t be the one to hold yourself back. Remember that you got into this so you could learn more, develop more and grow to be the best version of yourself. So if you need to take the job that is going to stunt your growth, take it for a short

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