Month: July 2018

July 24, 2018

Greg Thomas

Have/Need

There will always be overlap between my HAVES/NEEDS but the goal is to reduce this circle and make it as small as possible. When the HAVE/NEED overlap is too large, this means that we are being governed by external factors (urgency requests) over what actually needs to be done (importance). When this happens we become frustrated because what we see as needing to be done (i.e., to grow the company, lay the foundation, help others, grow ourselves, etc) does not happen and instead we resign ourselves to putting out fires on a daily, weekly, monthly basis where it never ends.

July 23, 2018

Greg Thomas

Have. Need. Want.

I’ve had this notion of how we internally assign the completion of our work – Have.  Need.  Want.  For this week, I’m going to spend some time digging into it a little deeper. Here’s the general gist. HAVE Whether it is my job, family, personal choices, whatever – these are things that MUST be done – regardless of whether I want to do them or not.  If you want to think of Urgency vs Importance, this is the Urgency of what MUST be done, what is on my list TODO immediately.  Haves are not always driven by us but are a

July 20, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Content Marketing Slog

Content Marketing isn’t easy. It’s not guaranteed. It takes work. It doesn’t happen overnight. It does not guarantee overnight success. It will not make you a millionaire in six months. It will require you to learn new technologies and platforms. You need to look at numbers and measure output. It’s a job like anything else, not a magic elixir that will you drink one night and be a guru the next. Like anything, if you want to get good at it, keep on it, don’t give up and focus your efforts.  For the past few months I’ve been using SmarterQueue

July 19, 2018

Greg Thomas

Yes, You Can Be Successful with a Bad Manager

But it’s all up to you. It’s up to you how you show up. It’s up to you how you conduct yourself. It’s up to you how much effort you put in during the day. It’s up to you how much effort you put in during the night. It’s up to you how successful you want to me. Not them, the choice is yours, it always has been.

July 17, 2018

Greg Thomas

Stop Looking at the Weather

There is a culture that has spawned from obsession over weather where people will look at forecasts hours and days out and plan what they do based on it. But weather changes, by the minute, you can’t control, even if you tried (sorry futurists). Just like you can’t control the bad attitudes in your office, maybe on your team, what will be on tap when your team goes out for that once a month team party. So don’t try, roll with it, build your own Aura, forge your own paths. The best things can be accomplished on the darkest, gloomiest, rainiest days.

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