April 30, 2019

Greg Thomas

SMP: Ep 30 – The Return of the Interview

We’re going back into the vault, this is the full circle on our previous, previous episode of Interviews. I recently did a talk at a high-school on interviewing and what students need to prepare for.  This made me think even more about all the things they are not being taught so I made sure to get them all out in this cast. And – Episode 30 – Milestone!

April 29, 2019

Greg Thomas

At least it’s not Snow?

Before it was too much snow. Now it’s too much rain. Soon it will be too many bugs. Then it will be too hot. Thereafter it will cool off too soon. Followed by the mornings are getting colder. And then it’s getting darker too much faster. And then it will start snowing again. The beauty of a cycle is that you know how it’s going to work and what is going to come next. The oddity is that we consistently forget what stage we just passed through while we are focused on the current one’s downsides while begging for the

April 26, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Barking Dog

I have never understood why my dog is so excited to go outside and bark non-stop for 10 – 15 minutes at the world. Even when it is dead silent and no one is around us for miles, he will leap out the door, spend this time barking into the wind and then look back at me sheepishly with a look that says – “What’d I do?” I like to think he’s bounding out into the world to tell everyone that – “I’m here, let’s do this, time to get this party started, I want to do something different, come

April 25, 2019

Greg Thomas

Seeing Others Happy

Can you see someone else succeed when you are failing and be happy for them? Until faced with this situation everyone will always answer yes. “Yes, of course I can, always happy for others success and well-being.” But when confronted with it, when someone else succeeded over you or did something a better way or was more recognized for the work they put in over you despite perhaps you having done just as great a job or put in just as much effort? Will you still be happy for them? Will you be able to put aside everything and clap

The Evolution of Text Thought

Have you ever had a text conversation with someone where everything they said came out in 15 texts when it could have just have easily been 1? It’s as though you are getting an inside look at the stream of thought running through their head and how they are reacting to what you are saying as you are saying it. Little blips of thought as they come into focus thrown out in one or two word sentences. Interrupting whatever longer, more focused message you might have been writing but that took a little longer to write out, but that had