Month: November 2019

November 15, 2019

Greg Thomas

The More You Invest

Fast forward to 2:45 – where Ramsay says to the chef – “They more work and effort you put in, the more it hurts when it goes wrong.” – I’m paraphrasing out some of the pieces about food but the sentiment is exactly the same in anything you are doing – coding, writing, sports, whatever it is. The more you put in, the more it hurts when it goes wrong. I love this line because it perfectly captures on line that we must cross between investing wholly in what we are doing and giving up and when the going gets

November 14, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Pre Meeting Meeting

The next time you’re invited to a Pre Meeting Meeting make sure you openly ask if this is the “Pre Meeting Meeting”. For some, this will be a negative deterrent to make this meeting the only meeting that needs to happen and the other meeting is not required. At the end of this meeting, there will be cheers that the second meeting is not required and we have “received an hour back” of our time. The second option, is to ask why both meetings are required to start with? What are we trying to achieve that requires everyone in the

November 13, 2019

Greg Thomas

Learning the Next New Thing

Learning something new will never go away. Your industry will change, the people will change, the path you are on will change, everything will change. You will never be done learning. It doesn’t mean you have to spend a full day at work and then another full day in the evening learning to “stay on top of things”. It does mean you need to realize there is a path to get to what you learn, how you plan it is up to you and as long as you are learning you are probably doing more than most in your industry.

November 12, 2019

Greg Thomas

Constant Restarting

If you were to go on a 5 hour drive, pull over every 10 minutes, shut your car off, restart it and get back on your journey, the journey would inevitably take you that much longer. The constant, stopping, starting, stopping, restarting will eventually slow you down, frustrate you and make you question what you are doing. (See parents on their first journey with kids who are not used to the constant stopping and starting and the chaos that ensues – I know – I’ve been there). If you find yourself on a project that is continually stopping and starting,

November 11, 2019

Greg Thomas

Before you Review Someone’s Work

If someone asks you to review your work know that two things are happening at that point in time. They want feedback on what they could do to improve what they have created. They value your thoughts and opinions on what they are creating. Saying – “looks good” or “this is great” or “amazing work” is not feedback or a review of someone’s work. It is a confirmation that you have received the work disguised as having reviewed it. A better response is – “I don’t have time to look at this right now, but will make time next week

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