Month: March 2021

March 6, 2021

Greg Thomas

What’s your Lead Time?

Whenever I ask for a quote from a contractor, the follow-up question is always – “What’s the Lead Time to when you can start?” Always I ask this question, because as someone running their own company, with a variety of clients, I know that when I don’t get asked this question it inevitably means I need to curb their thoughts. Translation = I can’t start tomorrow I think this question doesn’t get asked enough? Instead we keep making that dangerous assumption that this person will push everything out of their life, sacrifice everything they have spent years building up and

March 5, 2021

Greg Thomas

How do you Show Up?

Do you come prepared for meetings? Are you always late to ZOOM calls? Does your work get pushed out from sprint to sprint? Do you ignore the big problems hoping go away? Do you appear with unbridled positivity? Do you take feedback or only seek validation? How you show up, how you present who you are to people, is how you will be seen. If you are always unprepared for meetings, showing up late and derailing meetings, you probably won’t get asked back – that’s how you decided to show up that day – maybe there was a reason, but

March 4, 2021

Greg Thomas

You’re always Catching Up

I wrote this on Impostor Syndrome awhile ago. You know what it is right? That feeling of being somewhere you don’t belong but wanting so bad to be there and yet you are filled with this feeling of not belonging and being found out… to be a… gasp… “Impostor”. It’s incredibly reminiscent of the game “Among Us” where the goal of the game is to root out the Impostor (because they are trying to kill you). As long as you aren’t malicious, misleading or lying to people, you’re not an Impostor, you’re simply learning, in the best way possible –

March 3, 2021

Greg Thomas

Getting Traction

Traction is what we all want, but is the hardest thing for us to get. We want our code to take to take root and run perfectly. We want our ideas to find meaning with people and make an impact. We want everything we are building to be rejoiced and admired by our customers. However long it takes or when it happens, it has never happened overnight. Showing up, putting in that effort, making those incremental gains, each and every day. That’s how you gain traction, now how you keep it and maintain it? That’s for you to decide.

March 2, 2021

Greg Thomas

Turning it On and Off

I’m loving this season of Remotely Prepared – not only the interviews we’re having but the talks we’re having. Here’s our latest episode on balance and being able to turn work on and off. Something we all struggle with. https://www.upsidedownoffice.com/podcast/turningitonandoff

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