October 25, 2022

Greg Thomas

Have you been on a Team?

We are assigned groups, divisions, departments, sections, and any other name you can come up with. But have you ever been on a team before? Not everyone has, but the moment you are, you’ll never want to leave it.  

October 24, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Uncomfortable Development

If you want to grow, develop new skills, and figure out what is wrong with the old ones. You’re going to have to get uncomfortable, otherwise, it’ll never happen. Falling down, messing up, making mistakes – these are all uncomfortable acts that we are all resistant too. But when we let them happen, we grow.

October 23, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Potential of the Team

When you look at a team, you have to look at the potential, where they are, where they could go, what they can accomplish, what they can achieve, what they are made of, and what someday, at some point, together they will do. If you start with that point of reference in your mind, you can take them anywhere.

October 22, 2022

Greg Thomas

Starting a New Goal

The hardest part of starting a new goal is accepting that you need to start it and taking that immediate first step. That first step can be any of the following; Paying the fee. Showing Up. Sending an email. Confirming your response. Signing Up. Saying Yes. Picking up the Pencil. No work is required at this stage, only commitment, and that’s the hardest part.

October 21, 2022

Greg Thomas

When the Project is Ready?

If the answer takes an hour of meeting with pontificating questions that challenge that simple question, then there is no need for the meeting. Instead, there is an immediate need to figure out where you are, after that it’s simple math. A simple calculation… Here is where we are + What has changed that we didn’t know before + Our Updated Buffer (notice no subtraction of “effort” based theatrics)