Month: April 2024

April 30, 2024

Greg Thomas

I lost my Mouse

For at least 15 minutes, I was staring at my computer, trying a bunch of different tricks, searching for solutions, and restarting my computer. All because my mouse pointer had disappeared. Oh the Horror! The cause?  An update waiting to be accepted. The solution?  If your update is going to cause an inverse reaction to your user’s experience, perhaps try any of the following… Force the update to complete. Warn users. Fix the update? But don’t leave them scrolling around for something that they can’t fix – that’s bad karma when it comes to uninstalling your product.

April 29, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Routine

The Routine is what keeps you afloat in times of disconcern, when things aren’t going your way, when you feel down, when you’re not sure where to go next. That’s the power of the routine, it doesn’t let you give up while you figure things out. It lets you work, so you can figure out what to do next without losing any time. Routines aren’t about the daily, they are about what is next.

April 16, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Lost Spark

You’re going to get beat down. You’re going to realize that maybe this isn’t your “thing”. You’re going to struggle with what to do next and where to go from here. You’re going to have to decide what to do. Inspiration doesn’t come from thinking about what was. It comes from moving forward, from picking yourself up, from figuring out what is next on your list. That’s how you find that lost spark to give yourself a kick to get back into it. But it only happens when you start with that first step.

April 15, 2024

Greg Thomas

But I didn’t Know

There are two ways to look at this statement. I didn’t know, but I tried to figure it out. I didn’t know, but I didn’t want to try to figure it out. In both cases, you still don’t know, however, if you take option 1, you show that you want to know, you want to figure it out, and you want to learn more.

April 14, 2024

Greg Thomas

Lead Yourself before Leading Others

You can’t ask for others that which you would not ask of yourself. You can’t have expectations of others if you do not have those expectations of yourself. If you want everyone to be happy, then you will need to be happy yourself.  If it’s not the environment for you to be happy, then that tells you something. The bar gets set when you set it and when you keep raising it. But it’s never for others to do, it starts with you.    

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