Articles for category: Drive

December 5, 2021

Greg Thomas

Mole Hills out of Minutia

Perspective is what separates developers from being good to great. The ones that realize a problem exists, but also realize in the priority list, it’s not the burning fire. The ones that focus on the delivery as a whole, see the bigger picture and don’t start attributing an entire release to one low-level bug or bad cosmetic issue. Attention to detail is great, but when it’s unraveling the 90% that your team is built and is winning on and focusing only on that minutia – we lose the bigger picture – which is all that we have accomplished.

December 4, 2021

Greg Thomas

Pushing Ahead

On a new project, things go wrong, all the time, because they are new. That’s what makes them so much fun, it’s like learning a new skill, you’re going to get stopped, you’re going to fall, you’re going to make mistakes. But the only way to get better and keep improving is to keep pushing ahead. If you stop pushing, stop learning, stop growing, you’ll become stagnant and the first question we all ask ourselves when things become stagnant – “How did I get here?”

December 3, 2021

Greg Thomas

Compared to Others

Compared to others you might not be as faster at getting your work done. You might be a slower coder. Your writing might not be as polished. Your art lines might be harsh where theirs is graceful. Your presentation might lack transition where others didn’t need one. But don’t forget, never forget, that others are comparing their work to yours, wishing it could be more like you.

December 2, 2021

Greg Thomas

Am I doing the right thing?

If what you need is, not what you are doing, then you are doing the wrong thing. It’s a simple answer, a harder question to ask, that we generally prefer not to do.

November 30, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Driving Force

There is a force that pushes you to create your best work. Whether it be a habit, a process, a warm-up, a song, a mantra, whatever – it is the force that pushes you, when you are down or need a kick to create your best work possible. It’s not about being in the zone, it’s about getting started. Find that force and harness it, protect it and reproduce it. Because while you are doing that, others are wondering how to get started.