Articles for category: Drive

May 18, 2024

Greg Thomas

Every Bit Helps

I’ve been fixing a deck over the last few weekends (I’ve done this a few times), and it always makes me appreciate how all the little pieces can make the greater whole that much stronger bit by bit. Taped joists. Painting End cuts Using the right screws where (and brackets) Knowing how to double-up joists. Adjusting a few degrees for a nice drainage slant. All these things, not necessarily required, you’ll still get a deck out of it, but when you do all the little bits, they make the whole that much better and make it last that much longer

May 16, 2024

Greg Thomas

Pushing an Idea

A proposed idea is easy to turn down. There hasn’t been any investment, there’s been no plus or minus, there’s no loss if you do nothing. Investing in an idea is where commitment starts to happen, even though doubts still linger – will it work?, can it work?, do they really want it?, is it worth it? what else could I be doing with my time? All those doubts start to permeate the shell of your idea as they try to break down its value. It’s here, the initiator of the idea, the creator, has to take hold of the

May 15, 2024

Greg Thomas

Meetings Gone Wrong

This is funny, this is also for real. The part that gets me is the people applauding the basic achievement. Let this be the standard for what you don’t want your meetings to be.

May 13, 2024

Greg Thomas

How to get people to try your new Product

Ask. And mean it, “Tell me what you think, is it garbage?  Is it good?  Is it a mess?  Does it do what you want it to do?” We use to invite users to come to our offices to try out new versions of our products. Users, in our offices. No remote or virtual calls, in-person connections where we saw their faces scrunch up at a horribly implemented feature. And then we’d go out to dinner, laugh, and do it again the next day. Getting people to try your product isn’t hard, listening to the feedback that comes with it

May 12, 2024

Greg Thomas

But Not Today…

Anything can, might and will happen. But if it’s not what you want to happen, then having the mindset of “Not Today…” will help you get there. It might still happen, but the impact on you will be less, it will not hold you back. What you are saying “Not Today…” to isn’t that it will happen, but that it will not stop you.

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