Articles for category: Drive

Something Happened, but I did nothing

So I should continue doing nothing?  If something happened when I did nothing why I should engage in more activity to do something? It’s a waste and effort of energy and what if nothing happens from me doing something, now I’ve spent all that time and gone nowhere. Confused? This is the circle of confusion where you are trying to convince yourself to do or to not do something.  You can wrap yourself up in circles until you have convinced yourself a myriad of ways that this is the way to go and you are on the right path, even

November 30, 2023

Greg Thomas

Hurry Up

We are one day away from getting everything you set out to do 11 months ago. If you haven’t gotten it all done, hurry up, stop wasting your time, get back in there, and get it done. No excuses, you should have had it all done by now, I have no idea what you were thinking or why you were thinking it. Get it together, get in there, and make it happen. (That’s where all the shock content is going now). Or you can realize what you did do, the paths you did take, the steps you might have missed

November 29, 2023

Greg Thomas

The only Losses that Hurt

The only losses that hurt, are the ones you ignore, write off and don’t learn from. Everything else is about growth and figuring out how to succeed next time. Don’t ignore the losses, grow from them.

November 27, 2023

Greg Thomas

There not called Task Points

Love them or hate them, Story points aren’t going anywhere. You can keep the debate rolling, you can keep arguing for points over hours or vice versa (I like vice versa myself). But remember, they aren’t called “Task Points”, there is, and always will be a duration to finishing a task – start, middle, end. Story points are an estimate, task work is the execution of the estimation, and you adjust your estimates (points) based on the execution of your tasks (the work).

The Same Meeting Over and Over

If you’re in the same meeting over and over and over again. It’s time to find a meeting where you aren’t. It’s time to find a team where it’s not the same. It’s time to find a project that won’t be holding you back.