Articles for category: Drive

November 17, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Journey

The journey is the memory we talk of. It’s the in-between moments of everything that comes together when it comes together, and how it comes together. It’s the small stories that we reflect on and remember without hesitation. It’s the best of us and when we get to the destination, all we talk about are the bumps and adventures that happened in the journey. Don’t miss out on the journey, it’s not worth forgetting.  

November 16, 2023

Greg Thomas

What are you doing it for?

The coin. The clicks. The referrals. The follow-up work. The learning. The exposure. The freedom. You could be doing it for all these reasons and more (or less) – the problem is we often don’t know why we are doing something and then when our motivations, our reasons for doing it change – we get stressed, angry, or mad that it’s not what we want. The problem is we don’t know our motivation and nothing would be able to fix that until you know it.

November 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

What’s your Meeting Threshold?

A not often asked question, how many meetings can you handle in a week and still be productive? We take away meetings giving you back 10 minutes, an hour, a day – but does that come close to getting to your threshold or is it the equivalent of removing some kindling from a burning fire? Your weekly meeting threshold is like the bug bar, when you reach it, you don’t blast through it, you figure out how to get back under it or stay mildly above it or adjust your tolerance. The hard part is taking a step back to

November 3, 2023

Greg Thomas

Leading with Intent

Anyone can lead. Anyone can get a job or hold a position that has some time of leadership role to it. And yet, not everyone can lead with intent. Not everyone can commit to it, focus on those they lead, develop programs for their growth and development, take them out of the fire, and lead them somewhere different. But those who do, get the most out of what they do, put in the effort, stand-alone, and take the hard knocks, those are the ones that everyone seeks out – it just happens to be the road less travelled.

November 1, 2023

Greg Thomas

Making the Plan

No plan, no action. No action, no results. No results, you never had a chance. The plan doesn’t have to be complicated.  I still can’t get into any type of project software and find bullet points and checklists the best thing available to me. But there is always a plan.