Articles for category: Growth

July 27, 2018

Greg Thomas

Have. Need. Want. – The Inner Circle

So here it is, the culmination of that sweet spot of what you HAVE to do, what you NEED to do and what you WANT to do all being perfectly aligned in that perfect sweet spot where you have all your external factors under control, what you NEED to do is driving what you WANT to accomplish. It’s here that all our goals are being accomplished, what we deliver attuned to what we WANT to accomplish, what our profession NEEDS for us to accomplish and what any external factors (Manager, Leader, Company, etc) HAVE for us to accomplish. They are

July 26, 2018

Greg Thomas

Have/Want

Of all of the overlaps, HAVE/WANT is by far the most awkward. The resignation of HAVING to do something to get what you WANT, i.e., I want to be rich, I want to get this promotion, I want to win this customer deal.  These are all great wants in your life, but the HAVE is the shortcut to get there. What are you going to HAVE to do to get what you WANT?  The HAVES are being driven by someone else here, the external factors, the work you are being told you HAVE to do to get what you WANT. HAVE/WANT

July 25, 2018

Greg Thomas

Need/Want

If the circle between NEED/WANT is quite large, this means what we NEED to do is being pushed by our passion for where we WANT to be. Do I want to be an artist?  Okay, I NEED to go learn how to draw fruit, people, etc? Do I want to draw comic books?  I NEED to understand the medium and space in between the panels. Do I want to be a great software developer?  I need to up my game and not only read some new blogs but I NEED to practice. I NEED To do something to achieve my WANT.  This

July 20, 2018

Greg Thomas

The Content Marketing Slog

Content Marketing isn’t easy. It’s not guaranteed. It takes work. It doesn’t happen overnight. It does not guarantee overnight success. It will not make you a millionaire in six months. It will require you to learn new technologies and platforms. You need to look at numbers and measure output. It’s a job like anything else, not a magic elixir that will you drink one night and be a guru the next. Like anything, if you want to get good at it, keep on it, don’t give up and focus your efforts.  For the past few months I’ve been using SmarterQueue

July 13, 2018

Greg Thomas

You’re Getting the Wrong Answer

Because you’re asking the wrong questions. Your team isn’t late because they all don’t use the same tools. Your team is late because no one is helping coordinate the different tools. The reason you missed that delivery deadline wasn’t because the bug count was too high. It was because the feature load was preposterous and was never going to be met. We shy from asking the wrong questions because the answers that come aren’t immediate and cannot be answered by one person. You know if you’re getting the easy answer, you’ve been to the rodeo before, the next time you

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