Articles for category: Growth

October 6, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Universal Translator

Remember these from Star Trek? Any conversation they would have with another species would be automagically translated so there were no miscues in conversation? Wouldn’t it be great though if the translator had a delay in it, so in translating the message it wasn’t instantaneous so we had to try to work it out on our own before getting the answer? Wouldn’t that make for some interesting discussions? Sometimes it’s not the result that makes for the best learning, but the work we do to get there.

September 29, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Neverending World of Learning Something New

I think this is my favourite topic to post about it. I love the idea of challenging ourselves to learn something new and to see what we can really accomplish if we put our minds to it. Check out this video of this guy who practices doing backflips all day long. I love the time metric in the bottom corner showing what it actually took for him to learn that skill. I wanted to try out this theory to see if I could learn something simple, so I did, I learned to juggle, here are the results and here’s what

September 22, 2017

Greg Thomas

How to Find Your Passion

Do lots of little things. Try new things out. See what you like and what you don’t. Then dig deeper into what you like and narrow your focus, building on each experience. Don’t worry about the Craptivity or the going from good to great, revel in not knowing anything and the excitement of finding what you love. Don’t invest $5,000 in finding your passion, I’m sure you can do it for $100 with a healthy dose of blood, sweat, and tears. After all of it, you still might not have found your passion or where you started might have taken

September 21, 2017

Greg Thomas

Why I Leave Everything to the Last Minute

A new book, or maybe an article… perhaps even a blog on why I leave everything to the last minute. But I’ll probably leave it to the last minute so it might never see the light of day. After all these years of knowledge and experience, I still leave some tasks to the last minute. Perhaps it’s hubris, ego or simple busyness. Whatever the reason, I’m always amazed to find my best work originating from this confluent state of pressure, excitement and stress. Will I ever learn.

September 18, 2017

Greg Thomas

Don’t Take the Job that Holds You Back

When you are a contractor, freelancer or consultant – there is always an enticement to take the job that will pay well but stifle any form of creativity, learning and accomplishment that you can bring to the project. If you need a paycheck, take it. But don’t take it forever, don’t be the one to hold yourself back. Remember that you got into this so you could learn more, develop more and grow to be the best version of yourself. So if you need to take the job that is going to stunt your growth, take it for a short

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