Articles for category: Growth

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Blocker

When asking someone a question, they might not give you the initial response that you are hoping to receive. But are they blocking you? Are they stopping you in your tracks? Are they preventing you from moving forward? If they are coming back with more questions than statements or redirecting towards other topics – chances are they are blocking. If they are providing well-thought-out explanations that give you an answer to your question (just not the one you hoped for), they are trying to help. Blockers don’t provide well-thought-out answers that are on topic simply because it takes too much

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

Where did I get all this Stuff?

Over time we accumulate stuff. And it’s on you to determine what of that stuff is valuable. You can keep it all, but then it might be too much to look at or you can reel it in and focus on just what brings you Joy. If it brings you Joy, keep it, if it doesn’t, ask why you have it. Each adventure we take on, we garner more stuff, only because from each adventure we want a memento of what we did, what we accomplished, and what it brought to us. All Stuff isn’t bad, but if you can’t

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Free Work

The Free Work will help you grow, but it might not pay the bills. The Free Work will teach you skills you might not have received anywhere else, but they won’t be written on paper. The Free Work will open doors and achieve goals you never thought possible, but you might have to pass through many to get there. The Free Work will help you grow, but it won’t be easy.

11 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Record Books

“One for the Record Books” is generally thought of as that one moment in time where something was so great, that it made it into some great record book of tracking. What book? Where is this book? It can’t be the Guinness Book of Records? Are all your accomplishments in there too?  Mine? They don’t need to be, they don’t have to be, the only record book that matters is the one that you keep to track yourself. How are you doing?  What are you working towards?  What matters most? Do the books refer to your family, your friends, or

11 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Perfect Shot

The perfect shot exists. You can’t find it and you don’t know when it will strike, but it exists. When you least likely expect it, it will emerge, there on the page, ready for you to take it. The question will be whether you have done all the leg work, all the training, put in the practice, all the early mornings and late nights to be in the right position to take advantage of it. Only then will you have the perfect shot, otherwise, it’s just a normal shot.