Articles for category: Growth

June 9, 2024

Greg Thomas

Don’t sacrifice your Learning for AI Speed

If I asked AI to draw me a picture in the style I wanted it drawn, the only thing I’d learn about drawing is how to ask AI to do something for me and pass it off as my own. AI can help, very well, with repetitive tasks, but with the ones that you need to learn, that will help you grow and reach that next level, AI cannot replace your own learning. And the learning is where your growth occurs so if you’re offboarding your learning to AI, the only “thing” getting better is AI.  The learning is where

Knowing when to Shift

Cars shift. If you’re driving standard, it’s a more pronounced shift, you need to initiate it, otherwise, the engine keeps revving. The persistent revving of the engine is the cue for you to know when to shift, you know by the sound that it can’t maintain its push unless you shift to a higher gear. Knowing when to shift, either yourself or your team is critical to growth and not as simple to determine as a car.  Figuring out when your team needs to shift is one of the most important jobs of any leader – it’s what ensures measured,

When Digging Holes

The only way to go is down when digging a hole. When you hit a rock, you switch from the big awesome tool to the small tiny tool that is slower progress but gets the job done. When one obstacle is cleared, you keep digging further and further until you hit the next one. Until you finally hit the bottom, and then you’re there and you’re done. You never know how far you are to your goal because you can see past the rock and sand, all you can see is what is in front of you, and what is

May 30, 2024

Greg Thomas

I Never Thought I could Do This…

Not Clickbait, not a redirect. How many times have you said that to yourself? “I never thought I’d be running my own company” “I never thought I could code like this.” “I never thought I could build this thing.” And yet, here you are, I guess you thought wrong AND never gave up – what a cool combination.

May 28, 2024

Greg Thomas

Picking the Wrong Path

It’s going to happen. You are going to think you are on the right path, you are going to pick the choice that best fits, you are going to invest in the project that is going to yield big time for you. You are going to be on the right path. Until you are not. Until you find something that pushes you off the path. Until something comes up that renders it impossible. This is the moment where you will have picked the wrong path. To get back on track you should do the following; Take a second to be