Articles for category: Growth

April 14, 2024

Greg Thomas

Lead Yourself before Leading Others

You can’t ask for others that which you would not ask of yourself. You can’t have expectations of others if you do not have those expectations of yourself. If you want everyone to be happy, then you will need to be happy yourself.  If it’s not the environment for you to be happy, then that tells you something. The bar gets set when you set it and when you keep raising it. But it’s never for others to do, it starts with you.    

April 13, 2024

Greg Thomas

Rules of Your Meeting

What are they? Do you even know? Do you have expectations on how everyone should behave and act in what they are doing? Do you know what your role is going into your next meeting? If you don’t have expectations of yourself, you cannot have expectations of others, start simple. Be Ready – Arrive on time, mic/speaker, all audio working. Know your role – Am I giving an update?  Keep it short and simple.  Am I going to be called upon?  Know the material. What are you there for – Is there a problem you’re trying to solve?  Is it a

April 11, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Conditions

If everything around you is based upon the perfect conditions unfolding. It will never happen. Find a problem, build a solution, in the worst of conditions. Then you’ll know it can survive the worst of it and still be successful.

The Breaks Add Up

When you’re doing the work you love, you don’t need breaks. The work flows, it pours from your fingertips. Whether it involves meetings, discussions, or work. It flows. There is no need for breaks. But when you don’t enjoy the work, you might find you’re taking more breaks than normal – maybe because you’re bored, not happy, challenged or fulfilled – but you find yourself taking more breaks. And then nothing gets done.