Articles for category: Initiative

June 26, 2019

Greg Thomas

Clearing the Clutter

We all have our own clutter – whether it’s physical or mental – it’s there and all around us. We all understand our own clutter, what goes where, what works, what doesn’t, what mess needs cleaning up, what is organized and what isn’t. It’s different to everyone, what is my clean is your clutter and vice-versa. If what you are doing is working, keep at it. If it’s not, it might be time to clear the clutter – we all need to do it now and again, even our own clutter that we might think is clean, is really, pure

June 21, 2019

Greg Thomas

Glimmers of Success

They can be far and wide on a project, especially if it is something new, where you are doing something for the first time, that no one has done before. The time between the success is paved with frustration and anxiety as you wonder whether you should give up and throw the towel in or give it one more try. When you get those successes, those glimmers where what you thought might happen worked, where the steps you laid out had one success out of twenty seven. Hold on to it, those are the moments to focus on and make

June 20, 2019

Greg Thomas

Stop Waiting

The only person you are hurting by waiting for someone to come to you. To tell you what to do. To give you your next task. To get that next job interview. To assign you your next project. To review your code. To see if you need more people on your team. To know what training you want to do this year. Is you. Stop waiting for it (whatever “it” is) to come to you and start figuring out a way to go to it.

June 11, 2019

Greg Thomas

Even the Best Get Nervous

I found this YouTube video of Tony Hawk awhile back that was shot as he was trying out a new trick that many of would fine impossible to do. My favourite part in all of it, was the anxiety he felt in trying to do something new, the push to get there, the lumps and bruises he was taking to get there. Your lumps and bruises might not always be on display as you work to achieve a new goal, but they are there. And even the best get nervous when trying something that has never been done before. But

May 21, 2019

Greg Thomas

Get Yourself a Mantra

If you don’t have one, you need one. It’s a set of words, a song, a video, a poem, whatever you want it to be. But it brings you back from the brink, back from exhaustion, back from fear, picks you up when you are down, gives you the kick to get started. When everyone else has given you up, it’s the one little thing that forces you back into the driver seat to do what we’ve been needing you to do since Day One. Take the Initiative and Lead.