Articles for category: Initiative

March 27, 2019

Greg Thomas

Past Mistakes

If we started every day going through a list of our own past mistakes and failures – reading through that list of everything we had done wrong over the past year, 5 years or more – what mindset would that put you in for the rest of the day? How would you attack each new problem or opportunity that comes your way? Fear? Hesitation? Worry? Apprehension? All of the Above (most likely). Everyone wants to encourage failure on their team and support their team’s growth – everyone is great at talking about it and espousing that they encourage everyone to

March 26, 2019

Greg Thomas

More Than Superstars

Hiring, anywhere, is the hardest task that you will ever undertake. It’s easy to be lured by the “Superstar” who has accomplished so much or reads well on paper. And perhaps they are that great, resource and amazing as everyone thinks they are. But what happens when they are not there? What happens if everyone on your team comes to depend on the Superstar more than they do themselves? Where does that leave the needs of your team when they fall behind because the Superstar isn’t there to lift them up? Take the best person on your team, remove them

March 25, 2019

Greg Thomas

Our GoTo Emotion

What’s your GoTo emotion? When things are going well? When they are going bad? What did you default to? The more I try and find new and interesting sites to read information to make me laugh or learn more about a particular topic the more I feel that our new GoTo Emotion (especially online) is Shame. Someone doesn’t think they way we do? Shame. Someone has a different idea, radical from yours? Shame. Someone is threatened by someone’s approach? Shame. Think of all the comments you’ve read over the last weeks and months, think of how often then have this

March 22, 2019

Greg Thomas

Branding Myself

I read this awhile ago on someone’s twitter account and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. The person changed his handle to be something else (i.e., not his name) and his response to a question was – “I’m Branding myself to be this”. That used to be called “changing your attitude”, “getting a new perspective”, “redirecting your focus”, “finding a new path” but now it’s called “re-branding yourself”. Which is 100% Ad speak for – how can I make money off a slick name and showcasing myself to the world as something I’m always not while developing

March 21, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Wanna Do List

This is the list of everything we have in life that we want to do. We want to accomplish. We wish we could get done on time. If we were able to do everything, we’d be a huge success. If people read more of our work we could then do these things. The Wanna Do List is where our hopes and dreams live, where in a perfect world we would get it all done, no distractions, no mistakes, no worries, no problems. The Wanna Do List is also the worst list to have because what lists are Tactical, they are