Articles for category: Initiative

August 1, 2018

Greg Thomas

And Rest

That’s the point of always doing the hard work first, so you can rest down the line, so you can recharge for what comes next. But if you’re always doing the easy work, always starting there, then when it comes time to do the hard work, it will take longer, you’ll be burnt out and frustrated you didn’t start earlier. But because you’re late there won’t be any time to take a break because you’ll be into the next iteration of work and after doing all that hard work where will you want to start? With the easy stuff… and

July 19, 2018

Greg Thomas

Yes, You Can Be Successful with a Bad Manager

But it’s all up to you. It’s up to you how you show up. It’s up to you how you conduct yourself. It’s up to you how much effort you put in during the day. It’s up to you how much effort you put in during the night. It’s up to you how successful you want to me. Not them, the choice is yours, it always has been.

July 17, 2018

Greg Thomas

Stop Looking at the Weather

There is a culture that has spawned from obsession over weather where people will look at forecasts hours and days out and plan what they do based on it. But weather changes, by the minute, you can’t control, even if you tried (sorry futurists). Just like you can’t control the bad attitudes in your office, maybe on your team, what will be on tap when your team goes out for that once a month team party. So don’t try, roll with it, build your own Aura, forge your own paths. The best things can be accomplished on the darkest, gloomiest, rainiest days.

July 11, 2018

Greg Thomas

Your Own Personal CRM

You don’t think you need one, but you do. Something to manage all your projects, your tasks, your ideas, your deliverables, your leads, your contacts, your customers. Did I forget anything? How much of that is rummaging around across a variety of disparate tools that you can barely manage on your desktop? Pick a tool, use it for everything, get all your information together, make sure it works across all platforms you use (if it fails on one, don’t bother with it, move on). Download everything in your head and start working on what you really should be doing, not

June 26, 2018

Greg Thomas

When the Losses are Mounting

I’m big on not giving up on achieving your end goal. If it’s something you want, figure it out, keep trying, but don’t give up, especially when you get discouraged. But switch up your gameplan, don’t keep executing the same gameplan day after day after day after day after day. Tweak each part of your plan a bit, so you can measure success, see what worked and what didn’t and take it from there. That’s what’s matters, are you willing to shake things up when the losses are mounting. That’s growth, that’s change, that’s the ability to flip a problem