Articles for category: Initiative

November 27, 2017

Greg Thomas

Feeling a Little left Behind?

Okay. So what are you going to do about it? Sit and read that umpteenth news article that is only going to put yourself further behind? Or take the fifteen minutes to come up with a plan to go from being behind, to getting ahead. PS: You’re not behind, you only think you are, what you are feeling is that “meh” emotion of stagnant and boredom crashing down on you – that’s what’s making you feel like you’re behind. PPS: Stop Reading and start doing.

November 14, 2017

Greg Thomas

Breaking…

For where who or when? Why? Does it even matter? Is it fake? Is it true? Do you care? Have you become so desensitized to the word that it means nothing to you? Do you need to go back to when it meant something? Does it matter if you do? Is this the new normal? Do you want to keep reading inane questions about nothing or start doing something of value? That’s the only thing that should be breaking news.

November 6, 2017

Greg Thomas

Rejected

I’d like to say it gets easier over time. Putting your everything into trying to make something happen and coming up spectacularly short. There is no well to go back to. No second chance. It’s one and done and you are done. You can console yourself by trying to analyze what you did wrong, what you would have done differently and ask yourself that question of when you will try again. But none of that is going to change the fact you were Rejected. Where is this going? It happens and there isn’t a five-step plan out there that can

October 23, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Definition of Insanity

Stop me if you’ve heard this – “It’s doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.” But I don’t know if that applies to practice. If my goal is to draw a realistic picture of King Kong, the only way I can get better is to do the same thing over and over again so I can better appreciate all of his gestures, postures and facial expressions. So I need to do the same thing over and over again – I need to keep drawing gorillas so I can eventually get to my goal of drawing

October 18, 2017

Greg Thomas

Love the Life but not the Labour?

You don’t have to go far to read anything on the topic of starting your own company, working on your own, being the Army of two or three or four. All the trials and tribulations you need to go through to make it work (not be a massive success), simply to make it work. It’s not easy, never has been, never will be. There are way too many articles out there to list them all on the subject. Here’s what it takes; Constantly living with the unknown and understanding that tomorrow could change your course. Constantly putting yourself and your