Articles for category: Initiative

August 15, 2017

Greg Thomas

Being On… All… The… Time

Being “On” all the time is a very hard thing to do. I would go so far as to say no one can really do it. We all have our bad days where we are not as chipper as we would like to be. We don’t make the best use of our social media interactions. We snip and snap at people a little more brusquely than we normally would have. Perhaps we are angry, frustrated or bored with the root of our manifestation coming from simply being “On” for too long. You can pull up the latest meltdown du jour

August 14, 2017

Greg Thomas

Focusing on the Small Things

It’s not always the big, over, life changing gestures that make things happen, sometimes it’s the small ones that can have the biggest impact. https://everydaypowerblog.com/2017/08/09/focusing-on-small-things/

August 9, 2017

Greg Thomas

Proving Your Worth

This is probably the hardest lesson that any Freelancer, Consultant or Contractor has to figure out. What am I worth? What is my value to someone? How do I place that into an hourly, daily or project based total? The industry at large would have you start with what your track record is – what you have completed and what has been marked as a success. Little thought is given to… What you are trying to accomplish What side projects you have going on that don’t bring in any income (yet) What hidden skills you offer alongside your track (i.e.,

August 8, 2017

Greg Thomas

You Haven’t Lost Anything

It’s easy to get down on ourselves when our first interaction with a customer doesn’t go as we planned. The webinar we spent months pouring our heart into crashed and burn with connection problems. Your first call interaction did not go exactly as you would have liked. You are not where you had hoped to be despite giving it everything you had. The mailer you had that went out to hundreds of prospective client had the wrong number on it (despite being vetted by everyone on your team). It happens, it doesn’t mean you’ve lost, it doesn’t mean the potential

August 7, 2017

Greg Thomas

Ask For Help

You’re not the only one going through your current problem set. Every coach needs a coach – not a better coach – but a coach that can see the problem more clearly when separated from the environment. It’s okay if you can’t do it on your own, the road is sometimes better when you have a passenger on board. Not having all the skills to be the hero is not a failure, it’s an acknowledgment that you are great at a few things that can make you a success. Asking for help shouldn’t be your last resort – whether it’s