Articles for category: Initiative

February 23, 2016

Greg Thomas

The Freelancer’s Dilemma

Who is the freelancer? What is the freelancer? By definition – someone that works for different companies at different times rather than being permanently employed by one company. They have no benefits, no job security, no full-time place of employment, no paid for training, vacation is when they can get it and they pay for their own travel.  And yes, with multiple clients comes multiple conflicting schedules. That’s what you hear about the most, what is often not spoken about is how they have the freedom to work on a variety of different projects on a perhaps a variety of different technologies

February 12, 2016

Greg Thomas

What changes when we stop letting Failure happen?

When we are young, it’s all about standing up, falling down, standing up again, falling down again, over and over and over again.  At some age, we stop doing this, we worry that with all that falling down people are going to start to think that it is all we do, despite standing back up.  Then later in life we celebrate those that fall down, stand back up, fall down, stand back up again.  So then we get back into that mode, again, of accepting failure is good. What changed? Approaching this from the viewpoint of an individual (i.e., not

February 5, 2016

Greg Thomas

Top Ten Lists are All the Same

I did a search the other night on software blogs and their recommendations. I was stunned by the results. Each list I came across had the same Top 5, spread throughout their Top 10. How, how can this be? How can all these different people have the same view on what we all should be thinking?  Please know I don’t mean any ill will towards these blogs and their writers, but the lists, that are practically all the same, how is it in an Internet so large that these lists are so completely similar? How is it there are no

January 20, 2016

Greg Thomas

Light it Up

On today, of all days, I write this for a few people. When the road is rough and your only options are to take that first step or sit and wait. Run – like Lightening – and Light it Up. When everything you have tried has failed and you have nothing left to give. Brush yourself off, take a deep breath – and Light it Up. When you’ve reached that goal that you’ve been trying to hit for 4 months. Set another – and Light it Up. When all you want to do is be alone, Find yourself – and Light it Up.

January 12, 2016

Greg Thomas

Everybody wants the Payback

Wouldn’t it be great if there was an office you could go to and have the following discussion; Me: I have an idea, I think it could work, what do you think? Office: Yes that’ll work, if you put in 25% you’ll get this much back, 50% this much and 100% this much.  Which option would you like? Me: 50% sounds like plenty for me, wow that is great, okay sign me up and how long will it take? Office: That option will take 8.6 years. Me: Sweet, excellent, thank you. The hardest part about taking the leap is not