Articles for category: Initiative

March 21, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Problem in Learning Something New

The problem with learning something new is the first time you do it, it’s going to be wrong. You might be “decent” or have some “beginner’s luck” at it, but you won’t be great at it, you won’t be a master at it. You’ll simply be starting out, learning something new. And that’s where you should be, that’s why you have managers, leaders, peers, coaches, and mentors there, around you, to support you in getting to great. Don’t be frustrated where you are, focus on where you’re headed.

March 20, 2024

Greg Thomas

Finish Strong

You can start hard at the beginning, going, moving, taking hits, figuring what does and doesn’t work. You can falter in the middle, taking stumbles, the hits adding up, the confusion and frustration seeping through. But you always, always, finish strong, always giving your last push with everything you have.

March 18, 2024

Greg Thomas

Scheduling Helps… when it doesn’t break

Living by a schedule works, it helps give you consistency and reproducibility in all that you do. It takes the decisions away from what you are trying to accomplish and simplifies your decision-making. When it breaks, it doesn’t go that well, you fall off, and you’re not sure what you should do next, how to do you get back on, where do you go from here. Forget the big picture of what you should do, and focus on the one thing in front of you do that, then the next thing, then the next. The key is not to get

March 16, 2024

Greg Thomas

Where do you Begin?

On Page One. File >> New Project. “How do I do this?” Reading the Instructions. Pressing Play. One Step in front of the other. You can start anywhere and everywhere, the options are there, you just have to start.

March 15, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Challenge of Simplicity

In everything, we always say – “Keep it Simple” because that’s what makes it happen. Take out all the complexity, and all the noise, and boil the problem down to the simplest of elements. Move forward. Look up. One line at a time. One word at a time. The challenge with simplicity is that we don’t always see the result from that simplicity and get frustrated that we’re not where we’re supposed to be and what we’re supposed to be doing – when in fact we are.

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