Articles for category: Initiative

The Same Meeting Over and Over

If you’re in the same meeting over and over and over again. It’s time to find a meeting where you aren’t. It’s time to find a team where it’s not the same. It’s time to find a project that won’t be holding you back.

November 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

What’s your Meeting Threshold?

A not often asked question, how many meetings can you handle in a week and still be productive? We take away meetings giving you back 10 minutes, an hour, a day – but does that come close to getting to your threshold or is it the equivalent of removing some kindling from a burning fire? Your weekly meeting threshold is like the bug bar, when you reach it, you don’t blast through it, you figure out how to get back under it or stay mildly above it or adjust your tolerance. The hard part is taking a step back to

How you get there

How you get to where you want to get to, matters more, so much more than getting there. It defines who you are, what you are capable of what you hope to achieve, and how you are going to do it. Everything is about the journey to get there, the road you take, the path you lead on.  It can be only, but it’s better than regretting your choices later on.

November 1, 2023

Greg Thomas

Making the Plan

No plan, no action. No action, no results. No results, you never had a chance. The plan doesn’t have to be complicated.  I still can’t get into any type of project software and find bullet points and checklists the best thing available to me. But there is always a plan.

October 30, 2023

Greg Thomas

Prompted Zones

Getting in the zone is the best thing – you’re focused, and on point, things work, and nothing can fail. The question is whether you can get there when not prompted, or can you get there on your own, can you figure out a path to get to the zone when you are not prompted? Get prompted, getting told to do something to get there to get into the zone is easy, getting there on your own is a whole other game.