Articles for category: Initiative

September 6, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Rush to End Summer

We rush to get to summer, to get all the things off our plate so we can enjoy it. And then we rush to finish summer to get all our things to start what can be considered a new year. Either way, we’re rushing.

September 2, 2023

Greg Thomas

Three Approaches to Problem Solving

Complain about it. Walk away from it. Work on it. That’s it, no further explanation needed.  You can apply all three to any problem – get angry at it at first glance, take a breather from it and then come back to work on it. Nothing wrong with that approach, just don’t focus on the first two for too long.

September 1, 2023

Greg Thomas

How were they able to do this?

“I’m better than them, I should be doing that?” But you’re not, so you can either keep dwelling on it, move forward. No one is stopping from going ahead and doing it on your own, somewhere else, in another role, perhaps just not with there. The choice is up to you how long you want to let it hold you back.

Do you Know this?

“No, but I can learn it.” That’s all I need to hear in an interview, if I can hear that, I don’t need to dissect whether you know something or not or what level of syntax you know. That tells me that you are honest in what you know but you are driven to learn something new and contribute to our team by going beyond what is asked of you. What more could you want?