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March 3, 2021

Greg Thomas

Getting Traction

Traction is what we all want, but is the hardest thing for us to get. We want our code to take to take root and run perfectly. We want our ideas to find meaning with people and make an impact. We want everything we are building to be rejoiced and admired by our customers. However long it takes or when it happens, it has never happened overnight. Showing up, putting in that effort, making those incremental gains, each and every day. That’s how you gain traction, now how you keep it and maintain it? That’s for you to decide.

March 2, 2021

Greg Thomas

Turning it On and Off

I’m loving this season of Remotely Prepared – not only the interviews we’re having but the talks we’re having. Here’s our latest episode on balance and being able to turn work on and off. Something we all struggle with. https://www.upsidedownoffice.com/podcast/turningitonandoff

March 1, 2021

Greg Thomas

Skills aren’t Easy

The results that we show people, they look nice, impressive and blow our minds. But the work to get there, isn’t easy. It most likely required any combination of the following; Repetitive action. Extensive Practice outside of what everyone else does. Fighting back the impostor and feeling like you aren’t good enough. Trying out new ideas that failed initially, everyone laughed at but now you have mastered. Doing your best work but knowing it could be better. Struggling with keeping things going at your lowest moments. We never really master a skill, we get really good at it, but if

February 28, 2021

Greg Thomas

Move Your Bus

Years ago, when I was flying a lot, I found myself reading on planes and in terminals quite a bit. While perusing the selections one day I saw this book and found the title to be pretty interesting. Up until that point in my career, the only bus I had ever encountered was the proverbial one where you either run over by it OR the one where you ran scenarios against people that key to your team. So I was interested in what this had to offer. Digging into it, what I liked most about it was the general concept

February 27, 2021

Greg Thomas

Snow Days

What is it about a Snow Day that makes us go crazy with relief? Everything we had planned suddenly shifts beneath us and the day seems filled with possibilities? We become rejuvenated (even if we go back to bed) mentally as though nothing can stop us, hold us back or push us down. We feel invincible and now everything that seemed out of reach is now within it. And all becomes of some nice-looking precipitation? Whatever it is, the question we need to ask ourselves – is how can we start with that question every… single… day.