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January 19, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Freelancer’s Dilemma

Is simply that not everyone gets it. Not everyone understands Why so much effort goes into one customer Why all of your work isn’t readily copied from customer to customer Why you don’t bill for those extra hours that took the project from cacophony to symphony Why your billing cycles are erratic Why the customer relationship is more important than the customer’s balance sheet Why growth isn’t a hockey stick but instead some gradual curve over a long period of time Why working from home, or a coop But if you do isn’t that all that really matters?

January 18, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Appeal of Turning Off

We all yearn for it, we all desire it and yet we focus it down to a 2 – 3 week sprint during our favourite seasonal time of the year. In that bit of time, we put all our hopes and dreams into that short sprint hoping that somehow we come back rejuvenated and ready to take on the world again. To achieve that goal – we turn off – block everything out, focus on just us, ignore everything around us. Decompress. Relax. Unwind. Maybe what we really need to do is figure out how to turn off throughout every other week

January 17, 2017

Greg Thomas

The Weekly Reset

You need one, I need one, they need one – we all need one – and it’s time to stop waiting for our vacations to come up to realize it. Why you need a weekly Reset

January 16, 2017

Greg Thomas

Guided Leadership

Too often we confuse the lofty goals of leadership with success and forget why we are really there. We don’t have all the answers. We don’t know which direction is best We don’t know what will happen next. With all those unknowns in front of you, it’s easy to feel worried, afraid and unsure of what happens next and how are we to “really help people”. And, it’s in those moments that you realize that you are not leading them because you are the best, the smartest, the greatest that ever was but instead that you are guiding your team with

January 13, 2017

Greg Thomas

You have more Options than You Think

We often forget we do. We get into a routine or a cycle and we start to think – this is, I’m stuck, nowhere else to go – this is me forever, might as well strap in and enjoy the ride. But the option is always there to get off the ride, buy another ticket and start a new one. You always have an option and if you can’t see it, talk to a friend, they’re always good at pointing them out to us.