by Michael Thompson | Mar 18, 2018 | Career Advice, Communication Skills, Confidence, Negotiation Skills, Persuasion, Relationships
Whether you want to get more eyes on your products and services, be a successful entrepreneur, better parent or build more meaningful relationships, the underlying factor that leads to success in all of these pursuits is being a good communicator. And a big part of...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 21, 2018 | Charisma, Communication Skills, Confidence, Mentors, Relationships
Originally featured in Fast Company Growing up with a speech impediment, I was constantly in awe of confident people. Not only the way they talked, but the way that they moved and made me feel when I was around them. But it didn’t occur to me until much later that...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 15, 2018 | Communication Skills, Creativity, Habits, Mastery, Self Awareness, Writing
After posting an article on how writing everyday has changed my life I received the following question: How do you find topics to write about on a daily basis? As someone who is approaching 365 days of writing everyday this question got me thinking about the advice...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 14, 2018 | Career Advice, Communication Skills, Habits, Personal Development, Self Awareness, Writing
Prior to giving a briefing in Vietnam in front of a team of his superiors, my dad put his words in front of his commanding officer. 45 minutes later when his boss finished reading, he turned to him and said, “This is good, but cut it down to 3 minutes.” My dad was...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 10, 2018 | Career Advice, Charisma, Communication Skills, Likeability, Relationships
Originally appeared on Hacker Noon Forget what you learned as a kid. If you treat others how you would like to be treated in return, you’re doing it all wrong. That’s flawed thinking and likeable people know it. Likeable people rely on their experience of dealing with...
