by Michael Thompson | Aug 15, 2019 | Career Advice, Confidence, Interview Skills
Opportunities come to the most prepared After my first year in sales I was promoted to the management team. During this time I worked day-in and day-out with the hiring manager and corporate trainer to accomplish one goal: find and develop new talent. This experience...
by Michael Thompson | Aug 7, 2019 | Confidence, Entrepreneurship, Persuasion, Success
Your ideas will never fly if you can’t move people to action Imagine you are the CEO of a multinational company, and you are propositioned by a young founder to leave your position to join forces with their four-year-old company that started out of a garage. If you...
by Michael Thompson | Aug 1, 2019 | Confidence, Life Lessons, Personal Development, Self Help
Tipping points require tackling what we fear The last few weeks I’ve been in a rut. Zero energy. Zero inspiration. Zero smile. People told me to just keep at it and eventually I would breakthrough. A friend even quoted me Snoopy, “Keep looking up, that’s the secret to...
by Michael Thompson | Jul 25, 2019 | Confidence, Life Lessons, Mentors
Confidence: taking care of your own and giving them the power to one day take care of others Growing up with a speech impediment, I was constantly in awe of confident people. Not only the way they talked, but the way they moved and made me feel when I was around them....
by Michael Thompson | Jul 24, 2019 | Communication Skills, Confidence, Relationships
Use this set of easy no-fail conversation starters to build relationships with new friends and colleagues, anywhere, in any situation Growing up, I had a severe speech impediment. I had an especially hard time with words that began with the letter “m.” My name is...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 9, 2019 | Career Advice, Confidence, Creativity, Habits, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Love, Motivation, Personal Development, Relationships, Self-help, Success
“The saddest part about getting older is seeing how intellectually dead some of my friends have chose to become.” My dad shared the words above with me at the beginning of 2018 when talking about the realities of getting older. Needless to say, they hit me like a ton...
