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...
by Michael Thompson | Sep 12, 2018 | Career Advice, Creativity, Habits, Inspiration, Learning, Life Lessons, Personal Development, Self Awareness, Self Help
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 21, 2018 | Habits, Mastery, Personal Development, Self Awareness, Self Help
“Do you really need to add more good habits? When you want to be, you are super productive. Lacking good habits is not your weakness, but your bad habits are.” — My wife Normally when my wife smacks me in the face with reality I get defensive and start an unnecessary...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 16, 2018 | Career Advice, Creativity, Habits, Personal Development, Writing
Exactly one year ago, on this very day, after receiving a pep-talk from a man I greatly admired, I submitted the bones of an article to Fast Company. To my surprise, a few weeks later, I was told that it made the cut and it ran the next day. As someone who had never...
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...
