by Michael Thompson | May 17, 2018 | Inspiration, Life, Life Lessons, Love, Mentors, Relationships
Last Tuesday my dad grabbed my shoulder in the lobby of a Central American hotel, and said the four words every momma’s boy fears the most, “Your mother is sick.” Yesterday we received the news that my mother’s lung cancer is in phase one and should be easily...
by Michael Thompson | Apr 14, 2018 | Career Advice, Creativity, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Writing
Tell me if this sounds familiar? You sit down to write and you stare at your computer and think to yourself, “Shit, I have nothing to say.” Like many people, I began to write because I had something to say. However, as time passes, and writing for fun turns to habit,...
by Michael Thompson | Apr 6, 2018 | Humor, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Personal Development, Self Help, Writing
I live in a small town in Spain and whenever I try to talk to anyone about Medium, or writing in general, I am met with crickets, even more so when I bring up personal development. So over the last few weeks I have been sending over trending self-help articles (along...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 7, 2018 | Books, Career Advice, Creativity, Inspiration, Learning, Motivation, Quotes, Reading
This post is the continuation of a post from last week, “52 Life Lessons I Learned By Asking 52 People The Same Question (Part 1)” and inspired by a post from a few weeks ago, “38 Lessons That Took Me 38 Years To Learn,” in which I forgot to include quite possibly the...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 6, 2018 | Books, Inspiration, Learning, Life, Life Lessons, Motivation, Personal Development, Quotes
“If you get one idea out of a $20 book that changes your life then it’s a bargain,” — Seth Godin On my 39th birthday I reserved two hours for myself and did something I had always wanted to do, I sat down and made a list of the lessons I had learned over the years....
