by Michael Thompson | Jun 17, 2020 | Career Advice, Confidence, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Motivation
According to Steve Jobs, most people won’t pick up the phone and ask for help. If you want to be successful, it pays to not be like most people. When Steve Jobs was 12-years-old he wanted to build a frequency counter, but he was lacking some of the necessary...
by Michael Thompson | Jun 14, 2020 | Confidence, Leadership, Life Lessons, Personal Development, self-awareness
Self-aware people know that the quality of their life is a direct reflection of the questions they ask themselves. Here are 22 to get your started. When speaking on self-awareness, self-made billionaire, Warren Rustand, said the average person doesn’t discover who...
by Michael Thompson | Jun 3, 2020 | Kindness, Leadership, Life, Life Lessons, Personal Development, Relationships, Self Awareness, social awareness / intelligence
open-minded people Every Monday, for going on three years, I sit down and reach out to someone who is doing something I admire requesting a chance to speak with them. I try not to prepare too many talking points and prefer to see where the conversation takes us. One...
by Michael Thompson | May 21, 2020 | Career Advice, Inspiration, Kindness, Leadership, Likeability, Relationships
When it comes to how to stand out, being kind is just as effective as being confident. I sat down and wrote the perfect outreach message requesting a chance to speak with the man I respected most in the coaching and writing space. In a few sentences, I told him...
by Michael Thompson | May 18, 2020 | Confidence, Habits, Kindness, Leadership, Likeability, Relationships, social awareness / intelligence
If you are going to steal from people, make sure it is the qualities of kind people. As a shy kid, I was in awe of confident people. The way they moved. The way they spoke. This admiration continued with me well into my thirties. I wanted to be like them. Today,...
by Michael Thompson | May 2, 2020 | Career Advice, Communication Skills, Leadership, Persuasion, Relationships, Success
As we move into the new world these are the 5 most valuable skills you should focus on to move quickly and make an immediate impact. Serial entrepreneur and founder of Modern Market, Anthony Pigliacampo, emailed me an excerpt from a company-wide message he sent out in...
