by Michael Thompson | Oct 14, 2019 | Inspiration, Life Lessons, Relationships
Kindness is a superpower Act more confident. Push past your comfort zone. Stand like an alpha. I grew up a shy introvert with a severe speech impediment, bombarded by such suggestions. Honestly, I’ve tried them all. I’ve also come to the conclusion that it’s a lot...
by Michael Thompson | Oct 7, 2019 | Creativity, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Productivity
Developing the discipline to stop is just as important as finding the motivation to start The most important lesson I’ve learned about creativity didn’t come from something I read, but rather something I saw. I was watching a profile on Christoph Niemann (the artist...
by Michael Thompson | Sep 23, 2019 | Inspiration, Life Lessons, Relationships
They’re so easy even a kid can embrace them I haven’t always been an A-grade citizen. From cheating and stealing to wheeling and dealing, I’m ashamed to say I’ve done plenty of less-than-admirable things. Some of them were on a small scale, while others seriously hurt...
by Michael Thompson | Sep 16, 2019 | Life Lessons, Personal Development, Self-help
A warning to all those standing still Last spring my dad and I were holed up in a Central American hotel waiting for me to be summoned to testify in a decade-old court case I’ve been involved in. As it turns out, the agonizing thought of missing my newborn son’s first...
by Michael Thompson | Sep 10, 2019 | Career Advice, Confidence, Life Lessons, Motivation
Your career forms one relationship at a time, not from one job to the next For over a decade, master interviewer and Esquire columnist Cal Fussman traveled the world on a shoe-string budget. When Tim Ferriss, a legendary interviewer in his own right, asked Cal how he...
by Michael Thompson | Aug 25, 2019 | Inspiration, Life, Life Lessons, Personal Development
You can’t live life on your terms if you’re tied to someone else’s rope Once upon a time, there was a little boy who loved nothing more than going to the circus. The clowns amazed him and the magicians mesmerized him. But what kept him going back time and time again...
