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 | Feb 9, 2019 | Inspiration, Life Lessons, Love, Personal Development, Relationships
“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. Simplicity is the key to brilliance” — Bruce Lee A few weeks ago, on my birthday, my wife and I sat together on our terrace watching a video she had put together from all of my friends and...
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 | Sep 5, 2018 | Life, Life Lessons, Love, Personal Development, Relationships, Self Awareness
I was walking the rainy streets of Barcelona with a girl I had just met. It was a Wednesday, and little did I know, I was 45 seconds away from seeing my future. As we crossed the street, the clouds parted, and the first ray of sunshine kissed the face of this...
by Michael Thompson | Aug 29, 2018 | Inspiration, Life, Life Lessons, Motivation, Relationships
The best way to write your own story is to ask others about theirs Three years ago, on the last leg of the “Camino de Santiago,” a 900km trek across northern Spain, my dad came across a Norwegian woman and a Dutch man, both of whom were in their late 80’s....
by Michael Thompson | Jul 31, 2018 | Career Advice, Life, Life Lessons, Motivation, Personal Development, Self Help
I was once told as human beings we spend the first half of our lives collecting, and the second half determining what to keep. Having just celebrated my 40th birthday, I figured there would never be a better time to get the lessons I have decided to keep down on...
