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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Aug 14, 2018 | Communication Skills, Motivation, Personal Development, Relationships, Self-help
Three months ago, my dad and I were holed up in a Central American hotel waiting for me to testify regarding a decade long court battle. Between shitty cups of coffee, and my first taste of Sports Center in eight years, my dad and I sat around and talked about life,...
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...
