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According to Steve Jobs, This One Thing Separates The Doers from The Dreamers

According to Steve Jobs, This One Thing Separates The Doers from The Dreamers

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...
59 Conversation Starters to Get the Most Out of Networking Events

59 Conversation Starters to Get the Most Out of Networking Events

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...
18 Life Lessons 2018 Taught Me

18 Life Lessons 2018 Taught Me

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...
How to Live a Good Life Courtesy of an 87 year-old Stranger

How to Live a Good Life Courtesy of an 87 year-old Stranger

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....
8 Ways to Move Your Relationships from Good to Great

8 Ways to Move Your Relationships from Good to Great

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,...
40 Lessons The World Has Taught Me In 40 Years

40 Lessons The World Has Taught Me In 40 Years

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...
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