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 | Feb 23, 2018 | Life, Life Lessons, Love, Personal Development, Self Awareness, Success
Originally appeared on Thought Catalog Recently a friend of mine told me that as human beings we spend the first half of our lives collecting, and the second half of our lives determining what to keep. Having just celebrated my 39th birthday these words hit home and...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 23, 2018 | Life, Life Lessons, Relationships, Self Awareness, Travel
Post originally appeared on Hacker Noon (listen to post here) “Our parents don’t see us as we are — they see the kid they remember. Our friends don’t see us as we are — they see the friend they remember. Only a stranger met on your travels sees you as you truly are...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 23, 2018 | Leadership, Mastery, Mentors, Self Awareness, Success
1. YOU TAKE NOTES: Einstein, Jefferson, Patton, Lucas, Branson, Darwin, Hemingway, Rockefellar, Franklin, Newton. What do all of these people have in common besides being recognisable by only their last name? They all carried around little notebooks and wrote down...
by Michael Thompson | Feb 21, 2018 | Habits, Mastery, Personal Development, Self Awareness, Self Help
“Do you really need to add more good habits? When you want to be, you are super productive. Lacking good habits is not your weakness, but your bad habits are.” — My wife Normally when my wife smacks me in the face with reality I get defensive and start an unnecessary...
