by Michael Thompson | Aug 1, 2019 | Confidence, Life Lessons, Personal Development, Self Help
Tipping points require tackling what we fear The last few weeks I’ve been in a rut. Zero energy. Zero inspiration. Zero smile. People told me to just keep at it and eventually I would breakthrough. A friend even quoted me Snoopy, “Keep looking up, that’s the secret to...
by Michael Thompson | Jul 30, 2019 | Life Lessons, Self Help, Self-help
Stop letting the actions of others dictate your day I was driving down a single-lane street in downtown Barcelona during the morning rush. When suddenly the driver of the car in front of me slammed on his brakes, got out of his car and walked into a corner bar,...
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 | 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...
by Michael Thompson | Apr 6, 2018 | Humor, Inspiration, Life Lessons, Personal Development, Self Help, Writing
I live in a small town in Spain and whenever I try to talk to anyone about Medium, or writing in general, I am met with crickets, even more so when I bring up personal development. So over the last few weeks I have been sending over trending self-help articles (along...
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...