From leadership and motivation to daily choices that define us, Mike’s Thoughts explores the deeper side of performance and personal transformation – always with authenticity and a dash of humor.
If you’re willing to do the work, here’s how to know what work to do. When I get inspired (or convinced) to do or change something one of two things happens: Either I’m hit with an excited jumble of completely unorganized ideas that apply but have no order or process; or I have no ideas whatsoever.
Wealth, Welfare, and a New Word: Flucrative. I made a cool typo I just discovered this morning. Writing the word “lucrative” I somehow put an “F” in front, “Flucrative.” Joking to my wife, I almost passed it off until it dawned on me, it’s the perfect word for a profoundly important principle.
Ok, I searched my heart before sharing this. It is a prerequisite for success to be honest about one’s mistakes and failures. But is it not just as important to be honest about what works and share it? At cursory glance the following might seem self-proud, but I assure you, that is not what I feel. I am interested in lots of things… sports, places, people, acquiring different skills. I am blessed with usually being good at them. Someone recently asked me how that works and here is what I realized…
What if 2015 was PERFECT, what would it look like? It’s become hip, especially with motivational keynote speakers like me, to dis and ditch New Years Resolutions. Well, there’s a reason for that: They don’t work! I think I know why. New years resolutions are about processes. “I’m going to diet, exercise, quit smoking, go to church, make more money,” that sort of thing. If those are all worthy resolutions, why do so many people abandon them before January is over?
Dr. Martin Luther King has the solution we need, right now, but is anyone still listening? I believe his solution could change all race relations, reduce crime, and heal most of what’s broken in our society. Dr. King asked simply that a person not be judged by anything other than “the content of his character.” Not race, religion, gender, education, sexual preference, just who you are.
“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”-Rosa Parks. As a keynote speaker and writer I exhort people to make the choice to Become a “Virtuoso,” to create and live their highest vision of themselves in every area of life. So, what in the world does Becoming a Virtuoso have to do with Michael Brown and Ferguson, MO?
I’m totally excited! My new CD is here. It’s called “A Nerd Like Me” which is my parody of Taylor Swift’s “You Belong With Me.”
Shortly after I became a professional speaker in 2001, one of my first speaking opportunities was doing a keynote and breakout session for a special
I have learned that if you’re motivated, ambitious for good things, and willing to do what it takes to get there, at some point people
Financial Health… Take Your Medicine I’ve noticed something about this country… we have a serious health problem. My wife, Tara Rayburn http://www.thehealthyhabitcoach.com/blog is far more the
So, though a bit out of order, I spoke a few posts ago the coolest, awesomest, most life-changing decision you could make, the excellence decision,
Going with my “Break a Leg” theme, taking chances, smart chances, calculated risks is one of the fundamental hallmarks of high achievers. But if you’re
