
September 7, 2018Jake Thompson
Why Now Is Better
I used to believe that if I didn’t start at an earlier (“better”) time, then there was no use starting now.
Because, I knew that if I had started when I originally said I was going to, I’d be so much farther down the road now.
My success would be greater than it is currently IF I’d just...

August 14, 2018Jake Thompson
How to Manage Your Gap
I think a lot of people can relate to the idea of starting fresh and starting over.
The “getting ramped up and getting moving” sucks. For example, when I started my professional speaking career, I quickly grew frustrated because you are emailing, contacting and reaching out to people –...

May 2, 2018Jake Thompson
That Moment
We’ve all had that moment. You know which one I’m referring to, right?
The one where we quit.
It’s that moment when we stopped pushing ourselves because it got really hard. Or it hurt. Or we didn’t think we could handle failure again. That moment. We’ve all got at least one of them.
We quit on a great...

January 24, 2018Jake Thompson
What If There’s Nothing Special About Me?
But there’s nothing special about my story.
I remember telling my coach that early in our time working together. I was new to public speaking and had hired his team years ago to help me elevate my craft to better serve my audiences. I had goals of becoming a household name as a speaker, but...