Michael was born in 1986 in Texas to middle-class parents who instilled the idea that formal education and financial and career success were positively correlated. He spent much of his High School years screwing around, like any other teenager in the early 2000s. Then, Michael went to Army Basic Training when he was 17, between his Jr. and Sr. years of High School. He returned focused and fully intent on completing as much school as possible. During Michael’s undergraduate and graduate careers, he studied Experimental Psychology as the first BA – Ph.D. track student at The University of Texas at Arlington. During this time, Michael studied psychology, psychometrics, statistics, philosophy, and religion. He wrote his first short book in 2010
