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FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message For decades we have watched our major iconic cities throughout the U.S. fall apart into shambles. Why is that? Why do progressive political policies ruin cities? Let’s answer that question from an unlikely source, Michael Shellenberger in his latest book, San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities. Key Points from the Episode: Incredible research from Johnathan HaidtGerman seed of Communism from Karl MarxVick...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message How you start your mornings matter! In todays MOJO Minute, we read from Steven Pressfields great little book, The War of Artand how to overcome resistance Key Points from the Episode: What is resistance?Steven Pressfield's morning routineWhy mornings matter!Other resources: More goodness Get our top book recommendations list Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high fiv...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Recently the President & CEO of McDonalds, Chris Kempczinski, spoke to the Economic Club of Chicago, our ears perked up when he mentioned crime as one of large concerns with the crisis happening in the city of Chicago Key Points from the Episode: Why are more large corporations leaving Chicago this month than last month, why more corporations are leaving this year than last year?McDonalds restaurants are a great bell-weather in...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this Liberty Minute 🗽, we ask the question, why is violent crime on the rise? To answer that question, we look to Matt Palumbo's excellent work, The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros Key Points from the Episode: Is the best contribution that George Soro's can make to the common good and to the betterment of civil society?Does a majority of Americans support this type of radical social justice ide...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Continuing on with our nuggets of wisdom surrounding our work and our notion of human work, in this MM, we turn to Timothy Keller in his very insightful book, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work Key Points from the Episode: Why is doing our work well a form of co-operating with God in his creative work?Why is there a dignity in all forms of good human work?Should manual labor be more appreciated vs knowledge, in...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Do you have passion for your work? Do you love what you do for a living? If not, why not? Perhaps, your passion is misplaced. In this MM, we ponder that reflection on a "Gospel of Work" Key Points from the Episode: Do we need to have a job that we are passionate about to work with passion?How do we work with more effectiveness, with more care, with more clarity to insist the work is well done?How do we lead be...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this Liberty Minute 🗽, we examine Big Tech with Senator Josh Hawley and his new book, The Tyranny of Big Tech Key Points from the Episode: Are the robber barons of the Golden Age of America just like todays, Big Tech Firms of Amazon, Google, Facebook and Twitter?Should these Big Tech giants be broken apart?The time is ripe to address this overwhelming threat to our republic.Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here, a...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Whoa, what a title for this MM...Building our second brain In this MM, we look at Getting Things Done by David Allen but then we zoom ahead to what our future looks like within the productivity domain with Tiago Forte's new book, Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential Key Points from the Episode: Can we, with technology, find a reliable system that helps us s...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Recently, I was asked how do I jot notes in my physical books that Im reading from? In this MM, we answer that listener question as well as we found a fantastic nugget of wisdom in Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi which we use one of our most recommended books, Aristotle's great classic work, Nicomachean Ethics to expand that on answer in our quest for more great ideas. Key Points ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message We live in a crazy world and often that confusion causes many Catholics to lose hope. Todays book--in our Catholic Corner--should restore hope that we can make sense out of this confusion with Father Gerald Murray's Calming The Storm: Navigating The Crises Facing The Catholic Church and Society. Key points Fr. Murray shows us the way, with Christ, and how to navigate these modern day crises in the Catholic faith.His theolog...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message For two and half years, the COVID19 pandemic has ravaged the United States and the world. In this Liberty Minute 🗽, we look to Scott Atlas on what should have been our National public health response, who broke that trust and who is to blame in his book, A Plague Upon Our House: My Fight At The Trump White House To Stop COVID From Destroying America Key Points from the Episode: Was our National COVID19 response effecti...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message The power of example is often underestimated. Not so, in todays MM, where we watch a little league baseball player hug another competitor in an incredible show of compassion and sportsmanship. Key Points from the Episode: Kids are often our best teachers because of their purity of heartBe sure to get the tissues readyOther resources: Video of the Little League Hug More goodness Get our top book recommendations list Want...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MOJO Minute, we will talk about how to conquer our day from its first beginnings and how to make it hard to have a bad day! To do so, we will enlist our help from Brian Tracy's great book, Eat that Frog: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time Key Points from the Episode: Develop a habit of tackling the hardest item FIRSTHow to increase your performance reaching your peak with th...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message With millions of kids going back to school in the past couple weeks, let us in this Liberty 🗽 Minute, examine Critical Race Theory and the harm it is doing to our kids, parents, schools, educators and our nation as a whole. And to do so, let us turn to our book of the day, A Parent's Guide to Critical Race Theory: Fighting CRT in Your Child's School by Christopher Paslay Key Points from the Episode: What is Critical Race Theory an...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today's MM it is all about practicality! Checklists are often under utilized, but our book of the day is The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande will teach us why checklists should & ought to be used more often! Key Points from the Episode: My travel checklist over the last five yearsHow to avoid common place and repeated failuresKeep it simple. Use a checklistOther resources: More good...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message To celebrate the release of the Hillsdale Supply-Side FREE economics course and to keep our theme going from our Liberty Minute over the weekend, lets talk some economic wisdom today! You might ask, what is Supply-Side economics? here's a quote from the Gipper, "There were always those who told us that taxes couldn't be cut until spending was reduced. Well, you know, we can lecture our children about extravagance until we run out...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this Liberty 🗽 Minute, let's examine money and inflation. And to do so, let us turn to our book of the day, Inflation: What It is, Why It's Bad, and How to Fix It by Steve Forbes, Nathan Lewis and Elizabeth Ames. Key Points from the Episode: Why are we poorer in the last 50 years?Sound money requires a sound measuring instrument, like a ruler, a scale or yardstick.A return to the gold standard would conquer inflation and ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message The 1952 Summer Olympic games were not a disappointment for Roger Bannister, why? In Joe Manganiello's book Evolution: The Cutting-Edge Guide to Breaking Down Mental Walls and Building the Body You Have Always Wanted. we learn from Joe, how Roger Bannister trained mentally and physically to break the 4 minute mile! Key Points from the Episode: Bannister's training regimeHow do you break down your impossible goal?Put t...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Sleep is one of the most biological functions of the human body. In MM#153, we consult with Matthew Walker, the author of Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams Key Points from the Episode: What is baseline resetting in Sleep?Did you know almost every animal species sleeps?What's the likelihood you will have the rare gene to allow you to sleep less than 7 hours a day and have a full baseline resetting...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message We are fired up to bring you another Liberty 🗽 Minute! In our last episode, we covered Alex Epstein's two books, first The Moral Case For Fossil Fuels and second,Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal and Natural Gas--Not Less. This episode is part two of covering Epstein powerful books! Key Points from the Episode: Why Fossil Fuels are our FutureTo be against Fossil Fuels is frankly to be anti-...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Rodney Stark has written a sweeping and tour de force with his work The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism and Western Success and so we had to cover him especially with this nugget of wisdom today. Enjoy! Key Points from the Episode: Northern China should have had an industrial revolution in the 11th century but didnt!Who stopped it?Why was the fall of the Roman Empire good for progress?Four of...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MM#151 we discuss what happens to all of us. Procrastination! For help, we enlist Timothy Pyschyl's Solving the Procrastination Puzzle: A Concise Guide To Strategies For Change Key Points from the Episode: We cover the sad breaking news: The beloved American historian David McCullough passed away. We offer a quick tribute. Time to eat our own dog food and set the good example to end (or lim...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Folks this Liberty 🗽 Minute is SPECIAL! We are super excited to share some exciting news with everyone! In our book of the day, we cover two of Alex Epstein's books, first The Moral Case For Fossil Fuels and second,Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal and Natural Gas--Not Less. Key Points from the Episode: Hillsdale's fascinating Supply Side Economic course coming August 23rd.Why ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MOJO Minute #150! Time to celebrate! 🎉🥳 Wow! Looking all the way back at MM#1 seems so distant these days! We will take a small victory lap 💪 BUT more importantly we will applaud 👏 YOU the listener 🎧 😀 because you allow us to BRING you these powerful nuggets of wisdom 💡! and we LOVE ❤️ doing just that! So thank you! Now time to get back to the grind 🔨💎 for more flourishing ⚡️nuggets!! MM#150 an...