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In todays MOJO minute, we explore why fear paralyzes us at almost every turn?

To answer this question, we turn to David Schwartz in his Uber popular book, The Magic Of Thinking Big: Acquire the Secrets of Success...Achieve Everything You Have Always Wanted
Key Points from the Episode:
Need to make a big decision? but paralyzed into fear?

Fear is a psychological infection just like there are body infections.

Why indecision & postponement ONLY fertilize fear? Why taking action is so important!
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Happy Mother's Day
Inspired by Paul Harvey's 1978 'So God Made a Farmer Speech' - Dodge Ram Trucks Super Bowl commercial in 2013.

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In this follow up episode to our last MM, we continue our discussion on our smart phone digital health and some best practices. Our MOJO book of the day carries over too from our last MM and Catherine Price's remarkable book, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30 - Day Plan to Take Back Your Life.

Key Points from the Episode:
Digital Detox and why it is good

How over ten years ago, I was a digital social media junkie and now that has slowed to a crawl and you can do it too.

Why a digital fa...

In MM#118, lets chat about our smart phone use with the help of Catherine Price's remarkable book, How to Break Up with Your Phone: The 30 - Day Plan to Take Back Your Life.
Key Points from the Episode:
Are we Americans addicted to our smartphones similar to intravenous drugs?

How do you compare to the national average in checking your smartphone daily?

Can you break up with your smartphone? (just for a little bit?!!) 🤨

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In this MOJO Minute, Carol Dweck helps us to understand our mindset! In 2006, she wrote a fantastic book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success and we will unpack one of the important nuggets of wisdom from that book.

Key Points from the Episode:
Recap of prior MOJO Minutes surrounding mindset, specifically MM's 33, 72 & 86. Be sure to check those out.

Is there something more fundamental than exceptional skills or great talents?

Fixed mindset vs growth mindset, which one do you want to have?...

In this episode, we share how small businesses can change and clarifying their marketing to help tell their story and in the process of doing so, we discover that each of us is on our own hero's journey.

A huge thank you to Donald Miller for writing this enthralling book, Building A Storybrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen
Key Points from the Episode:
Part of the inspiration for the MOJO Minutes came from this book

How to help small businesses clarify their marketing messages
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Just seven months after the end of the US Civil War, one of the United Kingdom's most recognized poets, Rudyard Kipling was born, over 8200 miles away in Bombay, India.

In this MOJO minute, we hear a reading of one of most admired poems titled "If".

Many thanks for poems.org for Kiplings transcript.
Key Points from the Episode:
Inspired and written as a tribute for a Scottish Colonial ultimately the poem "If" became parental advice for his son, John Kipling, born shortly thereafter.

the poem ...

The US Civil War was America's worst national nightmare. In this MOJO minute, we explore the holy week of 1865 with Allen Guelzo's remarkable new biography of Robert E Lee: A Life
Key Points from the Episode:
The events from Palm Sunday to Good Friday 1865 were a roller-coaster of emotion that sent American morale to its deepest trenches of sadness.

Grants generous terms at the surrender

Robert E Lee almost overcome in relief on Grants surrender terms.

the assassination of the 16th President ...

In this special Catholic Corner segment of the podcast, we share more special excerpts from Fulton J Sheen's incredible book, The Life of Christ

Key points:
Christ's fingers, hands and nails

Doubting Thomas and God's special grace.

Thomas's testimony and his ultimate martyrdom in southern India.

He is arisen! Alleluia!

May you all have a most blessed Easter with those that you love!
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Happy Holy Week, in this Catholic Corner segment, we explore Scott Hahn's The Fourth Cup: Unveiling The Mystery of the Last Supper and The Cross
Key Points from the Episode:
The Passover Seder & 4 cups

The Missing 4th Cup

The Bread of Life

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Happy Holy Week, in this MOJO Minute, we explore America's meaning of Freedom. To help us, we pull George Weigel's book Letters to a Young Catholic
Key Points from the Episode:
A Roman Catholic view of Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address

How should we live?

What is authentic Freedom?

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On April 23, 1910, former US President Teddy Roosevelt gave the speech entitled "Citizenship in a Republic" at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

We pull the most famous passage from that speech in this MOJO Minute!

Thank you to the TR center for this transcript of the speech.

Key Points from the Episode:
Do critics count?

The Man in the Arena

If you are creator, artist, potential author or potential podcaster, step up! The world is waiting to hear from you...we are listening!

Other...

What is, perhaps, the most vital law in business? Especially business planning?

We will discover this vital law, from Jocko Willink's and Leif Babins companion workbook to their super popular book Extreme Ownership in this MOJO Minute.

This workbooks title is The Official Companion Workbook to Extreme Ownership by Echelon Front.
Key Points from the Episode:
The best leaders build plans that everyone can understand all the way down to the lowest level in the organization

The most simple plans ...

This is our final March Madness SPECIAL (Im sure some of you are sad 😢)

so lets discuss the most iconic ballad in all of sports, One Shining Moment and the accompanying video montage for the NCAA mens basketball championship game.

Key Points from the Episode:
Originally aired after the 1987 championship game

Great endorsements

My personal story of the first time I saw it

ENJOY tonights championship game

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The Ultimate One Shining Moment for all the years
The 2021 One Shining...

In this special Catholic Corner segment of the podcast, we check in with Elizabeth Scalia's , Little Sins Mean A Lot: Kicking Our Bad Habits Before They Kick Us
Key points:
Difference between two different types of sins, moral and venial

Find a great confessor this Lent

How our diminished perspective broadens our self-permissiveness

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Here's a SPECIAL episode--March Madness MOJO Minute--Final Four Edition!

As this NCAA tourney comes to a close with the Final Four games tonite and the championship game on Monday, I thought we would explore the most intriguing storyline remaining in this tournament--Coach Mike Krzyzewski's swan song.

To do so, we use former Duke Basketball player and now ESPN analyst Jay Bilas and his 2009 article turned into a book Toughness: Developing True Strength On and Off the Court
Key Points from the ...

In this short MM, we have fun with the Pareto Principle while gaining some wisdom!

Key Points from the Episode:
Vilfredo Pareto created the principle in Italy about 20th century English wealth

20% of beer drinkers drink 80% of the worlds beer

20% of our actions should be producing 80% of the results. lets do more of them

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What is an essential leadership question to ask ourselves? We explore that question in this MM#107 with Jocko Willink's excellent book, Leadership Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual
Key Points from the Episode:
Quick review of Leadership week MM's #34-40, be sure to check them out

Leaders are NOT actually superior to those below them in the chain of command

Do we have the right frame of mind for great leadership?

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Offering up another SPECIAL MOJO Minute--March Madness style--we appreciate GRIT and these two unique storylines playing out in this years NCAA college basketball tourney.

Our MOJO book of the day GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth helps us to see the metaphor of the sport of basketball in the game of life.

Key Points from the Episode:
Saint Peters historic win over Purdue to reach the Elite 8

Coach K's storybook run into tonite's match against Arkansas, a 1994 va...

Continuing our SPECIAL MOJO Minutes--March Madness style--we dig deep in The Anatomy of the NCAA upset.

Our MOJO book of the day, Spartan UP: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance by Joe DeSena helps us to understand the psychology of winning telephone pole by telephone pole!

Key Points from the Episode:
Watching the St. Peters v Kentucky first round game up-close reminded me to the Anatomy of the NCAA upset

The underdog team using the TV timeouts in...

In this MOJO Minute, we continue our study with small businesses and with our MOJO book the day, The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, and Stand Out From The Crowd by Allan Dib.

Key Points from the Episode:
Why are marketing plans important

What is the 64/4 leverage principle and how does it apply in our lives and businesses?

Are you a small business owner, do you have a marketing plan? if not, why not?

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In todays MOJO Minute, we study the #1 reason why small business don't grow! To help us, we dig in with our MOJO book of the day, The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, and Stand Out From The Crowd by Allan Dib.

Key Points from the Episode:
Why are business systems important

What is the poster child for good business systems

4 valuable benefits for implementing business systems

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Rounding out our SPECIAL MOJO March Madness MOJO minutes this week, we check in with perhaps the greatest coach of the 21st century, Duke mens basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski. In 2001, Coach K—his nickname because most people struggle with his last name—wrote a great book, wrote a great book, Leading with the Heart: Coach K’s Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business and Life

Key Points from the Episode:
Grab a Kleenex for todays story

Family is important

Coach K’s prayer before every ...

In keeping with our SPECIAL MOJO March Madness MOJO minute, we gain some wisdom today from perhaps the greatest college basketball coach of the 20th century, John Wooden in his book, Wooden: a Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off Court!
Key Points from the Episode:
Make today a masterpiece

Improve a little each day

The classic John Wooden coaching story of teaching the fundamentals by putting your socks on properly.

ENJOY the games today!

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