The Mojo Sessions

Mike McCastle, inspired by Greek mythology of the 12 Labors of Hercules, undertook 5,804 pull-ups in a day to break the world record, pulled a 5,000-pound pick up across the Mojave Desert in summer, climbed a rope to the equivalent height of Mount Everest, and recently broke the record for submersion in an ice bath....all for a greater purpose. Mike raises funds and awareness for causes such as ca...

Author Ron Karr works with leaders to eliminate risk, gain buy-in and achieve better results faster using The Velocity Mindset. He's generated billions in incremental revenue for his clients. His new book ' The Velocity Mindset' outlines the right balance of speed and direction, both of which must remain in alignment for business and personal attainment. It's a fusion of science and business leade...

Dr. Tasha Eurich, a world-leading thinker and researcher on self-awareness and business psychology, uses real science to help us to really understand ourselves and what personally drives us. As an organizational psychologist, Dr. Eurich gives leaders the scientifically-supported tools they need to succeed in an ever-changing world. Working with the NBA, Walmart, Salesforce, as well as the White Ho...

Coach Dana Cavalea spent the majority of his career as the Director of Performance for the New York Yankees. In 2009 he led the team to a World Series Championship and was voted by his peers as the top Strength Coach in Major League Baseball. The author of "Habits of a Champion: Nobody Becomes A Champion By Accident", Dana writes about the mindset and habits we can use to elevate ourselves to Cham...

Hilary Corna, former Senior Exec at Toyota Asia Pacific, specialises in Kaizen and Customer & Employee Experience. Featured in the NY Times, Fortune, WSJ and NBC, Hilary is building a community of like-minded UNprofessionals. There is an evolution occurring in business. It's not just about tech, tactics, integrations and how much money leaders pump into companies, it's about something greater and...

Major General John Gronski is a proven combat leader with over 40 years service in the United States Army. He believes strong principles will win the day in every situation. As Brigade Commander in Ramadi, Iraq, one of the bloodiest battles in modern war, he led 5,000 soldiers and marines in combat. We discuss John's recent book ' Iron-Sharpened Leadership: Transforming Hard-Fought Lessons Into Ac...

Jay Morton spent 10 yrs in the SAS, 4 in the Parachute Regiment, then summited Mt Everest twice. Jay is a guy who knows what it takes to become the best of the best. Whether serving as an elite soldier, training as a high-level shooter or becoming an expert in HALO (high-altitude low-opening) parachuting, Jay has always strived to be at the very top of the game. ... to find his greatness. Many of...

April Rinne is a futurist, advisor, microfinance lawyer, and a global development change expert who has worked with clients such as Airbnb, The World Bank and many Global Governments. April has become an expert at navigating change and recently written 'Flux : 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change'. When we develop a Flux Mindset we're able to surf the waves of constant fluctuation with pr...

Leading New York psychoanalyst Erica Komisar's new book  'Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety' , is an important book every parent needs to read. Erica is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Huff Post. Erica provides a comprehensive guide as well as the tools we need to help navigate this tumultuous time o...

Sean Swarner astounded the medical community by surviving cancer twice, then climbing Mt. Everest with just one lung. Sean has stood atop the highest point on all 7 continents, skied to the South & North Poles and completed the Hawaii Ironman, the only person in history to accomplish these feats. Sean demonstrates the strength of the human spirit and one man's determination to spread a message of...

Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Dr. Bruce Perry's new book ' What Happened to You? ' was written with Oprah. ' What Happened to You? ' is a book that helps heal our mental and emotional wounds, wounds that many carry for decades and never give it a thought. Through ground breaking scientific & emotional insights on behavioural patterns and actual bra...

David Rendall has a radical prescription for chronic dissatisfaction - stop working on your weaknesses and start amplifying them. His book 'The Freak Factor' outlines a simple premise, that what makes us weird can make us wonderful and that which makes us weak can also make us strong. Working with Microsoft, AT&T, as well as the US Air Force, his mission is helping people embrace what makes them u...

Minter Dial, author and corporate leader, walks the talk. After a 16-yr international career at L'Oreal as MD Worldwide for Redken his new book 'You Lead, How Being Yourself Makes You A Better Leader' , is a timely topic as business continues to change, shift, grow, adapt and struggle to allow people to find a fully fulfilled life. Your biggest asset in leadership is you. How can you possibly expe...

Dr Sarah Woodhouse is a Research Psychologist specialising in trauma, helping people face this world and their past. Her book ' You're Not Broken',  teaches us what trauma is (it's probably not what you think), how to recognise it, why it's there and how your past is likely holding you back. Sarah explains the pitfalls of ignoring awkward, upsetting episodes and how true freedom comes from looking...

Once described as 'furiously funny' by UK's  The Times, Christian O'Connell dominated UK breakfast radio airwaves for 20 years and won every award there was. With an adoring audience of 2 million people daily, celebrities lined up to be on his show. Then he quit, moved to Australia to host breakfast on Melbourne's  GOLD104.3 and it was a disaster. His excellent book ' No One Listens to Your Dad's...

Do you consider yourself a good listener? Experts believe that many of us overestimate our listening abilities. There is an art to listening and perhaps why we are feeling so unheard is that it's a forgotten art. Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator who has worked at Pinterest, Twitter and LinkedIn. Ximena writes for Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek, Huff Post, & Fast...

Many people struggle with the downward spiral of negative chatter that infiltrates our mind. Ethan Kross, author of 'Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It', is an experimental psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Michigan. In this conversation Ethan explains why negative self-talk, what he calls 'chatter', can hurt our health, sink our mood, strain o...

Dr Amy Silver is a psychologist, a speaker and an author on the management of emotions for high performance and wellbeing. Her new book, ' The Loudest Guest: How to change and control your relationship with fear', is about managing our fears, what they are, how they impact us and the key steps to change our relationship with fear. Amy has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, a Masters in Forensic P...

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, a member of the Thinkers 50 Hall of Fame, has been ranked the World's #1 Executive Coach and chosen as the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Award for Leadership by the Harvard Institute of Coaching. The author of 41 books selling 2.5 million copies, his books Triggers and What Got You Here Won't Get You There are recognized in the top 100 management books ever written. This...

World-renowned performance psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr has written seventeen books. In his most recent,  Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy, Dr Loehr contends that the single most important factor in successful achievement, personally or in business, is the strength of one's character. He has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from sport, business, medicine,...

Candice Fox is an international best selling crime novelist who began collaborating with the world's greatest writer James Patterson. Their first novel together,  Never Never, went straight to #1 on the NY Times bestseller list and topped the UK charts. Candice has spent her life around prisons and has always been fascinated with true crime once interviewing an unrestrained convicted serial killer...

Alain Hunkins helps high achieving people become high achieving leaders. Working with Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, GE, IBM, GM and Microsoft, he is the author of Cracking The Leadership Code-Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders and writes for Fast Company, Inc., Forbes and Business Insider on connecting the science of high performance with the performing art of leadership to help us build grea...

US Navy SEAL sniper JP Dinnell was awarded a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars with Valor and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor for his leadership and courage under fire, serving in Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit of the Iraq War. Today, he's the Director of Experiential Leadership at Echelon Front, the world's premier leadership training company, working with...

Logan Gelbrich, author of Going Right: A Logical Justification for Pursuing Your Dreams , owns Deuce gyms in LA, a unique group of gyms that teaches leadership and a higher standard of performance in a gym environment incorporating strength training, strongman, gymnastics, wellness, fitness, performance and group fitness. His book is a great metaphor if you want to grow, hold higher standards, mak...

Rohit Bhargava is on a mission to help the world be more open-minded and assist us to see the non-obvious ideas. A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Rohit's insights into upcoming trends are used globally by businesses such as the World Bank, NASA, Intel, Disney, Colgate, Coca-Cola, Under Armour, and NBC Universal, to discover what's next and set themselves up to win the future. Rohit spent...