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FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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!  Alle...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here , and if we earned a five-star revie...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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? Other resources: Want to leave a rev...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 cou...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 pers...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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-permissivene...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 D...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 Other resourc...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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....

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 f...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 liv...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 Succ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 c...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Wow!   It’s MOJO Minute # 💯 Kinda special milestone! 🎊👏 So with that special milestone lets discuss my favorite word:  Flourish   And in doing so, we will enlist the help of a great author and expert in this area, Martin Seligman and his book, Flourish:   A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. Key Points from the...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays SPECIAL MOJO Minute, we talk about the cultural phenomenon known as March Madness by sharing Joe Lunardi's Bracketology:  March Madness, College Basketball, and the Creation of a National Obsession. Key Points from the Episode: Great words from Gonzaga head mens basketball coach Mark Few We end the UCLA greatest dynasty d...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Our second installment--in this first full week of Lent for Christians--we check out, perhaps, the greatest autobiography in the world, the Confessions of Saint Augustine. Key Points from the Episode: Check out prior MM's 52 and 57 for Dante's Divine Comedy. Why is St. Augustines's Confessions so compelling? Why do we com...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MOJO Minute as we enter, this first full week of Lent for Christians, we examine--the Arabic word Jihad--and perhaps its universal concepts across many religions and great traditions.    Key Points from the Episode: Two meanings of the word Jihad The universal concepts across great traditions What is the better Jihad Other res...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In MOJO Minute #96, we unpack the traditional virtues and vices that help create a persons character. We get some help from David Issac’s Character Building: A guide for parents and teachers. Key Points from the Episode: Why learning and striving for the virtues is important. Cover the four traditional virtues in detail Two  good self e...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM, we examine that Uber popular Christian classic, The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.   Key Points from the Episode: The Spiritual War that is going on. Jesus Christ’s confirmation that there is an evil one “the father of all lies.” C.S. Lewis’s brilliant theological statements that are woven into the letters. Other resourc...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special Catholic Corner segment of the podcast, we dive deep into prayer with Peter Kreeft’s, Prayer for Beginners.   Key points: What is prayer? What is the most important thing about prayer and how we do it? What are the four themes or structures of good prayer? Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here and if we ear...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message By far one of the most requested books for us to review was Tools of Titans:   The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons and World-Class performers   by Tim Ferris.   It is also one of the hardest books to review.  lol    Todays MM will be an overview. Key Points from the Episode: Tim's humility.   Its pretty cool th...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Todays MM will be different as we are trying a longer type format and a deeper dive into an important book, Dreamland:  The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic. Key Points from the Episode: You will be uncomfortable It will be tough to listen too You can't believe this is happening in the United States Other resources: Want...