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FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this quick MOJO Minute, David unpacks Jeff Olsen's wisdom from his book, The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines into Massive Success and Happiness Key Points from the Episode: Why preparation is key Abraham Lincoln's wisdom How are you preparing yourself and growing in your abilities, talents and virtues Other resource...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message We check out, in this look-back episode, the revolutionary new science about  how exercise affects the brain in his book, Spark by Dr. John Ratey. Key Points from the Episode: David looks back to his very first nugget of wisdom that inspired him to begin collecting these MOJO minutes How exercise affects the brain and its neurotransmitt...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this fun episode, we learn about productivity from David Allen's uber popular 2002 book, Getting Things Done Key Points from the Episode: What is Getting Things Done (GTD) and why is it so popular? The 2 minute rule defined and explained How can we employ the 2 min rule in our own lives to become more productive  Other resources...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode, we look back at Dante's Divine Comedy, 700 years later and how it continues to teach and instruct us.   David reads from Anthony Esolen's translation in the Inferno,  The Divine Comedy, book one, Inferno by Dante Alighieri Key Points from the Episode: The MOJO Academy's first dive into the classics Why th...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode, we explore sleep with Sara Mednick and her book,  Take a Nap! Change your Life:  The Scientific Plan to Make you Smarter, Healthier and More Productive. Key Points from the Episode: Our Great-Grandparents slept alot longer than we do The average American gets 6.7 hours of sleep on the average weekday. How can we optimiz...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today, we celebrate MOJO minute #50 and we do so with fanfare and great analysis by Victor Davis Hanson on America's ailments in the 21st century in his latest book, The Dying Citizen:  How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying The Idea of America. Key Points from the Episode: Celebrating #50.  Thank you f...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In MOJO minute #49, David shares his love for the scripture verse GEN 2:7 and its significance during his recent COVID illness and ultimately, the importance of breathing well.  Also, discussed is former Navy Seal Mark Divine's must read book, Unbeatable Mind:  Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level. Key...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode, we dive deep into our habits and productivity with Tynan's great little book, Superhuman by Habit: A Guide to Becoming the Best Possible Version of Yourself, One Tiny Habit at a Time. Key Points from the Episode: Why skipping a day is ok but never skip two days in a row What is  habit suicide Tynan's habit str...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode, we are inspired to save our country from the cultural suicide in which we are headed.   In saving our country, Peter Kreeft's latest book, How to Destroy Western Civilization and Other Ideas from the Cultural Abyss ,  helps us too unpack what exactly is going on in our culture. Key Points from the Episode: we discu...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode, we dig into Tom Brady's New York Times best selling book, The TB12 Method: How to Achieve A Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance.    Key Links from the Episode: Tom Brady's most remarkable stat Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here , and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this episode, David updates us on his COVID illness and recover. Key Links from the Episode: Task Force Pineapple Hurricane Ida Red Cross relief Tunnels 2 Towers Foundation Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here , and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, than...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Earlier this week, we tackled our G-Habits now in todays MOJO Minutes,  let's tackle our G.B.O.M.B.S.  from Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Super Immunity:  A Breakthrough Program to Boost the Body's Defenses and Stay Healthy All Year Round    (affiliate link). Key points: What are G.B.O.M.B.S.? Nutritional science has made phenominal...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Welcome back to another week and today's MOJO Minute.    Today we have fun breaking down Joan Vernikos's wonderful book,  Sitting Kills, Moving Heals:  How Everyday Movement Will Prevent Pain, Illness, and Early Death--and Exercise Alone Won't  (affiliate link). Key points: What are G-habits? Examples of G-habits How to s...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special college football edition, we reflect on Woody Hayes, the great Ohio State Football coach, who gave a very inspirational graduation speech in 1986.  Key points: Why Paying It Forward matters How self-pity always harms you Woody Hayes’s final farewell address Other resources: Want to leave a review? Click here , and if we...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this MOJO Minute, we review, Cal Newport's fantastic book, Deep Work:  Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World  (affiliate link).  Key points: How do you end your workday?  What is your routine? Or does work continue on for you into the evening and late night distracting you from your family, friends and other loved ones...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message We are back to the regular programming this week. In this MOJO Minute, we explore The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy (affiliate link) and his practical wisdom of blocking off the beginning and ending of your daily schedule so you can build a routine. Key points: How to build a world class...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special final BONUS MOJO leadership minute, we laugh at the scene of Major Richard "Dick" Winters pulling rank on Captain Herbert Sobel from Stephen Ambrose's famous book, Band of Brothers:   E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest   (affiliate link) Key points:...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special BONUS MOJO leadership minute, we discuss how corporate culture can affect character and we dig into two stories from Simon Sinek's great book, Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't    (affiliate link) Key points: How corporate culture can affect your own personal character We share two...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this final special, MOJO leadership minute, we capture the balance required of leadership in The Dichotomy of Leadership (affiliate link) Key points: Recaps of the past four days of leadership week We unpack and define the many dichotomies of leadership from the book. It's one of the best leadership books in the last twenty year...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special, MOJO leadership minute, we read from a quote from 7 Leadership Lessons of D-Day:  Lessons from the Longest Day--June 6, 1944 .     (affiliate link) Key points: Recaps of Day’s 1, 2 and 3 of Leadership week To be a good leader you have to be a good follower David shares a personal story of how he learned what right looks...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In another special, MOJO leadership minute, we take a look at John Maxwell and his Law of Connection from John’s great book, the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership:  Follow Them and People Will Follow You (affiliate link) Key points: Recaps of Day’s 1 and 2 of Leadership week President Bush’s examples of the Law of Connection.  The good...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special MOJO minute of Leadership week at the MOJO Academy, we explore character by digging into the quote from Leading an Inspired Life (affiliate link) by Jim Rohn.     Key points: Recap of Day 1 of Leadership week The Greek word for character means "to chisel." Good character is the surest foundation to developing t...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special MOJO minute, we kick off Leadership week at the MOJO Academy by defining how to grade Leadership best? We utilize, Extreme Ownership (affiliate link) as the resource to unpack this brilliant definition of Leadership! Key points: We conduct a thought experiment about how to grade Leadership with General George Patton from...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this MOJO Minute, we dive deep into the hard work theme again and explore the overlap of talent vs hard work.   Along the way, we are helped greatly by Geoff Colvin's suburb book, Talent Is Overrated:  What Really Separates World-Class Performers From Everybody Else (affiliate link)   Key points: Talent vs Hard Work What is deli...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this MOJO Minute, we recap a Pittsburgh Steeler's Pro Football Hall of Fame speech and offer a unique observation about our culture,  ultimately concluding with Steven Pressfield's wisdom in Do The Work (affiliate link) Correction:   In the podcast, I said six Pittsburgh Steelers were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of...