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Oct. 17, 2023

MM#274--The Socratic Method

Are you willing to question everything you know? To challenge ingrained beliefs and biases in a quest for truth? Welcome to a journey of intellectual curiosity and bold exploration into the Socratic method as a tool for eff...

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July 13, 2023

MM#252--Lincoln + Euclid = A Reason To Read & Study The Classics

Do you ever wonder how the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, became one of the most effective executives in American history? Join me, David Kaiser, as we unravel Lincoln's unique approach to learning, his...

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May 11, 2023

MM#231--The American Masterpiece

Today's episode we take a break from philosophy and divert our attention to The American Masterpiece. America's number one written novel. Much like Russia has War and Peace as that great classic treasure of world literatu...

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April 25, 2023

MM#226--Sundays At Eight

This week, we will take a break from Philosophy 101 with a question I often get, "where does your love for books come from?" To help answer that question will be today's book of the day, Sundays at Eight with Brian Lamb Key P...

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April 4, 2023

MM#220--The Lost Art of Listening

Since it is Holy week--the most important week on the Christian Calendar--todays episode and Thursday's episode will be a cross between a MOJO minute and a Catholic Corner. Our guide and author for today will again be Fr. Mar...

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March 28, 2023

MM#218--What We Can Learn From The Amish

Let's talk movement on todays MM. Our guide for todays nugget of wisdom is Frank Ring the author of Walking for Health and Fitness: The Easiest Way to Get in Shape and Stay in Shape. Key Points from the Episode: Did you know...

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Feb. 28, 2023

MM#210--A Value-Driven Professional

In todays episode, we pivot in our quest to build a flourishing life by taking a long look at our professional and work lives. Specifically, how do we bring value to a company as employees? Helping us along our journey as t...

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Oct. 18, 2022

MM#171--Ideas Have Consequences

Let's get philosophical shall we? Todays MM introduces us to Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences and then we pull apart this notion of the quest for ideas with the great-grandfather of personal development, Jim Rohn, in...

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Sept. 8, 2022

MM#160--Building Our Second Brain

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 b...

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Aug. 2, 2022

MM#149--Miracle-Gro For Your Brain

MOJO Minute #149 brings us one of the most powerful insights we have covered from these books. In 2008, Dr. John Ratey wrote Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain . Thank you Dr. Ratey for shar...

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Feb. 24, 2022

MM#94--A Notetaker's Dream

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...

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Feb. 15, 2022

MM#91--Why Read History?

In MM#91, we take a step back to ask why read? why read history? what's the point? we answer this question with the help from Mike Duncans excellent work, The Storm Before The Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman R...

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Nov. 16, 2021

MM#62--The Two Misconceptions of Personal Growth

In this episode , David checkouts the Grandfather of the personal development movement, John Maxwell and his book, Jump Start Your Growth: A 90-Day Improvement Plan. Key Points from the Episode: Why hope is not a plan? The Tw...

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