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April 5, 2022

MM#111--Perhaps...The Most Vital Law in Business

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 M...

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April 4, 2022

MM#110--March Madness SPECIAL--One Shining Moment πŸ€

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...

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April 4, 2022

CC#5--Little Sins

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, mor...

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April 2, 2022

MM#109--March Madness SPECIAL--Duke Toughness

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 intrigui...

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March 31, 2022

MM#108--Mr. Pareto's High Fives & Knuckle Bumps

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% o...

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March 29, 2022

MM#107--An Essential Leadership Question to Ask Yourself!

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 revie...

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March 26, 2022

MM#106--March Madness SPECIAL--GRIT + Toughness & Two Unique Storylines = A Fascinating Tourney

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 ...

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March 25, 2022

MM#105--March Madness SPECIAL--The Anatomy of the NCAA Upset

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 b...

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March 24, 2022

MM#104--Marketing Plans & the 64/4 Principle = Flourishing Bliss

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 E...

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March 22, 2022

MM#103--#1 Reason Why Small Businesses Don't Grow

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 ...

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March 18, 2022

MM#102 -- March Madness SPECIAL -- Coach K's Prayer

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 Kβ€”his nickname because most pe...

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March 17, 2022

MM#101-- March Madness SPECIAL -- Wooden's Wisdom

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 Ref...

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March 15, 2022

MM#100--To Flourish...and Thank you!

Wow! It’s MOJO Minute # πŸ’― Kinda special milestone! πŸŽŠπŸ‘ 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 Seligma...

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March 14, 2022

MM#99 -- March Madness SPECIAL -- The Madness Of March

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 ...

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March 10, 2022

MM#98--The Confessions of St. Augustine

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 ...

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March 8, 2022

MM#97--The Better Jihad

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: Tw...

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March 3, 2022

MM#96--Virtues and Vices

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 ...

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March 1, 2022

MM#95--Screwtape's Spiritual War

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 β€œthe fa...

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Feb. 27, 2022

CC#4--The Battle of Prayer

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 ...

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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. 22, 2022

MM#93--America's Forgotten Epidemic

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 wil...

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Feb. 17, 2022

MM#92--Whats America's Expiration Date?

Staying with our history theme, in this MOJO Minute, we follow Cal Thomas's unique exploration of Sir John Glubb's thought-provoking article which turned into a book, America's Expiration Date: The Fall of Empires and Superp...

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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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Feb. 10, 2022

MM#90--The 2022 Airbrushed Olympics

In striving to live a flourishing life--whether as a person or a country--it requires answering the hard questions in truth. In MOJO Minute #90, we ask those hard questions of modern day China and why they have been allowe...

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