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FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM, we re-examine one of the most popular Christian classics of the 20th century, The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. Key Points from the Episode: Screwtape's description of Hell as "one thing is another thing and...my good is my good and your good is your good."There are no neutral sides in this spiritual war A Nefarious Plot movie coming April 14thOther resources: www.brownchairbooks.com Want to leave a rev...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Boy if the last two years has shown our country anything, it is this--BIG Government Socialism does NOT work! In this Liberty Minute 🗽 we will talk about why big government socialism always fails and our leader in this endeavor, is the former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich and his great book, Defeating Big Government Socialism: Saving America's Future Key Points from the Episode: Why Big Government doesn't workEverywhere Big ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message As we close in on the first quarter of the 21st century, we ask the question, what are employers craving in their new job hires? In todays episode we answer that question with Donald Miller's excellent and educational book, Business Made Simple. Key Points from the Episode: Two candidates are up for a job promotion, which one will get the promotion?Employers invest in their employees with time, energy, money and...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM, we revisit a very popular book around food addiction. Our guide is Susan Peirce Thompson and her excellent book, Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Freeand she makes a compelling case that flour and sugar as foods are more addictive than drugs to the human brain. Key Points from the Episode: Modern foods such as flour and sugar are not the same substances that they ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays episode, we continue in our quest to build a flourishing life by undersanding the value we bring to a company and how to be a good team player. Just like our previous MM, Donald Miller will guide on our journey in his very educational book, Business Made Simple. Key Points from the Episode: We go through quickly 10 days in the school of characterIn day 7, we learn the vital importanc...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message 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 todays guide is Donald Miller and his wonderful book, Business Made Simple. Key Points from the Episode: Should a solid business education help you understand how businesses actually work?What...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message We have good news to share on this Liberty Minute 🗽 and that good news is coming from the Middle East! Today, let us learn from Benjamin Netanyahu--the current and longest reigning Israeli Prime Minister-- and from his fascinating book, Bibi: My Story Key Points from the Episode: Benjamin Netyanyahu will be remembered as the Winston Churchill of the 21st century. His economic successes in liberating Israel's economy fr...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Welcome to MM# 209 of the Theory to Action podcast, where we're exploring Humility and its dichotomies with Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, authors of The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win. We have a great conversation planned so let's dive in and learn more about the power of humility as a critical leadership tool! Key Points from the Episode: Every leader needs to take cha...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Welcome to MM#208 of the Theory to Action podcast, where we're exploring the concept of "Know Thyself" as the fundamental first rule of Willpower. We have a terrific guide today—Kelly McGonigal, author of The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It. Let's dive in and learn more about the power of self-knowledge and how it can help each of us become better versions of ourse...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Several weeks ago, I was in Atlanta, GA for a business conference and at that conference I asked one our speakers, an economist a simple yet difficult question. In today's Liberty Minute 🗽 we will discuss her wrong answer and examine the correct answer to that question with our expert, economist Stephen Moore and his excellent work, GovZilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Devouring Our Economy - And...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In todays MM, we continue on with our study of willpower but we discover Nutritional Bright Lines in the process. Our guide to share this wonderful tool with us is Susan Peirce Thompson and her excellent book, Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin and Free. Key Points from the Episode: Modern foods are very addictive and our brains don't know how to navigate them thus the reason why the world'...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this MOJO Minute, we capture our last nugget of wisdom from Roy Baumeister and John Tierney and their spectacular 2011 book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength but it is in fact, our most important nugget of wisdom! Key Points from the Episode: Eric Clapton shares his story on losing his sonWe are ALL pilgrims along our progress toward the Celestial CityShiny Bright Lines can act as a sword t...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MM#205 we continue with Roy Baumeister and John Tierney and their spectacular 2011 book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength Key Points from the Episode: The mystery science experimentHuman nature, college exams and unhealthy habitsStress diminishes your ability to control your emotions which results in depleting willpowerOther resources: More goodness Get our top book recommendations list Want ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Todays Catholic Corner is a grim tale of the Catholic Church in China and the Vatican's power-sharing agreement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). For expertise in this area, we turn to our best ally in the region, 91 year old, Joseph Cardinal Zen, and his book, For The Love Of My People: I will not remain silent Key Points from the Episode: The betrayal of the authentic Chinese Catholic ChurchThis horrific power-shari...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MM#204 brings us to the center of things and how we understand Willpower. Our guide will be Roy Baumeister and John Tierney and their vaunted 2011 book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength Key Points from the Episode: Why is Willpower at the center of things?How to gain Willpower?How to fuel Willpower and get more of it?Other resources: More goodness Get our top book recommendations list Want to leav...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this MOJO Minute, we take a look at a very successful company on how they train and educate their employees. That company is Starbucks and our guide is Charles Duhigg from his The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life and Business Key Points from the Episode: How creating a habit is tied to WillpowerDuhigg credits Starbucks executives for writing a curriculum that--in part--launched them from a small Seattle ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Today, we revisit the Code and the Path--Back from MM#197--to ensure we are building a solid foundation of which to launch towards living a flourishing life. Our guide will be Thibaut Meurisse and his vital little book, Upgrade Yourself: simple strategies to transform your mindset, improve your habits, and change your life. Key Points from the Episode: To live a flourishing life we need to become lifelong learners an...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In this special episode, we share the unexpected and tragic news of the passing of two warriors for the Catholic faith in the past two weeks, Cardinal George Pell and journalist George Neumayr. Both of these men fought the good fight with courage and were barometers for the truth, so let us remember their lives and their example. May they both Rest in the Peace of Christ Key Points from the Episode: American friend ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Our quest marches on to understand habit change, especially with this MM, and our guide today is Charles Duhigg and his awesome book, the Power of Habit: why we do what we do in life and business. Key Points from the Episode: We can choose our habits once we know howThe most addicted alcoholics and the most dysfunctional companies can BOTH transform themselves.We have the CONTROL to change ANY habit.Other resources: More goo...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Wow! Holy Smokes we made to MOJO Minute #200! ⚡️ In this look back MM, we ask you to celebrate 👏🎊🎉 with us as we reflect on 200 episodes of pure nuggets of wisdom. Sit back and enjoy this one! Key Points from the Episode: We give some behind-the-scenes stats over the past year.We count down the top all time most popular episodes as we take a victory lap!We share one small nugget of wisdom around one of the most overloo...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message Our Nations Capital is broken! It is beyond broken! Both political parties have an ADDICTION! In Today's Liberty Minute 🗽 we will discuss this deep spending addiction by our country's legislators and whether they can break their own ADDICTION and be responsible with the people's money. Our guide will be Senator Mike Lee's The Freedom Agenda: Why a Balanced Budget Amendment is Necessary to Restore Constitutional Gov...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In MM#199, we challenge you with this question, how do you change your life if you are not able to challenge yourself? To challenge ourselves we enlist, Tony Horton and David Goggins as our guides and chief motivators, Tony with his wisdom from his book The Big Picture and David with his strong motivation from his book, Cant Hurt Me with his nugget on the accountability mirror. Key Points from the Episode: MM#147--Do Y...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message MM#198 provides for us the science behind why working the 3 fundies is important. When we tackle the 3 fundamentals of Eating Better, Moving More and increasing our Sleep quality all at the same time we have a far greater chance of success then when we do not. Tom Rath shares this science with us from his book, Eat Move Sleep. Key Points from the Episode: MM#9--7 hours and you get a vaccine The research ...

FAN MAIL--We would love YOUR feedback--Send us a Text Message In Today's Liberty Minute 🗽 we examine the public fight for Speaker of the House just a week ago and we do so from a guy who has been in the thick of many Washington's fights over the last 15 years, Ohio's own, Jim Jordan and his book, Do What You Said You Would Do: Fighting for Freedom In The Swamp Key Points from the Episode: Where does this particular speaker fight rank in the history of the country?According to the WSJ ...