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The Mojo SessionsDr Abbie Maroño - A Professor's Extraordinary Journey with ShameDr Abbie Maroño is a scientist & practitioner of human behaviour who currently consults to the Secret Service. The US Department of State has recognised her extraordinary achievements, placing her in the top 1% of her field. Abbie completed a PhD in Psychology and became a Professor of Psychology at 23. A guest in Season 3, Episode 316, Abbie spoke in depth about trust. Her new book 'Work in Progress' delves into the science of shame and empowerment. Many books on empowerment are well-intentioned but overlook the science behind the experience of shame, how we reconcile self-perception and our surroundings, and how we achieve e...2024-07-181h 31
The Mojo SessionsRyan Palmbaum - The Guy Helping to Shape the Future of Young MindsRyan Palmbaum, founder of startup Dabbl Discovery, is a huge advocate of finding your passion and letting it guide you through life. At the start, for Ryan, that was soccer at an international level. Today, Ryan has made it his life’s mission to help as many young people as possible find what makes them tick and discover the possibilities. His startup, Dabbl Discovery, is an educational, short-form video platform that helps younger people discover their passions through trusted, experienced professionals and educators in various career paths and industries. LINKS Dabbl Discovery website www.dabbldiscovery.co The Mojo Sessions website www.th...2024-07-041h 04
The Mojo SessionsDr Jane Foster - The Science Behind Managing Your Emotional Resilience Dr Jane Foster, a leading researcher and educator with a PhD in health and education, noticed how the pervasive culture of blame, criticism and judgement was damaging and destructive for teams and individuals. Janes's work equips us with the means to manage our daily stresses by changing our perspective and creating new neural pathways. Jane's program, Emotional Resilience, was created in response to the increasing number of people who pretended to appear fine on the outside but, on the inside, weren’t coping at all, instead teaching self-regulation, replacing blame and judgement with responsibility, empathy and compassion. LINKS The Mojo Sess...2024-06-201h 23
The Mojo SessionsVice Admiral Robert Harward - The Most Decorated Navy SEAL in HistoryVice Admiral Robert Harward, a beacon of resilience and leadership, stands as the most decorated Navy SEAL in US Naval history. Over a 40-year career, he spearheaded the US Special Operations invasion of Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11, oversaw the Navy SEALs' role in Iraq in 2003, and undertook missions in Somalia, Syria and Yemen. His book, "The Gouge", a method for clear thinking under extreme pressure, is a testament to his ability to stay calm in the fog of war. The Gouge, a tool that aided The Admiral in making his best decisions in the face of unimaginable duress, is...2024-06-061h 17
The Mojo SessionsWilliam Raduchel - Negotiating with the Titans of Technology For more than half a century, Bill Raduchel has been the Zelig of the technology world, involved in nearly everything and knowing everyone worth knowing. Bill has served as a high-level executive and strategic adviser for Sun Microsystems, AOL Time Warner, Xerox, and McGraw-Hill and negotiated deals with the biggest names in technology. Bill has worked with systems, software, and networks for decades at the highest levels and has remained at the forefront of the media, education, and corporate governance technology revolution. LINKS Book on Amazon - The Bleeding Edge The Mojo Sessions website www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Sessions on P...2024-05-231h 24
The Mojo SessionsXimena Vengoechea - The Radical Power of Rest for Higher PerformanceXimena Vengoechea has a new book 'Rest Easy: Discover Calm and Abundance through the Radical Power of Rest', that explores why we don't get enough rest and how we can get more of it at a time when so many of us are feeling burned out. Many of us ignore the signs that it’s time to slow down. We keep going because we believe ourselves unstoppable or because life’s responsibilities—work, rent, kids—make it feel impossible to stop. 'Rest Easy' is a practical guide on how to get the vital rest we need not just to survive...2024-05-0957 min
The Mojo SessionsKatie Arnold - You Can Go Further Than You ThinkKatie Arnold is a writer, Zen practitioner and very successful elite ultrarunner. A longtime contributor for Outside Magazine, Katie has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Elle and Runner’s World. At the age of 46, 2 years after she was advised never to run again, Arnold shocked the running world by winning the Leadville Trail 100 Run, the largest, highest and most challenging 100 mile ultramarathon in the country with one of the fastest times in race history. Historically, less than 50 percent of entrants in the Leadville even finish the 100-mile, out-and-back course before the 30-hour cutoff. Ka...2024-04-251h 17
The Mojo SessionsDr Mark Cheng - Move Better, Perform Better, Feel Better & Live a Better LifeDr Mark Cheng is a leading name in strength & conditioning for the body. He is also an authority for the strength and conditioning of the mind. Through a lifetime of learning, honing, refining, and distilling methods and practices from both the Western and Eastern world, Mark has developed a system that helps everyone from the office jock to top-performing athletes and c-suite executives to move better, perform better, feel better, achieve faster and shorter recovery times, and at the end of the day live better lives. LINKS Dr Mark Cheng's website https://www.drmarkcheng.com/ The Mojo Sessions website www.the...2024-04-101h 18
The Mojo SessionsOscar Trimboli - Discover the Hidden Key to Better CommunicationOscar Trimboli is an expert at deep listening. Listening is a critical yet neglected skill, and in this interview, Oscar offers a practical and insightful guide on how to be better at this crucial skill. He works with executive leaders at any business level to help them unlock value through better alignment, understanding and communication to explore perceptions, seek out truths and differences, and, importantly, create shared understanding and meaning. None of this is possible without respectful and intentional listening. Oscar, who is also the author of 'How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication', discovers the hidden...2024-03-281h 15
The Mojo SessionsDon Mann - Beyond Boundaries - The Mindset of Seal Team SixDon Mann is a decorated combat veteran, endurance athlete and author. His autobiography 'Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors', is a bestseller. His new book 'Reaching beyond Boundaries: A Navy SEAL’s Guide to Achieving Everything You’ve Ever Imagined', shares the secrets behind his impressive achievements, detailing the lessons he learned from his training and endurance pursuits, the stuff that we can apply to our daily lives to push beyond our own internal borders to achieve our goals and make our dreams a reality. Don is one of those guys that leaves you want...2024-03-141h 28
The Mojo SessionsCharlie Gilkey - Why Teams with Better Habits get Better ResultsCharlie Gilkey is a 'teams' guy. After 20 years of fieldwork incorporating systems thinking, strategy, execution, leadership and organizational development, his experience includes leading 200+ soldiers in the U.S. Army and 14 years consulting leaders in various industries. As challenging as leading and working in teams can be, few things are as rewarding as seeing your team come together and do a great job. He believes every team, everywhere, has the potential to be that kind of team, and that is precisely what his new book 'Team Habits' and this session are about. When we make working in teams better, we make...2024-02-291h 27
The Mojo SessionsLon Stroschein - How to Navigate Your Life's Ultimate TradeLife is a process of making trades in a quest for a better life. In the gym, we trade an hour of exercise daily for energy and strength. In marriage, we trade novelty for loyalty. As a parent, we trade freedom for fulfilment. There is one trade, however, that becomes less and less appealing as you mature: trading your time for money. Lon Stroschein operates a movement called Normal 40, which is based on helping people make their own life's second half "Trade", where you consider what's next. Is there more?, What am I trading? Is it the right trade...2024-02-151h 07
The Mojo SessionsJeffrey Hayzlett - Grow Your Company Value: The Hero FactorJeffrey Hayzlett is a primetime television and business podcast host on the C-Suite Network. Recognised as a leading business expert, Jeffrey regularly shares business executive insights on Bloomberg, Fox Business, and NBC. Jeffrey is also a former Bloomberg contributing editor and appeared as a guest celebrity judge on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump for three seasons. He is a turnaround specialist of the highest order, a maverick marketer who delivers scalable campaigns, a guy who embraces traditional modes of customer engagement, and possesses a remarkable cachet of mentorship, corporate governance, and brand building experience. LINKS Jeffrey Hayzlett website https...2024-01-311h 14
The Mojo SessionsVinnie Tortorich - The Big Fat Lies We Are Told About Our Health and WellnessVinnie Tortorich, the highest profile celebrity trainer in Hollywood, has produced three films, has a best-selling book, and done over 2000 podcasts; he's an ultra athlete and is a guy who speaks the truth about health and wellness and how the big corporates and governments are leading us astray. This conversation challenges our constructs, assumptions, and beliefs on health, fitness, nutrition, and what we feed ourselves and our families. Vinnie is "the guy on the street" who steps up. Reinforced by world-leading experts in his documentaries, you will hear Vinnie's truth. Whether you choose to take action or not is up...2024-01-171h 20
The Mojo SessionsGold School: Luke Burgis - How to Use Mimetic Desire to Be MoreDuring the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are episodes I find myself referring back to and refer to in my keynote speeches and those I work with personally. Each one has given me 'gold' that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working. Luke Burgis, author of 'Wanting', writes about the study of French Polymath Renee Girard, who coined the term mimetic desire. From the theory of memesis, mimetic desire is how we imitate each other. I...2024-01-061h 12
The Mojo SessionsGold School: Dr Jim Loehr - It's Not Time Management, Focus on Energy ManagementDuring the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes. Dr Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist, researcher, and author of seventeen books. One of them is the bestseller 'The Power of Full Engagement', a book that changed my perspective and focus on planning, performance, time and management. By changing your focus from time management to energy management, it changes the whole game. I don't think I've ever had a guest who has been as articulate, who shared such wonderful s...2024-01-051h 48
The Mojo SessionsGold School: Erica Komisar - Why So Many Kids Struggle & What We Can Do About ItDuring the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes. Each one has given me gold that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working. Erica Komisar, a leading New York-based psychoanalyst, shared how our actions as parents with a child today, regardless of how young they are, can have a massive influence on them in their adolescence. Erica is the author of 'Chicken L...2024-01-041h 04
The Mojo SessionsGold School: Dr John Demartini - Are We Operating From Our Highest Values?During the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes. Each one has given me gold that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working. Without question, Dr John Demartini's work has had a massive influence on my world. Dr Demartini is one of the world's leading behavioural scientists, a human behaviour expert and a Polymath. Two things. What are your highest values? What a...2024-01-031h 19
The Mojo SessionsGold School: Logan Gelbrich - Go Right. Go Towards All You Can BeDuring the break between seasons, we go to 'Gold School'. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes. Each one has given me gold that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working. Logan Gelbrich, season 2, Ep 213, is one of my favourite guests of all time, and I have to say there's not a day when I don't make the decision: go left or go right, the principal from his book "Go R...2024-01-021h 19
The Mojo SessionsThe High Achiever Megamix - Operating at a Higher StandardOver the four seasons of The Mojo Sessions, some definite themes have appeared. One of those themes concerns high performance, mental performance coaches, and higher standards. The guys at Doublestar, the production team behind The Mojo Sessions, suggested we lockdown a rewind with a collection of mental performance coaches who can share with us the right mindset, tools, techniques, rituals and routines to ensure that the season ahead is everything we hope it to be. It's a long-form episode containing five back-to-back conversations forming a holiday performance 'superset' to help you check in with yourself, set dreams, plan the strategy...2023-12-287h 06
The Mojo SessionsRyan Munsey - Reset - The New Season Playbook. Do and Be Better.Ryan Munsey, host of The Better Human Project podcast, is a best-selling author, a world-class high-performance consultant, and certainly a thought leader in the wellness and personal development space. His work has been featured in Fortune Magazine, Men's Health, & Men's Fitness. Ryan is on a quest to find the tools we need to elevate our lives. He's worked with professional and Olympic athletes, Navy SEALs, and entrepreneurs to help them optimise their minds and bodies, win medals, further careers, and build successful companies. LINKS Ryan's website www.ryanmunsey.com The Mojo Sessions website www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Sessions on Patreo...2023-12-141h 37
The Mojo SessionsDr Gregory Smith - The Forest-Dwelling Sociopath Who Earned a PhDGregory Smith turned his back on society to live in a forest as a hermit, surviving for ten years on frogs, bats, ants and water from streams. Today, Gregory has a PhD in Sociology and teaches at Southern Cross University. This is a remarkable story of a man, once haunted by personal demons, who turned his life around. It's a universal story of hope, reminding us that there is always a way out, no matter how dark or desperate our circumstances are. LINKS Dr Gregory Smith www.drgregorypsmith.com The Mojo Sessions website www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Ses...2023-11-161h 18
The Mojo SessionsErik Kapitulik - Using Adverse Situations as a Catalyst for GrowthEric Kapitulik was a Marine Infantry Officer and Special Ops Officer, 1st Force Reconnaissance Company. In 1999, during routine training preparing to deploy to the Persian Gulf, Eric and his platoon were in a helicopter crash, resulting in the death of six of his Marine brothers. To raise money for college scholarships for the children of his lost teammates, he has completed 8 Ironman Triathlons and summited 5 of the seven highest peaks on each of the seven continents, including Mt. Everest. After eight years of active duty, he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He founded T...2023-11-041h 23
The Mojo SessionsMichael Bungay Stanier - Building Your Best Possible RelationshipsMichael Bungay Stanier, is best known for 'The Coaching Habit', the best-selling coaching book of the century. His new book, 'How to Work with (Almost) Anyone', does what it says on the label. The quality of our working relationships determines our success and our happiness, but often, we leave it all to chance. However, it doesn't have to be like this. Every working relationship can be better when we consider not just what we are working on but how we will work together. This conversation outlines how you can build the best possible relationships. LINKS Michael Bungay Stanier website https://ww...2023-10-191h 12
The Mojo SessionsJessie Kanzer - Zelensky Through the Eyes of a RefugeeJessie Kanzer, author of 'Don’t Just Sit There, DO NOTHING' and the newly released 'Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky', was born in the Soviet Union as Asya Bronfman, a descendant of Holocaust survivors. As an 8-year-old refugee in the USA who only spoke Russian, Jessie (or “Asya” then) yearned to fit in, changing her name and much about herself. Experiencing depression and an eating disorder, Jessie pursued Hollywood fame, men, and the American Dream but always fell short. We discuss her refugee experience and her latest book on Volodymyr Zelensky. Kanzer’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Toda...2023-10-051h 12
The Mojo SessionsDr Gloria Mark - Attention Span: Restore Balance, Focus & ProductivityDr Gloria Mark is Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics, at the University of California, Irvine. Informatics is the intersection of people and computers. With a PhD from Columbia University in Psychology and a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research, Dr Mark has spent 20 years studying multitasking, interruptions & productivity in the digital age. She has published over 200 articles for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and the BBC. We discuss her new book 'Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity'. Dr Mark is at the top of her game. Best-selling author of Deep Work Cal Ne...2023-09-211h 14
The Mojo SessionsCameron Schwab - Navigating Your Personal Highs and Lows as a LeaderCameron Schwab has been through a lot: losing his father, being publicly sacked as a CEO twice, clinical depression and being diagnosed with cancer. Cameron was CEO of the famous Richmond Football Club at 24, the youngest in the history of the Australian Football League, and spent the next 25 years as the CEO of three AFL clubs, the second longest-serving CEO in the modern game. All the CEO roles he took on had something in common… the clubs were at their lowest ebb, uncompetitive on the field, and facing massive financial challenges. He saw it through, found success, and now takes th...2023-09-071h 47
The Mojo SessionsDiva Diaz - Inside the World of the Non-Linear ThinkerDiva Diaz shares a perspective on neurodiversity when living with autism, OCD, ADD or ADHD. Diva discourages trying to fit into a box or ‘masking’, a common practice where people disguise behaviours and their true self to appear “normal” and feel accepted by society. Diva always knew her brain worked differently; she could never do things in a linear way, and she found tasks that were easy for others extremely difficult. As a child, she’d want to contemplate the universe rather than play, learning to mask behaviours to appear “normal.” Diagnosed with high-functioning autism in adulthood, everything then made sense. There i...2023-08-261h 11
The Mojo SessionsMarc Lesser - How a Zen Priest Navigates Today's Business World at GoogleZen Priest Marc Lesser brought emotional intelligence training into Google. A resident of the San Francisco Zen Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world for 10 years, Marc developed Google's world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures. Deeply rooted in science, the program teaches executives about dealing with life by simply being still and looking inward. LINKS Marc Lesser website https://marclesser.net The Mojo Sessions website www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Sessions on Patreon www.patreon.com...2023-08-191h 19
The Mojo SessionsTaddy Blecher - Pioneering Free Tertiary Education in South AfricaDr Taddy Blecher is CEO of the Maharishi Institute and has pioneered the free tertiary education movement in South Africa. After co-founding the Branson School of Entrepreneurship with Sir Richard Branson, he raised over R500 million to support free access to post-secondary education so unemployed South Africans can access education and escape poverty. Named by Tom Peters in his top 5 most influential entrepreneurs in the world, Taddy is passionate about Consciousness-Based Education, a system of education to develop a student's full potential. He leads the Maharishi Institute, winning first prize in a global competition to find the world’s most pr...2023-07-291h 01
The Mojo SessionsMinter Dial - Will We Really See Bots and AI with True Emotions?After a high-profile career at L’Oréal, Minter Dial, a specialist in leadership, branding and new technologies, wrote the award-winning 'Heartificial Empathy', a book that explores how to encode empathy into business and Artificial Intelligence. Empathy, a core leadership skill, is one of the most untapped levers of productivity in business, and this fascinating discussion leads us to explore AI, bots and the question of whether we really will see bots with true emotion. This conversation is an update on the state of advancement in conversational and therapeutic AI and attempts to insert more empathy into business and AI app...2023-07-161h 21
The Mojo SessionsGreen Beret Nick Lavery - The Warrior's Warrior Makes a StandNick Lavery is an active duty member of The United States Army Special Forces, known as Green Berets. In 2013, on his 2nd combat rotation to Afghanistan, his detachment fell victim to an insider attack, resulting in the loss of his leg. Refusing a military medical retirement, he set his sights on returning to operational status and after a challenging and comprehensive assessment designed to evaluate Nick's abilities to operate, he returned and was deployed to Afghanistan to conduct full combat operations. Considered the first Green Beret to return to combat as an above-the-knee amputee, we cover his amazing story and...2023-06-291h 43
The Mojo SessionsThomas M. Sterner - Take Control of Your Thinking and Find PeaceThomas M. Sterner is the author of two books 'The Practicing Mind 'and most recently 'It’s Just a Thought: Emotional Freedom through Deliberate Thinking'. Tom is the CEO of the Practicing Mind Institute. He studied Eastern and Western philosophy, as well as modern sports psychology, and in addition has also worked as a piano tech for some of the biggest names in music... Pavarotti, Ray Charles, Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis. Tom discovered the place where all these philosophies intersect. 'It’s Just a Thought' outlines an approach for us to consider, to first observe, and then...2023-06-151h 37
The Mojo SessionsLaura Gassner Otting - Why Even Your Success Can Create a BurdenWhen we achieve success, we often see a potential that we never knew existed. It can be exciting, but for many, it’s also anxiety-provoking. Laura Gassner Otting explains why success doesn’t always bring happiness and how to get “unstuck” when we find ourselves in that situation. Author of the best-seller 'Limitless', her new book 'Wonderhell' helps identify the confidence necessary to tackle bigger-than-life challenges. After a two-decade career in executive search, interviewing the most successful people in the world, and serving in Bill Clinton’s White House Administration, Laura helps leaders get past doubt and indecision to bring our ideas...2023-06-011h 14The Mojo SessionsAmbassador Darius Degutis - Fighting for Values, a Fight for Freedom https://www.themojosessions.com/season-4/ep-410-ambassador-darius-degutisDarius Degutis is the current Lithuanian Ambassador to Australia. Ambassador Degutis is a seasoned senior government diplomat with experience in major foreign and security policy issues. He has undertaken ambassadorial postings in Australia, Israel, South Africa, and Poland, as well as senior diplomatic postings in embassies in the U.S.A. and Denmark. Ambassador Degutis shares the optimistic nature of Lithuania, discussing how the people, the country and the government will fight for their values, mission and ultimate freedom. LINKS The Mojo Sessions website www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Sessions on Patreon www.patreon.com...2023-05-1848 minThe Mojo SessionsDr Gary Sanchez - Feeling Unfulfilled and Stagnant? Here's WHY! There is no doubt that more and more people are actively searching for meaning in their lives. It's widely publicised globally that one of the reasons we are feeling so unfulfilled is that our work doesn't give us meaning; we have no 'WHY'. Dr Gary Sanchez helps exceptional leaders find their core purpose, motivation, and their 'WHY'. Founder of the Why Institute, Gary and his team work with hundreds of thousands of individuals as well as companies of all sizes, to help them discover their core motivation in life. Gary has developed the '9 Why Archetypes' and the 'Why Assessment...2023-05-051h 30The Mojo SessionsJoel Green - The Way to Extract Strength from The StruggleJoel Green is a former professional basketball player & National Director of Nike Sports Camps. Joel had a challenging upbringing, growing up in an abandoned house in North Philadelphia. His cousin was murdered, he had a knife pulled on him, and he stood just ten feet from another shooting. Years later, he tragically lost his older brother. The game of basketball was a lifesaver, as it took Joel off the streets and provided a much-needed distraction. His story and the lessons he learned are explored in his book, 'Filtering: The Way to Extract Strength from The Struggle'. With a B.A...2023-04-211h 04
The Mojo SessionsDr John Demartini - The Real Secret to Living a Fulfilled LifeDr John Demartini is a globally recognised human behaviour expert and polymath who was featured in 'The Secret'. Dr Demartini has spent his life searching to understand the essence and origin of life. A prolific researcher of truth, he has built an extensive library of wisdom across the 260-ologies. His clients range from Wall Street financiers, the highest level corporate leaders, actors and elite sports personalities. In this conversation, we discuss his new book, 'The 7 Secret Treasures: A Transformational Blueprint for a Well-Lived Life'. LINKS Dr John Demartini Website www.drdemartini.com Dr John Demartini Social Media Handles Facebook: https://www...2023-04-111h 38
The Mojo SessionsTiago Forte - Accessing a Game-Changing Second BrainTiago Forte has spent a decade researching and experimenting with a new way of organising our digital life. Author of the best-selling book 'Building a Second Brain', what started as a quest to survive a chronic illness, turned into a lifelong mission to help us harness information to fully realise the potential of our thoughts and ideas. Building a Second Brain will increase your productivity, improve your creative capability, give you back a sense of control, and result in a less stressful, more fulfilling life. LINKS Tiago at Building a Second Brain https://www.buildingasecondbrain.com/ The Mojo Sessions website www...2023-03-231h 12The Mojo SessionsRobert Glazer - The Leadership Roadmap to Create a Culture Where People Want to BeRobert Glazer is the founder of global marketing agency Acceleration Partners which has won every award imaginable for its world-class company culture. Leading a fully remote team of over 270 people, Robert knows people and culture. His new book 'Elevate Your Team' outlines an innovative approach that helps people level up and 'Work Together' to become future leaders. It provides a roadmap for a new generation of leaders who wish to build companies by helping people thrive personally and professionally without burning out. 'Elevate your Team' shows that making time not just to tackle everything you place on your plate, but...2023-03-0959 minThe Mojo SessionsMike Sarraille - Your Path to Becoming an Everyday Warrior After 20 years of service as a Recon Marine, Scout-Sniper, and U.S. Navy SEAL officer, which included ten combat deployments, Mike Sarraille turned his attention to using the lessons he’d learned on the battlefield to help businesses develop strong leaders. Mike has seen a great deal in combat. Today, he brings the lessons he learned from the battlefield to his successful management consulting firm, Talent War Group, an elite consulting and executive search firm specialising in world-class leadership development and attracting the top talent out of the Military. We discuss Mike's journey so far, and his new book, 'The Ev...2023-02-231h 20The Mojo SessionsScott Neeson - True Personal Fulfilment and Finding a Mission in LifeAs the former head of 20th Century Fox International in Hollywood, Scott Neeson hung out with movie stars, flew private jets, and dated models. However, after a profound moment he experienced in a slum in Cambodia he changed his life and gave it all away. Moving to Phnom Penh and using his own money, he set up The Cambodian Children's Fund in one of the poorest areas of the city. Initially established to support 45 children in need, CCF now educates over 2,000 children and serves 12,000 people through a range of community outreach, healthcare, childcare and vocational training programs. Listen to Scott's...2023-02-091h 19
The Mojo SessionsRobin Dreeke - Intrinsic Trust. Do You Trust Yourself?Best-selling author Robin Dreeke is a former Marine Corps Officer, retired FBI Special Agent and Chief of Counterintelligence Behavioural Analysis. Robin has taken his life's work of recruiting spies and broken down the art of leadership, communication, and relationship building to help companies in every aspect of the business. For newly promoted leaders, sales teams, and executives at any level, his People Formula, 5 Steps to TRUST and 6 Signs of Predicting Behaviour result in quick results and maximum success. LINKS Robin Dreeke website http://www.peopleformula.com The Mojo Sessions website www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Sessions on Patreon www.patreon.com...2023-01-271h 13The Mojo SessionsJustin Su'a - The Mental Reset for a High Performance Season Ahead Justin Su'a is Head of Mental Performance for leading Major League Baseball team the Tampa Bay Rays. Justin works with players in the NFL, WWE, PGA, the U.S. Army, the IMG Academy, the Boston Red Sox and Google and hosts the super successful podcast "Increase Your Impact”. Working with the highest performers in the world of sport and business, Justin has a unique perspective on what it takes to operate at the highest level, recover after a loss, and reset for the new season ahead as a leader, a player, coach and as a team. LINKS Justin Su'a on Linked...2023-01-121h 18The Mojo SessionsMatthew Dicks - Living the Present Moment, a Life MasterclassMatthew Dicks knows about struggle. Kicked out of his childhood home at 18, he was arrested and tried for a crime he didn’t commit. He has been jailed, and he has been homeless. He has died twice, both requiring paramedics to perform CPR to restore his life. In a violent armed robbery at a McDonald's restaurant, he was held at gunpoint. Dealing with a lifetime of PTSD, today Matthew is a full-time school teacher. He doesn't have to, but he loves it. A brilliant storyteller, Matthew is a record 56-time Moth StorySLAM champion and author of many fiction & non-fiction books, in...2022-12-081h 09The Mojo SessionsYemi Penn - The Memo that Could Just Reshape Your Entire FutureDocumentary producer Yemi Penn believes we should create our own memo. Author of 'Did You Get The Memo?', Yemi, born in Nigeria, has endured her fair share of trauma for herself and her family, including childhood abuse, and homelessness, yet today Yemi is a self-made millionaire, owning multiple businesses across multiple countries. Yemi shares mindset adjustments to rip up our old backstory and create the new life we want, daring us to create a new narrative for our life, and ultimately write our own memo. LINKS Yemi Penn website https://www.yemipenn.com The Mojo Sessions website https://www.them...2022-11-241h 04The Mojo SessionsDavid Avrin - What's it Like to do Business with Your Company?David Avrin, an in-demand global customer experience speaker, helps companies better understand and connect with their changing customers to future-proof their business. The author of 5 books including 'It's Not Who You Know, It's Who Knows You!', 'Why Customers Leave (and How to Win Them Back)' and his newest book 'The Morning Huddle, Powerful Customer Experience Conversations to Wake You Up, Shake You Up, and Win More Business', digs into the true and often alarming area of the customer experience. This conversation centres around critical leadership questions "What's it like to do business with your company? What's it like to...2022-11-061h 07The Mojo SessionsBryce Hoffman - Red Team. Staying Ahead of the Competition in an Uncertain WorldBryce Hoffman, the bestselling author of 'Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything', helps companies worldwide plan better, using systems learnt from business and the military. Bryce became the first and only civilian to graduate from the U.S. Army’s Red Team Leader Program at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Red Team Thinking is a systematic way of making critical and contrarian thinking part of the strategic planning process of any team, providing a robust set of tools designed to challenge assumptions, expose hidden threats and stress-test your plans and strategies. Drawing on the latest research in...2022-10-281h 11The Mojo SessionsAnnie Duke - The Good Quitters Guide to QuittingWe are told that the secret to success is hard work, determination, hours of practice and a never quit attitude. In this fast-pace changing world, what if a crucial skill is knowing when to stick at something or when to change track and walk away - to quit? Annie Duke, World Series of Poker championship bracelet winner & winner of the WSOP Tournament of Champions, specialises in decision making and in this conversation explains why learning to quit well is often crucial to our success. Annie gives clear strategies for working out when to cut your losses in business, a relationship...2022-10-141h 38
The Mojo SessionsTOPGUN Naval Ace Bill Driscoll - Performing Under True PressureNavy Ace and former TOPGUN instructor Bill Driscoll demonstrates how his own life-or-death aerial dogfights, and the preparation for them, can help guide us when making our own high stakes decisions. Bill’s 170 combat missions, 5,200 jet dogfights and the fact that he is one of the highest decorated living Naval flight officers of the past 50 yrs underlies his exceptional performance under pressure. We discuss his incredible career, the missions, his book 'Peak Business Performance Under Pressure: A Navy Ace Shows How to Make Great Decisions in the Heat of Business Battles', and how lessons from these experiences can be used dai...2022-09-291h 26
The Mojo SessionsLuke Burgis - How Our Future is Shaped by What We Learn to Want, and Why?Luke Burgis explores human ecology and how our technology, relationships, politics, economics, education & systems affect what we want, our desires. Our future is shaped by what we learn to want and why. Luke wrote 'Wanting', a book based on the work of René Girard, a French polymath who coined the term mimetic theory, which describes the process of imitation or mimicry through which people portray and interpret the world. It's a way of thinking about our models - people or things that show us what is worth wanting, our perceived desires. Luke is incredibly insightful and this conversation, when intentionally ab...2022-09-151h 07
The Mojo SessionsDorie Clark: Becoming a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term WorldWe live in a short-term, reactionary world. It's rare to meet a leader who has a long-term view beyond short-term metrics, a leader who has a hypothesis about what the future holds for their industry, category or their company. Named in the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, Duke University Professor Dorie Clark is described by the NY Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to HBR , Dorie consults to Google, Microsoft, & the World Bank. This conversation uncovers her new book The Long Game: How to Be a Long-T...2022-09-011h 05
The Mojo SessionsDr Abbie Maroño: Answering the Question of TrustDr. Abbie Maroño is both a scientist and a practitioner in the field of human behaviour with a PhD and academic research specialising in trust, cooperation, and the psychological mechanisms underpinning human decision making. Trust is vitally important as our survival depends on our ability to cooperate with others. What signals should we look for to determine someone’s trustworthiness? Can we trust ourselves? How do we build trust in the first place? Dr Abbie brings a unique level of experience and scientific validation to this conversation. LINKS Dr Abbie Maroño website https://www.abbiemarono.com The Mojo Sessions we...2022-08-221h 15The Mojo SessionsConnie Steele - Finding True Success in the New World of WorkIn this session author Connie Steele, a marketing strategy specialist and host of the Strategic Momentum Podcast, discusses 'Building the Business of You', a book that highlights how business is no longer binary, hierarchical, or absolute. It is instead non-linear, collaborative, and fluid. In today’s new world of work the definition of success is fundamentally shifting. Connie has always been intrigued by why some companies and careers thrive, why some have mojo, and others don't. With over 20 yrs years working with Fortune 500, mid-size companies, and startups, Connie knows your dream job is no longer something you get, it’s some...2022-08-081h 18
The Mojo SessionsAlan Stein Jnr - How to Sustain a High Performance GameAlan Stein Jnr, a world class coach and author, spent 15 years working with the world's highest performing basketball players. In this session, he shares how we can utilise the same strategies that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level in our business. Strategies that improve company performance and ultimately develop a winning mindset. Working with giants such as American Express, Pepsi, and Starbucks, his latest book 'Sustain Your Game' continues on from 'Raise Your Game', a book about bringing your A game to your job, your relationships, and your life. In reality that's only half the battle. The...2022-07-221h 28
The Mojo SessionsJon Macaskill, Navy SEAL - From Kicking Doors to Finding Inner PeaceJon Macaskill is a retired Navy SEAL Commander turned leadership and mindfulness coach who deals with his own personal trauma including that associated to the story of Operation Red Wings. During his 24-year Navy career, he served in multiple highly dynamic leadership positions from the battlefield to the operations center and the board room. His style of teaching leadership is unconventional yet highly effective. Jon learnt firsthand how meditation can help you cope with stress, transform relationships, and get better results, even in the most extreme circumstances. LINKS Jon Macaskill website https://macaskillconsulting.com Jon Macaskill on Linked In https://www...2022-07-111h 12The Mojo SessionsBarry O'Reilly - Why We Must Unlearn What We Have Learnt The only constant today is change. Constructs, assumptions, protocols, formats need to be unlearnt and reconsidered in today's business world. It's the heart of true innovation. Barry O'Reilly, author of the international bestseller 'Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results', unpacks how to unlearn and why today's leader must embrace this skill. The ability to unlearn is an essential tool that today's leader must adopt and this session delves into this fascinating and very relevant process. Barry also writes for The Economist and is also part of the faculty at Singularity University. LINKS Barry O'Reilly website https://bar...2022-06-241h 16The Mojo SessionsJoe Navarro: The FBI Know What Makes the Exceptional, ExceptionalJoe Navarro spent 25 years with the FBI pursuing spies and dangerous criminals. In this line of work successful leadership was a matter of life or death. During his time in the FBI Joe became known as a body language expert, and his latest book, 'Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart', distills a lifetime of experience into 5 principles that outstanding individuals live by. Be Exceptional is a unique type of leadership book drawing upon case studies from history, firsthand accounts from Navarro’s FBI career, and the cutting-edge science of non-verbal communication and persuasion. LINKS Joe Navarro...2022-06-101h 23
The Mojo SessionsEmmanuella Grace - How Leaders Find and Use Their True Voice Emmanuella Grace has helped thousands of people globally to find their voice and perform at their best. With an impressive singing and songwriting resumé, Emmanuella has performed both as a soloist and in choirs at the Sydney Opera House, BBC Radio in the UK, ABC Radio and played the Royal Albert Hall. As a composer, her music was short-listed for an award at the ÉCU European Independent Film Festival in Paris. Emmanuella shows us that we have unrealised areas of communication, from vocal tone and body language, to the choice of our words and the psychological principles of connection that are...2022-05-291h 12The Mojo SessionsPat McNamara - Apply Delta Force Intention and Discipline to PlanningPat McNamara spent 22 years in the United States Army in a myriad of special operations units. In the premier special missions unit, he was recognised as an impeccable marksman, shooting with accurate, lethal results and tactical effectiveness. His military experience quickly taught him that there is more to tactical marksmanship than merely squeezing the trigger. Running several of his own businesses, a super high profile social network, having a myriad of different hobbies and interests, Pat understands intense focus and how to prioritise and put in place the disciplined systems required to execute plans. LINKS Pat McNamara website https://www.tma...2022-05-131h 08The Mojo SessionsShaahin Cheyene - The Entrepreneurial King of the $Billion Thrill Pill CultThis is an extraordinary rags to riches true story. As a teenager, Shaahin Cheyene was living in his car on Venice Beach California, and then in a very short period of time he created a multi million dollar global empire as the mastermind of the smart drug movement, eventually attracting the attention of the federal authorities. His legal party drug "herbal ecstasy" took the music world, pop and celebrity culture by storm and he lived a life of fame, fortune and high flying excess. Learn how he went from living in his car to building this incredible billion dollar empire...2022-04-291h 07The Mojo SessionsKute Blackson - Can We Find Contentment, Knowing What's Enough?Kute Blackson, author of the bestseller 'The Magic of Surrender', is widely considered the next gen leader in the field of personal development. Featured on Larry King, Fox and Friends, Dr. Drew. Inc magazine calls him ‘The Mindfulness Guru Billionaires Go To For Advice’. Born in Ghana, West Africa his mother is Japanese, his father a healer who led a large church congregation and who believed Kute would take over that congregation with his future mapped. This conversation follows Kute's personal journey, the lessons, stories and teachings taken from the many hundreds of thousands of people he's engaged with. For those...2022-04-151h 26The Mojo SessionsMichael McCastle - The Path Out of Mediocrity - The Few Loyal to the Standard.Mike McCastle, inspired by Greek mythology of the 12 Labors of Hercules, undertook 5,804 pull-ups in a day to break the world record, pulled a 5,000-pound pick up across the Mojave Desert in summer, climbed a rope to the equivalent height of Mount Everest, and recently broke the record for submersion in an ice bath....all for a greater purpose. Mike raises funds and awareness for causes such as cancer research, mental health for military veterans, and Parkinsons disease. Mike shows us the golden door way, the process we can take to be loyal to the standard. LINKS Michael McCastle website https://ww...2022-04-011h 20The Mojo SessionsRon Karr - Give Your Life True Velocity - Speed, Direction and Purpose.Author Ron Karr works with leaders to eliminate risk, gain buy-in and achieve better results faster using The Velocity Mindset. He's generated billions in incremental revenue for his clients. His new book 'The Velocity Mindset' outlines the right balance of speed and direction, both of which must remain in alignment for business and personal attainment. It's a fusion of science and business leadership and today, when people are so unsettled, this mindset is essential. LINKS Ron Karr website https://ronkarr.com Ron's book Velocity Mindset https://ronkarr.com/velocity-mindset-book The Mojo Sessions website https://www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Sessions on Pat...2022-03-171h 22
The Mojo SessionsDr Tasha Eurich - Do We Really Understand Ourselves and What Drives Us?Dr. Tasha Eurich, a world-leading thinker and researcher on self-awareness and business psychology, uses real science to help us to really understand ourselves and what personally drives us. As an organizational psychologist, Dr. Eurich gives leaders the scientifically-supported tools they need to succeed in an ever-changing world. Working with the NBA, Walmart, Salesforce, as well as the White House, Tasha's TEDx talk has had over 7 million views. We discuss why self-awareness is so crucial, why we overestimate our own self-awareness, and how we can build this important quality. LINKS Dr Tasha Eurich www.tashaeurich.com Insight Book quiz https://www.insi...2022-03-041h 11The Mojo SessionsCoach Dana Cavalea - Embrace the True Habits of a ChampionCoach Dana Cavalea spent the majority of his career as the Director of Performance for the New York Yankees. In 2009 he led the team to a World Series Championship and was voted by his peers as the top Strength Coach in Major League Baseball. The author of "Habits of a Champion: Nobody Becomes A Champion By Accident", Dana writes about the mindset and habits we can use to elevate ourselves to Champion status. Having worked side by side with some of the greats of Major League Baseball, Dana is the go-to guy for performance habits. LINKS Dana Cavalea website https://da...2022-02-171h 04
The Mojo SessionsMajor General John Gronski - Battle Ready - Iron Sharpened LeadershipMajor General John Gronski is a proven combat leader with over 40 years service in the United States Army. He believes strong principles will win the day in every situation. As Brigade Commander in Ramadi, Iraq, one of the bloodiest battles in modern war, he led 5,000 soldiers and marines in combat. We discuss John's recent book 'Iron-Sharpened Leadership: Transforming Hard-Fought Lessons Into Action', a book based on operational experience and peppered with inspirational, honest, self reflective stories along with true actions we can all take to become a more effective leader based on a leadership philosophy that includes character, competence and re...2022-01-201h 30
The Mojo SessionsJay Morton - Apply the Special Forces to Build a Great Life Jay Morton spent 10 yrs in the SAS, 4 in the Parachute Regiment, then summited Mt Everest twice. Jay is a guy who knows what it takes to become the best of the best. Whether serving as an elite soldier, training as a high-level shooter or becoming an expert in HALO (high-altitude low-opening) parachuting, Jay has always strived to be at the very top of the game. ... to find his greatness. Many of us are prone to underestimating ourselves but physical and mental endurance and resilience – as well as realising our own full potential – are well within our reach.... if you have the...2021-12-161h 09
The Mojo SessionsApril Rinne - Learning to Live in a World of Constant FluxApril Rinne is a futurist, advisor, microfinance lawyer, and a global development change expert who has worked with clients such as Airbnb, The World Bank and many Global Governments. April has become an expert at navigating change and recently written 'Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change'. When we develop a Flux Mindset we’re able to surf the waves of constant fluctuation with presence and intention. It becomes your compass for change, your barometer for being present. LINKS Flux Mindset https://fluxmindset.com April Rinne website https://aprilrinne.com/about The Mojo Sessions website https://www.themojosessions.com The Mojo Ses...2021-12-021h 25
The Mojo SessionsErica Komisar - Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of AnxietyLeading New York psychoanalyst Erica Komisar's new book 'Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety', is an important book every parent needs to read. Erica is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Huff Post. Erica provides a comprehensive guide as well as the tools we need to help navigate this tumultuous time of change and create a continuous deep connection with our child. Our children need our help, our attention, and our intention to help them deal with these challenging times and equip them to handle m...2021-11-181h 01
The Mojo SessionsSean Swarner - Hope is the Lifeline on the Climb of Your LifeSean Swarner astounded the medical community by surviving cancer twice, then climbing Mt. Everest with just one lung. Sean has stood atop the highest point on all 7 continents, skied to the South & North Poles and completed the Hawaii Ironman, the only person in history to accomplish these feats. Sean demonstrates the strength of the human spirit and one man’s determination to spread a message of hope, to those who face cancer as well as those of us who have the desire to do, be and achieve more, and contribute more. LINKS Sean Swarner websites www.seanswarner.com www.cancerclimber.org...2021-11-041h 07
The Mojo SessionsDr Bruce Perry - Heal Your Mental and Emotional Wounds and Move ForwardProfessor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Dr. Bruce Perry's new book 'What Happened to You?' was written with Oprah. 'What Happened to You?' is a book that helps heal our mental and emotional wounds, wounds that many carry for decades and never give it a thought. Through ground breaking scientific & emotional insights on behavioural patterns and actual brain science, Dr Perry explores how we can shift our approach to personal trauma, by asking what happened to you? Oprah believes her first conversation with Dr Perry was one of the most important and impactful of h...2021-10-211h 14
The Mojo SessionsDavid Rendall - Don't Ever Let Life Beat the Rebel Out of YouDavid Rendall has a radical prescription for chronic dissatisfaction - stop working on your weaknesses and start amplifying them. His book 'The Freak Factor' outlines a simple premise, that what makes us weird can make us wonderful and that which makes us weak can also make us strong. Working with Microsoft, AT&T, as well as the US Air Force, his mission is helping people embrace what makes them unique. Pink Goldfish 2.0 encourages us to stop settling for status quo and instead find our full potential by being ourselves. LINKS David Rendall website https://www.drendall.com The Mojo S...2021-10-081h 50
The Mojo SessionsMinter Dial - The Complete Playbook on How the New Leader LeadsMinter Dial, author and corporate leader, walks the talk. After a 16-yr international career at L’Oreal as MD Worldwide for Redken his new book 'You Lead, How Being Yourself Makes You A Better Leader', is a timely topic as business continues to change, shift, grow, adapt and struggle to allow people to find a fully fulfilled life. Your biggest asset in leadership is you. How can you possibly expect people to trust or believe in you if you aren’t truthful & don’t embrace your whole self at work? LINKS Minter Dial website https://www.minterdial.com The Mojo...2021-09-241h 13
The Mojo SessionsDr Sarah Woodhouse - The Disempowering Enemy WithinDr Sarah Woodhouse is a Research Psychologist specialising in trauma, helping people face this world and their past. Her book 'You're Not Broken', teaches us what trauma is (it's probably not what you think), how to recognise it, why it's there and how your past is likely holding you back. Sarah explains the pitfalls of ignoring awkward, upsetting episodes and how true freedom comes from looking back at your past with honesty. Using the latest research-based techniques, her own personal experience, and her twelve years of trauma research, Dr Sarah Woodhouse speaks with authority on this important topic. LINKS Dr Sara...2021-09-111h 17
The Mojo SessionsChristian O'Connell - Why Victory Does Not Always Mean HappinessOnce described as 'furiously funny' by UK's The Times, Christian O’Connell dominated UK breakfast radio airwaves for 20 years and won every award there was. With an adoring audience of 2 million people daily, celebrities lined up to be on his show. Then he quit, moved to Australia to host breakfast on Melbourne’s GOLD104.3 and it was a disaster. His excellent book 'No One Listens to Your Dad's Show', is a story of darkness, anxiety, self doubt, loathing, loss, humour, self discovery and finally, victory. Hear how he went from number 1 to no-one and back to number 1. LINKS The Christian O’Connell...2021-08-261h 27
The Mojo SessionsXimena Vengoechea - What Great Listeners Know About Being a Great ListenerDo you consider yourself a good listener? Experts believe that many of us overestimate our listening abilities. There is an art to listening and perhaps why we are feeling so unheard is that it's a forgotten art. Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer, and illustrator who has worked at Pinterest, Twitter and LinkedIn. Ximena writes for Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek, Huff Post, & Fast Company. Her valuable new book, Listen Like You Mean It is beautifully written and will change the way you listen. Ximena has been described as a professional listener. Is that how she would d...2021-08-121h 11
The Mojo SessionsDr Ethan Kross: Control the Negative Chatter Loop in Your MindMany people struggle with the downward spiral of negative chatter that infiltrates our mind. Ethan Kross, author of 'Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It', is an experimental psychologist and neuroscientist at the University of Michigan. In this conversation Ethan explains why negative self-talk, what he calls 'chatter', can hurt our health, sink our mood, strain our connections and cause us to fold under pressure. He explains how to control the little voice we all have, that nagging narrative of our lives, as we go about our day. Is there an association between...2021-07-291h 25
The Mojo SessionsDr Amy Silver: Where Do We Find the Courage?Dr Amy Silver is a psychologist, a speaker and an author on the management of emotions for high performance and wellbeing. Her new book, 'The Loudest Guest: How to change and control your relationship with fear', is about managing our fears, what they are, how they impact us and the key steps to change our relationship with fear. Amy has a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, a Masters in Forensic Psychiatry, a Masters in Performance, and a Bachelor with Honours in Psychology, and has been published widely in academic journals. The Loudest Guest is a terrific research-backed way to help us...2021-07-151h 04
The Mojo SessionsDr Jim Loehr - Your Private Voice and the Strength of Your CharacterWorld-renowned performance psychologist Dr. Jim Loehr has written seventeen books. In his most recent, Leading with Character: 10 Minutes a Day to a Brilliant Legacy, Dr Loehr contends that the single most important factor in successful achievement, personally or in business, is the strength of one’s character. He has worked with hundreds of world-class performers from sport, business, medicine, law enforcement, as well as the FBI, and has worked one-on-one with seventeen world No. 1's, and strongly contends that character strength can be built in the same way that muscle strength is built—through energy investment. Our most precious resource is en...2021-06-171h 44
The Mojo SessionsInternational best selling author Candice Fox on DetachingCandice Fox is an international best selling crime novelist who began collaborating with the world's greatest writer James Patterson. Their first novel together, Never Never, went straight to #1 on the NY Times bestseller list and topped the UK charts. Candice has spent her life around prisons and has always been fascinated with true crime once interviewing an unrestrained convicted serial killer in Saint Quentin enclosed in a perspex box. This is her story. The moment when Candice believed she was a writer and not just writing. Why did Candice actually count how many rejection letters she received? Candice has always b...2021-06-091h 26
The Mojo SessionsAlain Hunkins - The True Code Behind Leadership MOJOAlain Hunkins helps high achieving people become high achieving leaders. Working with Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, GE, IBM, GM and Microsoft, he is the author of Cracking The Leadership Code-Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders and writes for Fast Company, Inc., Forbes and Business Insider on connecting the science of high performance with the performing art of leadership to help us build greater companies with greater personal satisfaction. Why is Cracking the Leadership Code different to what is currently the on the bestseller lists? As an authority in leadership where has Alain struggled with empathy? Being a speaker and...2021-05-2050 min
The Mojo SessionsNavy Seal JP Dinnell - A Masterclass on CommitmentUS Navy SEAL sniper JP Dinnell was awarded a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars with Valor and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor for his leadership and courage under fire, serving in Task Unit Bruiser, the most highly decorated Special Operations unit of the Iraq War. Today, he's the Director of Experiential Leadership at Echelon Front, the world's premier leadership training company, working with Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. He brings his exceptional experience and unique perspective of frontline leadership, learnt from years in from combat, to show us how we could commit fully to a winning mindset in the...2021-05-071h 06
The Mojo SessionsLogan Gelbrich - A Logical Justification for Chasing Our DreamsLogan Gelbrich, author of Going Right: A Logical Justification for Pursuing Your Dreams, owns Deuce gyms in LA, a unique group of gyms that teaches leadership and a higher standard of performance in a gym environment incorporating strength training, strongman, gymnastics, wellness, fitness, performance and group fitness. His book is a great metaphor if you want to grow, hold higher standards, make a mark and be uncommon. It is a philosophical journey, a logical justification to chase our dreams. How does Logan see the paradox of life? How would I know I have gone right and achieved my peak expression? Ar...2021-04-221h 14
The Mojo SessionsRohit Bhargava - Take Advantage of Future Trends by Spotting the Non-ObviousRohit Bhargava is on a mission to help the world be more open-minded and assist us to see the non-obvious ideas. A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Rohit's insights into upcoming trends are used globally by businesses such as the World Bank, NASA, Intel, Disney, Colgate, Coca-Cola, Under Armour, and NBC Universal, to discover what's next and set themselves up to win the future. Rohit spent 15 years in leadership with agencies Leo Burnett & Ogilvy and founded of the Non-Obvious Company to highlight future trends & innovations. What's not a trend, but we think or say it is? Trends are about the...2021-04-081h 09
The Mojo SessionsSam Thomas Davies - The Best Rituals and Routines for LearningLearners are earners. Sam Thomas Davies has a simple mission - he strives to publish the best free book summaries on the planet. True to his mission, Sam has created a fabulous resource sharing his top 100 book summaries... coded by category. In this conversation I discuss with Sam his process for learning, discerning important take outs, recording and storing those ideas and then being able to create a system to retrieve and use his learnings. We outline the best rituals and routines to maximise your learning. "Reading helps you understand why you do what you do." What has it helped...2021-04-041h 02
The Mojo SessionsDr Jeff Spencer - Make your Peak Performance Predictable and RepeatableDr Jeff Spencer is cornerman to some of our greatest achievers. A former Olympian, Jeff's client list boasts names such as Tiger Woods, U2, Nike, Richard Branson, as well as Tour de France winners, so it’s safe to say he knows a thing or two about becoming a world class performer! Jeff specialises in helping would-be high achievers who currently feel over committed, over extended and overwhelmed find clarity on why they’re stuck, get un-stuck and go from ‘over it’ to ‘killing it’. Why the cornerman? What makes a great cornerman? What are the things a great cornerm...2021-03-251h 45
The Mojo SessionsJay Samit - Your Hidden Superpower Can Future-Proof Your BusinessJay Samit has an incredible resume. He's created disruptive ideas for Adobe, American Express, AT&T, Best Buy, Clinique, Coca Cola, Disney, Ford, GE, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn, McDonalds, Microsoft, Starbucks, Unilever, Visa and more. Jay held senior roles at EMI & Sony where he pioneered breakthrough advancements in video, ebooks & digital music that are used by billions of consumers every day and worked closely with guys like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Reid Hoffman. When Jay walks into a room with a President or the Pope, what is he there for? What is tethering us and holding us back f...2021-03-111h 16
The Mojo SessionsAnnie Duke - A Masterclass on Decision MakingAnnie Duke is a former professional poker player who won more than $4 million in poker tournaments, holds a prestigious World Series of Poker gold bracelet and was the leading money winner among women in World Series Of Poker history. A best selling author, her new book 'How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices' teaches us the true science of decision making, helping to explain how we can make better decisions, every day. Many of us can trace our greatest successes back to a good decision, or conversely a bad decision, and in this conversation Annie explores why that i...2021-02-261h 33
The Mojo SessionsAdam M. Lowenstein - Finding Increased Fulfilment by Reframing Your DayAdam M. Lowenstein, author of Reframe the Day, is a former U.S. Senate speechwriter who left the nonstop, striving-obsessed world of American politics and discovered that with some simple tweaks to the way in which he approached each day he could resist the allure of 'busyness' and find more meaning in his day and his life. In Reframe the Day, Adam writes about practical systems we can use to nudge our days in a more fulfilling direction as opposed to an endless series of “what’s nexts” — what’s the next meeting, task, obligation, goal, achievement? When people ask Adam what he...2021-02-111h 25
The Mojo SessionsDr Jenny Brockis - Intersecting Mental Well-being & High PerformanceDr. Jenny Brockis is a medical practitioner and board-certified lifestyle medicine physician, specialising in brain health and mental performance. With 30 years experience Jenny has practical, science-based strategies to overcome many of life's challenges like loneliness, stress, relationship breakdowns, loss of social connection and mental health issues and the means to create well habits to help avoid these sorts of issues. When people ask Jenny what she does, how does she like to reply? When Jenny left medical practice to write and speak, how did her identity change and why did she feel guilt? When Jenny burnt out, what did that...2021-02-101h 07
The Mojo SessionsNic Marks - A New and Refreshing View on Happiness at Work and at PlayStatistician Nic Marks, a fellow of the New Economics Foundation in London, asks why we measure success by productivity instead of by happiness & well-being. He developed The Happy Planet Index, a statistical method to measure, analyse and interpret happiness and then apply evidence to business, education, sustainability, healthcare and economics. He believes that our quality of life is measurable, and that true contentment comes not from the accumulation of material wealth but from our connection to others. How do we know what we are measuring in happiness is actually true? What is the best question to ask someone to get be...2021-02-091h 04
The Mojo SessionsNicolas Aidoud - AI and You - What You Need To Know About AINicolas Aidoud is the Founder and Managing Partner of HumAIn Capital where he advises Fortune 500 companies on artificial intelligence and deep tech for positive human impact. Nicolas is very positive and pragmatic about the future impact of artificial intelligence and his approach helps us truly understand, access and make sense of AI and the technologies that are both around and in front of us, and how they will impact our future. When did Nicolas decide he had a passion for artificial intelligence & deep tech and how that can impact humans? "AI could be a poison for humans or a cure...2021-02-081h 01
The Mojo SessionsDr Steven Rogelberg - The High Performance Meeting MakeoverAn estimated 55 million meetings happen across the USA every day and 9 out of 10 employees admit to daydreaming during meetings. Forty seven percent said attending too many meetings is the No. 1 time waster. Dr Steven Rogelberg, author of The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance provides direction, smart tactics and a how-to guide to change your working life. Steven is the world’s leading expert on fixing meetings to stop wasting time and perform with better efficiency. The book's title is 'The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to...2021-02-021h 11
The Mojo SessionsMajor Matina Jewell - The Front-line of Leadership, Resilience and ChangeMajor Matina Jewell joined the Army at age 17. After 15 years of service, 5 missions, 9 war medals and being badly wounded in combat as a Peace Keeper for the UN in Lebanon, Matina shares her views on courageous decision making and values-based leadership to empower teams. Having served in some of the toughest environments on earth Matina provides a life-changing perspective from the front-line of leadership, resilience and change. What exactly does a Peace Keeper in Lebanon do? When promoted to captain of the HMAS Kanimbla the largest warship in the Australian Navy Fleet, how did Matina's identity change? As a leader w...2021-01-141h 18
The Mojo SessionsChristmas with Suzie Quatro - Giving Life 150%.Rock legend Suzi Quatro has sold over 55 million records and influenced generations of female artists who have followed the path she created. This iconic American female bass playing vocalist has a wonderful new Christmas single, a track written in a COVID period. I caught up for a conversation with Suzi from her studio in Europe to talk about the creative process, alter ego's, removing negative voices, setting standards, and a little about Christmas. There’s Little Suzie from Detroit and then there is the alter ego of Suzie Quatro. Who wrote the lyrics to this new song? What’s the story S...2020-12-2137 min
The Mojo SessionsIris Gardner - Building The Strength To Emerge From The DarknessIris Gardner spent her childhood off the grid, an ideal life in the woods for a kid, totally off grid, heading out on horse back, confronting mountain lions, reading books, growing and hunting their food..until the day a sexual predator moved into the house, a family friend who would throw the life of a young 5 year old child into unspeakable darkness. Hear a remarkable story from a truly remarkable lady who has emerged from that darkness with a message that will change how we view life and the life of our children. When people ask Iris what she does, how does s...2020-11-261h 28
The Mojo SessionsJesse Fink - Pure Narco, Working for Cartels like Pablo Escobar’s Medellín CartelJesse Fink in his book Pure Narco, shares the true story of Luis Navia known as 'El Senador' (The Senator) who smuggled over 300 tons of cocaine for the biggest Colombia & Mexico cartels including Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel. Jesse spent years with Luis to understand the logistics of these huge operations, the dichotomy of a guy driven to make his father proud, what he was willing to sacrifice for the next big shipment, as well as the moment relentless USA law-enforcement officials finally took him down. It’s a white-powdered, white-knuckle ride you’ll never forget. Jesse explains his take on his...2020-10-221h 03
The Mojo SessionsPatrick McGinnis - Mojo, FOMO, FOBO and Decision MakingPatrick J. McGinnis coined the term “FOMO", short for the "Fear Of Missing Out.” He is the author of Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice and host of HBR Presents: FOMO Sapiens podcast. He also created the term "FOBO" or "Fear Of a Better Option." At a time when every decision counts, we must be decisive. Deciding what’s best, whether you’re dealing with life’s major decisions or its minor details can be daunting. Patrick delivered a popular TED Talk on decision-making and developed a fresh approach that will show us how to overcome in...2020-10-151h 02
The Mojo SessionsNavy Seal Master Chief Jason Gardner - The Dichotomy Of A True WarriorNavy Seal Command Master Chief Jason Gardner spent 30 years in Seal Teams 3, 5 & 7. With nine deployments to Somalia, The Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq he has received a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart and five Combat Action Ribbons. Jason Gardner has seen leadership in the most extreme of situations, when it is all on the line. After retirement Jason joined Echelon Front with Jocko Willink and Leif Babin as a leadership instructor and strategic advisor. Jason brings unmatched experience of combat leadership, building winning teams, and knows how to develop relationships across all levels of your company. What was the grea...2020-10-011h 03