Top 8 Reasons To Prize Mojo

In earlier posts, I described what constitutes mojo and why it is rare, In this post, I will describe why a group might want to take advantage of a member’s mojo. I will also describe why this is important for success.

Many sources make lists. Wikipedia is a source that does a good job of describing how a list is built. But I don't rely on it. Instead, I have only used my own experience to build mine for you. Here is my list of reasons to prize mojo.

1. Leadership - Other than the example that a high mojo person can set (which is described later), a strong leader can set a tone for a group, getting more out of them than they even know they can contribute. I am reminded of Jack Lambert, of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was said that other team members were afraid to perform below their potential for fear that they would anger Mr. Lambert.. This tone can be during performances or after hours. Any group will be better citizens if their leader 

is too.

2. Example - Even if the leadership qualities aren’t present, a high mojo person can set an example of good performance behavior for a group.How many team members are thinking, “If he can do it, I can too.”

3. Luck - If a high mojo person is fortunate enough to be lucky as well, the team reaps the reward. Unfortunately, luck is fickle. As I have said, you can’t predict when it might leave or improve on it. But you can benefit from it.

4. Shared expertise - The good decisions that are due to expertise are a benefit to everyone ion the team.

5. Shared experience - The same is true for experience that is true for expertise. There are only so many roles in a group. If a high moj0o person fills one of those roles, the entire group benefits.

6. Clear and distributed responsibility - If everyone on a team is aware of who has high mojo, there is little question about who will have the important roles. Responsibility is clear. Also, others have their own roles abd can play them without hesitation because they know who will take responsibility for the more critical roles.

7. Consistency - Not only does having clear and distributed responsibilities benefit the group, but it also supplies a ready form of practice filling each person;’s assigned roles. With this practice, the group gets better with time. If there is change in the roles, there is less practice and repetition of the role. Therefore, if you have a person with high mojo, you get better because of it.

8. Easy to manage - In sports, it is said that a good player, i.e., a player who has a lot of mojo, is like having a coach on the field. A high moojo performer may not be the best, bit they can be quire good at their roles.

For all of these reasons, a high mojo individual is prized and the group will be happy with them.