MojoDave

9 Ways To Show Mojo During Corona Virus Times In an earlier post , I detailed the components of mojo. Lets apply these ideas to the current situation. The most important component of mojo is motivation. If you are internally motivated to get back to work, bless you. If not, read this post about external motivation. By the way, the statistical site I prefer is our world in data . To get some external motivation, I have recommended variety, friends, and rivals. Variety in this context means reading lots of different viewpoints about the virus and virus statistics. This approach will enhance you mojo. Friends means using others knowledge to help you deal with the virus (and hopefully get back to work.) Rivals is similar, using the actions of others as examples of how to react, hopefully in a positive way. Next in importance for having mojo is expertise. Knowing about the Wuhan Virus si going to help you deal with it. Name - Is it the corona virus, or COVID-19, or th...

How To Kill Your Mojo Mojo is rare. There are many extremely competent people who don’t have mojo. In a previous post, I have described how I see mojo and its components. But what if you already have mojo, or at least think you do, or want to demonstrate that you do? Well of course, you should do more of what I described, But that is not what I want to discuss in this post. Here, I want to tell you what NOT to do. These will be the things that you should avoid that will kill your mojo, or lead you in the opposite direction. Selfishness - There are a few ways that selfishness can be seen. Thinking about your own statistics or performance instead of those of your group. You can have great statistics while your group does poorly. This will be noticed. Your mojo will suffer. In the alternative situation, your group does well and your statistics are overlooked. People will notice this too. It will increase your mojo. Failing to take responsibility. If your mess ...

10 Highest Mojo American Leaders H ere are my highest mojo Americans.  I excluded anyone who is still living.  Note that US Presidents are featured prominently.  This should not surprise you, as getting elected by the entire US population is no mean feat. Many sources make lists. I have used them to build mine for you. 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 used garden of praise , thrillist , ranker , listovative , The Greates_Americans , and my own judgement as my sources. These are chosen to help you. Here 's my list for you: George Washington - Washington displayed manifest leadership qualities, from his military accomplishments to his political ones. There was little question that he would be elected our first president. He won a majority of electoral votes in every state. He is ranked near the top in almost every list. Abraham Lincoln - Some believe he was an even be...

What To Do When Your Mojo Is Questioned Maybe you didn’t get the promotion. Maybe you weren’t asked to be captain. Maybe someone said you don’t have what it takes. Maybe you are dealing with some bad press. Don’t despair. It is possible to enhance your mojo. Here are some progressive suggestions on how to react. In my first post , I described the components of mojo. Start from there. motivation expertise experience support luck faith willingness to act You can’t change some of these. Others are very hard to change or to change a lot. For example, luck is something that you can’t predict or change. It happens when it happens. Also, you can’t change the degree of support you had in the past. If you want to increase support, it is future support only. Your willingness to act is very difficult to change because it is mostly a trait that you either do or do not have. Lastly, internal motivation is similar, although sometimes external motivation can be conv...

10 Highest Mojo Colleges 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 used endowment , acceptance rate , the US News rank , and my own judgement as my sources in making my list. sually, lists rank colleges for suitability for an individual or for best overall rank. However, mine ranks the colleges with the highest mojo, not the best academics, sports, campuses, etc. I included US News’ overall rank because a high placement on such a list is one indication (not the only one) of mojo. Another one that I use is endowment. If alumni have money ad want to give it to their alma mater, that indicates that the alma mater has mojo. Another indicator that I use is acceptance rate. If a lot more people apply to a college than are accepted, that is a further indication of mojo. Also note that the military academies are in a different group for purposes of evaluation, but I include a co...

How Delaying Gratification Relates To Having Mojo Many people believe that being able to delay gratification is a sign of high intelligence and/or good character. An article in Wikipedia details the conventional and demonstrated wisdom that delayed gratification is associated with various positive outcomes. As for mojo and delayed gratification, as a trained engineer I would say they are orthogonal. What this means is that you can have more or less of one without it necessarily affecting how much of the other you have. Nevertheless.in practice, people who have mojo tend to be good at delaying gratification. Here’s what I mean. In an earlier post , I have described the components necessary to have mojo. Being able to delay gratification isn’t one of them. But to be clear, either one will make you a more successful person. Delayed gratification is one of the big benefits ascribed to youth sports, for example. In fact, it is said that there are only two ways to learn to ...

9 Best Ways To Identify Mojo If you have the task of identifying a person who has or will have mojo, here are 9 question you should keep in mind about that person: Is the person comfortable in his skin? - This is harder to describe than it is to recognize. When a person is comfortable in his own skin, he won’t feel a need to hide anything. There will not be a covering of the face. There will rarely be a posture that could be remotely described as closed, like arms folded. Speaking will be natural, flowing, and confident. Mistakes will be easily recognized, acknowledged, and corrected. Does the person treat others well, even if they are little people? - Taxi drivers, waitpeope, bellhops, etc. Anyone who can’t make a big difference in the person’s life. They will always be treated with respect. Is the person confident? - When given a problem to solve, a confident person will attack it and come up with an answer. It may or may not be 100% corre...