People Who Inspire
For today’s Monday Morning Mojo, I want to share a few people who were top of mind this past month who give me huge confidence in humanity. Person #1: Pope Francis. During his papacy, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, better known as Pope Francis, served as head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City […]
Moments of March Inspiration
It has been hard to be inspired lately with everything happening in the world, but I have found moments of inspiration throughout the month worthy of a broader share. For today’s Monday Morning Mojo, I will share those moments that helped keep me grounded amid the daily drumbeat of challenging news. Certainly, my immediate family […]
Inspired By Television
Dear Friends, My daughter, Jackie, and I were in a recent conversation about her work and that conversation inspired today’s Monday Morning Mojo. I have always believed, in working and managing many different types of people, there are not good and bad staff. Throughout the years I emphasized to my leadership team it was the […]
The Power of Character
Since the beginning of this year, I have been thinking about the life and impact of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States. A Man of Great Moral and Ethical Character Former President Carter died on December 29, 2024, at the ripe age of 100. His funeral brought together all the living former […]
“Never Work A Day In Your Life”
Jesse Appell, A Monday Morning Inspiring Story of A Chinese Comic and Tea Entrepreneur Today’s Monday Morning Mojo, the first of 2025, is dedicated to a young man who inspires me very much. His name is Jesse Appell, he is 34 years old, lives in Los Angeles, and like me, he spent the past several […]
Celebration And Giving Thanks
Dear Monday Morning Mojo Community, Forgive me, but one final self-indulgent post before the end of the year. Today marks 30 revolutions around the sun for Lisa and me, and it has been a very sunny existence (at least for me). Coincidentally it also marks 28 years for my daughter, Jackie. I am feeling very […]
Inspired By Optimism
As we enter one of the most consequential months in American political history, I reached out to a few friends who are occasional readers of the Monday Morning Mojo to ask what they are most optimistic about for the future. I particularly requested this optimism remain apolitical. I just felt among the anxiety many people […]
Legends, Legacies and Leadership
Friends, it has been a little more than a month since I last posted a Monday Morning Mojo. At the recommendation of a close friend, I decided to write monthly, to spend a little more time contemplating the world around us to bring light to stories, articles and other things that inspire. For this month’s […]
Filling in the CRACKs
Friends, For the past three years, I have been writing the Monday Morning Mojo on a bi-monthly basis to share things that inspire me with a broader community of friends near and far. I did this following a request from some of my former colleagues in Asia, who I used to write to regularly about […]
A Week Of Olympic Inspiration
Friends, The purpose behind the Monday Morning Mojo is to share things that inspire amid the drumbeat of daily news that often is most worrying. I regularly share inspiring stories other people tip me off to, I have had guest authors, I have tried to focus a lot on my past in Asia/China, the public […]