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 […]
Olympic Inspiration From My Offspring
Hey everyone, I’m Sam (Scott’s son) and it’s an honor to be the guest writer for this week’s Monday Morning Mojo! I’m no literary genius like my dad so bear with me as I try my best to inspire you all for the week. My parents used to run bedtime stories a little differently than […]
“Ideas That Inspire” – Part 2
Today’s Monday Morning Mojo is a continuation of the last posting where I shared some of my favorite, award-winning marketing campaigns. The annual Cannes Festival of Creativity held in June was the inspiration for this, and I highlighted several of the most moving and influential campaigns today and from my past. Part 1 is here […]
“Ideas that Inspire” – Part 1
In today’s Monday Morning Mojo, I am sharing a few ideas created by Ogilvy and others that were award winners at this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This is Part 1 of a two-part series where I will introduce some of the award-winning campaigns that have inspired me. In fact, there are five […]
Guest Column: Feeling Scared and Doing It Anyway
It is a great delight for me to have my daughter serve as my guest columnist for this week’s Monday Morning Mojo. Here is her column: Dear Monday Morning Mojo readers, Firstly, a sincere Thank You for subscribing and reading the MMM! I know how much it means to my Dad and I’m grateful for you readers […]
Inspired by Perspective
When I was a kid, I grew up believing if I dug a hole deep enough, I would reach China. That was my earliest memory of anything related to China. Years later, I loved watching David Carradine in Kung Fu with my brother, Brian. Brian would always ask me to “snatch the butterfly” from his […]
Inspiration Through Curiosity
“The best thing you can do is be curious. Get out of your comfort zone, travel the world, and look at things from a different angle.” This was the advice of Clay Dube, a colleague at the University of Southern California (USC), who has led the USC US-China Institute for nearly two decades, in a […]