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Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | February 1st, 2009 0 Comments

Play hard and loose this week…play like a winner and you will be one!!!!

Good Morning MOJO,

When I was in high school and ran track, our track coach always had us keep our index finger and our thumb touching each other during our event, because when you do that, you cannot clinch your fist which is a natural tendency when you are sprinting. Why not clinch your fist you ask.  Because you waist energy and effort…it actually makes you slow down.

2 times a week I workout with a group of people (Boot Camp).  One of the things we do is run quarter mile sprints.  Usually about ½ through the quarter mile our trainer will be yelling at us from across the track to relax, relax, relax…  He is yelling at us to relax so we don’t struggle.   When I relax, the most amazing thing happens, I actually run faster…while when I grit and try to run faster, I slow down.

Relax….

Looking at these hands, which one do you think is more at peace and more likely to get what it wants in life?  Is it the fist or is it the open hand?  Which one most represents you?  How does that apply to us in our lives?  Are we more likely to get what we want when we are threatening, intimidating, tense, stressed, and uptight….or are we more likely to get what we want when we are compassionate, relaxed, at peace and loose?  I think we all know the answer to that question.  Now don’t get me wrong…we still need to work our ass off…we may need to be discipline…we need to be organized…we need to be focused…we need to be accountable.  However, in addition to those things we need to relax.  If you are a runner, golfer, skier, tennis player…, any coach will tell you to be successful and play at the highest level you need to be able to play loose during process.  With one month already behind us in 2009, remember as we attack our goals and ambitions that to go faster we must relax…to hit it farther, we must relax…to accomplish our goals in life and in business, we must relax…to win, we must relax!!!!

Play hard and loose this week…play like a winner and you will be one!!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | November 23rd, 2008 0 Comments

In every crisis and in every challenge there is an opportunity…we just have to find it.

Good Morning MOJO,

Why does life throw challenges and crisis at us, like the financial crisis the world is dealing with today?   Because that is the only way we will change…it is the only way we will rid ourselves of evil, bad habits, greed, ego and the wrong priorities.  Its human nature wanting to stay the course…not to rock the boat, and usually the only way we will change is if we are forced into it by some outside influence…i.e. financial crisis, death, illness, catastrophe.  We have to look at the challenges of today as an opportunity…as a way to reprioritize what is important. 

What is happening with most people today is they are focused…no, they are consumed by what has been taken away and not focused on being thankful for what we have and the opportunities of tomorrow.  Step back for a moment…the reason things get taken away…the reason life throws us challenges and crisis is because it is the only way we will wake up and quit overlooking those things which are really most important in life…our family, our friends, our health, our spirituality, balance, etc.  Challenge and crisis gets thrown at us because it is the only thing that will slap us in the face hard enough to get our attention.  Think back in your life to a time of crisis…yes you may have lost something or someone…there may have been a scare in your life of some kind, but with that a door opened…a new person appeared when you looked in the mirror…usually a better person…a more thankful person…a more humble person…a more caring person…a person with better priorities.

In every crisis and in every challenge there is an opportunity…we just have to find it.  But, until we let go of the pain and anger of what we have lost, and focus on all that we have which is really most important, the agony will not stop.  And, once we do focus on what we have, life will be even better than it was before.  This week and beyond, make a commitment EVERYDAY to give thanks and be grateful for everything and everyone you have in your life…quit being consumed by what you have lost, or the pain will not stop and we will not be able to move forward towards accomplishing greatness.  If we can do this, not only will the pain stop, but life will be better and we will be more at peace than ever before.

Like a muscle when lifting a weight, it does not grow and get stronger until that last rep when you strain, push and power through the pain…it is the short term breakdown which actually makes the muscle bigger and stronger.  In the pain is where the growth is.  Remember, life is about who we become and how we grow when faced with challenge, with crisis, with pain.  It is what life is all about…it is when we grow…it is why we are here.  Who are you becoming?

This week is Thanksgiving…be thankful and be grateful for all we have in our lives.  The rest is just “stuff”.

Happy Thanksgiving and kick some ass this week!!!!!!!!!!


Monday Morning MOJO

By Intero Real Estate | September 28th, 2008 0 Comments

Those who “give?? get and those who “take?? get taken away.

Good Morning MOJO,

There are two types of people in the world.  There are the “Givers”…those people who are always going out of their way to help others…lend a hand…give a positive comment…make you feel good…encourage you.  Then there are the “Takers”…those people always trying to work the angles to benefit themselves…are in it for Numero Uno…have their hand out looking for someone to give them something…giving a sarcastic comment…tearing you down…sucking the energy from you.  Which one are you?

Here is the interesting thing.  Those who “give” get and those who “take” get taken away.  It is a universal law of life that we all need to understand if we ever want to accomplish our goals personally or professionally.  On the surface it is so hard to get our heads around and comprehend.  It is like saying if you want to go faster, take your foot off the gas.  However, everything in life works that way.  If we want to accomplish our goals, we have to help others accomplish theirs, but don’t do it for selfish reasons…don’t do it because it is going to help us accomplish our goals.  We have to be genuinely connected with them and their goal and helping them accomplish it.  If you want to get fit and healthy, help others get fit and healthy…if you want to become closer to God, help others get closer to God…if you want to make more money, help other make more money…you want to improve your business, help others improve their business. 

So, why is that?  I think it subconsciously helps us have integrity and accountability with what we need to do to accomplish our goals.  We can’t genuinely advise and help someone to do one thing, then do something completely different.  The best way to help someone is to show them how, not tell them…that’s called Leadership…it is called Servant Leadership.  Someone once told me that if you want to know what your kids are going to be like when they grow up, it is not going to be what you say…look in the mirror and stare into the eyes of the person you see.  That is what your kids are going to be like.  You can’t ask someone whether it is your kids, your friends, your colleagues, etc. to get up early…workout…eat right…spend quality time with your family…invest…be focused, accountable and discipline at work.  Then go about your day getting up late…never working out…eat like crap, never spending quality time with your family…spend every penny you make and be a lazy ass at work. 

It is like writing Monday Morning MOJO.  People are always telling me how much they love getting it every Monday morning.  I have thousands of people signed up from coast to coast who receive it every Monday morning…and by the time it gets forwarded on to other peoples distribution lists, who knows it may be reaching ten of thousands.  The interesting thing is that the person who gets the most out of MOJO is me…because I have to take the time and write it…it burns it into me.  Then I have to have integrity with what I write.  I can’t say go for it and have a great life, then sit on my ass and watch life pass me by. 

Make it a week of MOJO!!!!!