Who Stole my Mojo? : How to Get It Back and Live

209 Pages·2008·1.25 MB·English

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WHO
STOLE
MY
MOJO?
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WHO
STOLE
MY
MOJO?
how to get it back and
live, work and play better
GARY BERTWISTLE
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First published by Allen & Unwin in 2008
First published in 2007 by Blue Moon Publishing
Copyright © Gary Bertwistle 2007
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1 Mojo mindset 7
Pure thinking • Positives, potentials and concerns
• Your gift • Choices • The controllables
• Rising sun • See your Mojo • Problems,
problems, problems • Get out more • Change
your identity • Take that back • Forget about it
• Let go • Clueless • Drilling for ideas • Be a
brand • Be curious • Mojo check-up
2 Raise the roof 59
The workout • Live like you are dying • May I
take your bags? • Something to be proud of
• Info • Get organised • Escape the everyday,
every day • Paris • Stretch • A wealth of
thinking • It’s alright for you • Grab a book
• Speeches • I can’t wait • Don’t Send a Telegraph
• Keeping the roof raised • Mojo check-up
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3 Council 109
Listen up • Hooking • E-Mojo • Mojo check-up
4 Fat bastards 119
Little voices • The other fat bastards • My
perfect race • Send me back to McDonald’s
• Primary questions • Mojo check-up
5 Feeling groovy baby 131
The 70 per cent rule • Say NO to white • I’m
full • It’s all about heart • Sleep on it • Don’t
be on time, be early • Remember to look up
• I don’t know how she does it • Drink up
• Mojo check-up
6 Forever young 153
The centurions • State of mind • Staying
creatively fit
7 How do I give my kids Mojo? 161
Get them thinking differently • So, what can
we do? • The science • Mojo check-up
8 Keeping it going 173
Commit • Set your own standards and remove
the ceilings • Make Mojo time • Shake it up
• Journaling • Texture • Get back to the basics
• So how do you know you’ve got it? • Last
thought . . .
Recommended Mojo reading 185
Appendix 186
Acknowledgements 193
Index 195
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To my baby girl Charley, for showing me a world
full of possibilities, through the eyes
of a child . . . forever yours.
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INTRODUCTION
It was during the closing presentation of the International
Alliance of Learning Conference in Washington DC, USA,
in 2006 that the concept for this book first came to me. I
was thinking over the fantastic presentations that I had
attended at the conference and the new and valuable
information and training techniques that I had gained,
and it occurred to me that while many of the attendees
sitting in the room would leave the conference feeling
motivated and inspired, within weeks all but a few would
find themselves back in their old routines wondering what
had happened to that extra spark they had felt during
their time away. Where did their motivation go? Why did
all their new ideas come to nothing? In fact, the question
in their minds will be, ‘What happened to my Mojo?’ I am
sure that many of you have experienced something similar.
Throughout our lives, we are often exposed to new
concepts, ideas, methodologies and outlooks, however
after the initial excitement and stimulation wears off we
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