I just recently had the opportunity to speak at Scranton HS for their Freshman orientation! The event was fun! Afterwards their awesome cheerleaders came up with a MOJO cheer! I gotta say, the really put it down for Mr. MOJO! Check it out! For all of the other schools out there, what’s your MOJO Cheer!

DWTS- Michelle Preview Of Mr. MOJO

The idea of being on Dancing with the Stars is really cool, right?  You see the really cool costumes, the neat dance floor and the crowd cheering them on, and it makes you want to dance even more!  That’s what happened to me too!  I was extremely excited when I committed to do the Lafayette DWTS for Big Brothers Big Sisters!  Then Day One arrived.

You are in the dance studio, staring at a mirror and you realize:  there are no cameras, no fancy outfits, no crowds, and oh yeah, you can’t really dance either!  Luckily I have an incredible dance partner, Michelle Tate from Tates’ Dance Studio.  She has taught me so much!  After just a few sessions I already know my Foxtrot steps and my Mambo is coming along.  I actually feel like I know what I am doing!  Now I am not saying I am Derrick Hough, but I am excited to keep on learning and growing as a new dancer.  This is fun!  So stay tuned to watch video of our practice sessions and see pictures from our journey!

Watch my clip from my first lesson!    IMG_0167

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Tuesday, June 22th, 1:00pm – 2:30am
Old National Bank- Lafayette (Creasy Lane)

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Paul maintained a positive attitude even on rotten days. He teaches us that;

1 Attitude had little to do with circumstances

1. Attitude can change, just like circumstances
2. Attitude can be improved, if we learn the secret
3. Attitudes have a source for their strength

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school.  He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair – get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about  yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.  You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.  Your  Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:   they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now.  They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.  So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT.  In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.  This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.   Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life.  In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds.  Chances are you’ll end up working for one.

The MOJO Mindset – Lessons in Leadership

Leaders either surrender to a cause or they surrender to their circumstances

Only secure leaders will stoop and stretch

A leaders’s attitude at the beginning of a tasks will affect its outcome more than anything else

Leaders can do anything, but they can’t do everything

One cannot be a great leader with out being a great servant

The Law of Priorities: Paul Narrowed His Activities  Philippians 3; 7-14

Paul openly communicated his priorities. All the trophies, and culture of his past he counted as rubbish, in order to gain christ. He wanted to know Christ, experience his power, share in and complete his sufferings, and ultimately be conformed to his death. He did all of this for the purpose of attaining the resurrection.

Here is a man on a mission. Paul narrowed his wedge and his focus to the essentials. What was his secret?

1. He discerned what hindered him
2. He discovered what he wanted
3. Paul wanted God’s righteousness, not his own. Christ became his solitary pursuit
4. He determined how to get it
5. With single-minded passion, Paul forgot the past and pursued the prize of his call

How about you? Have you narrowed your focus? What is your “one thing”? Can you list your priorities on one hand? What are you pursing?

Problem Solving

“When every physical and mental resource is focused, one’s power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.” Annonymous

Question:

Do you need to eliminate some distractions and focus on solving problems in your life?

Summary:

Problems will never completely go away, but when we focus on the solutions more than the problems, we get better at solving them.

Challenge:

How do you look at problems? Take a look at 3 “problems” you face daily. Are you more focused on the problem or the solution?

Affirmation:

Today, I am a solution provider!

** excerpt taking from the EBook The MOJO Mindset by Travis Brown