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Mojo
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Mojo

How to Get It, How to Keep It, and How to Get It Back If You Lose It

Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter
Hyperion, 2010

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“I got my black cat bones all pure and dry, I got my four-leaf clovers all hanging high, I got my mojo working,” says the happy refrain of “Got My Mojo Working,” a 1956 song by Preston Foster, later made famous (with slightly different lyrics) by bluesman Muddy Waters. “Mojo” originally referred to a magical charm bag used in hoodoo, traditional African-American folk magic. The term mojo now connotes the idea of a positive life filled with meaningful activity. Is mojo working for you? If not, executive coach Marshall Goldsmith, in collaboration with author Mark Reiter, knows how you can get it going. Goldsmith, whose mojo is performing overtime, is an easy-access writer. In this cheery, if not terribly original, self-improvement book, he uses “mojo” to mean a happy sense of purpose. He tells you how to boost yours with some upbeat philosophy and good, uplifting case histories. getAbstract recommends this guidebook to anyone who seeks a reboot – and you won’t even need a four-leaf clover.

Take-Aways

  • “Mojo” means positive engagement, a feeling of happiness that radiates from within and exuberantly emanates outward.
  • This sense of joy and meaning leads to a purposeful life in the here and now.
  • Mojo is not a natural state. It is something you must work to develop.

About the Authors

Executive coach Marshall Goldsmith has written 10 books and sold more than one million volumes, including his bestseller, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Mark Reiter collaborated with Goldsmith on this book. He is also Goldsmith’s literary agent.

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