The term ‘Mo gulao’ comes from Japanese slang which means to spend money wastefully or frivolously. In fact, it is quite the opposite of that! It was coined in Japan around 2000 when people would use the word in reference to what they referred to as the ‘Japanese way’ of doing things.
At the time, there were many criticisms of how expensively some companies ran their business models so the word was adapted to mean something similar. Now, over a decade later, you will see this phrase being used globally to refer to what we now call ‘problematic corporations’.
There are several examples of this occurring across various media sources. For example, in 2016, Time magazine published an article titled: Why Are There So Many Bad Companies With Good Leaders?
In it, the writer mentions Amazon, Netflix and Walmart as businesses with poor leadership cultures that can contribute to internal strife and employee discontent.
These companies have become symbols of large-scale workplace issues such as inequality, lack of respect for colleagues and superiors, and overly aggressive management styles. They also promote dysfunctional relationships between upper level managers and staff under them.
Some of these stories go all the way up to the top where executives sit back while harassment takes place because nothing happens until someone complains. When they do, however, retaliation follows, leaving those who complained without employment opportunities and protecting others vulnerable to the same behavior.
Mo Problems
When you get into yoga with us, there will be times when you feel like giving up. You’ll spend time practicing your pose and getting nowhere, or you’ll do an exercise and need to stop because you’ve exhausted yourself. Or you’ll work on some poses for hours and nothing changes, if anything, it gets harder.
That’s normal! It takes practice to move beyond the initial struggle. There are many factors that can cause this — strength, flexibility, lifestyle commitments, life events, money, etc. No one is perfect so none of these matter much unless you make them matter.
We talk about the “internal dialogue” in yoga often. That’s what these things play off of internally- self doubt, fear, frustration, worry, stress, etc. These thoughts distract you from using proper technique and may even prevent you from trying the activity altogether.
Part of being a student is having students. If you’re ever feeling discouraged, ask yourself why you picked up this book, go back to the internal reasons, and choose again.
Mo Bile
As discussed earlier, not every relationship is meant to last forever. Sometimes things just don’t work and you have to say goodbye even if you’re feeling hurt or betrayed.
That’s what happened with Jay and Bron. They had been dating for several months when he made an unexpected announcement- he wanted to be monogamous.
Monogamy means having only one partner at a time. For some people, it can be difficult to understand why someone would want that unless they are in their early twenties and still developing relationships.
For most adults, however, being monogamous makes sense. It allows for more intimacy, trust, and understanding of how each person should handle their romantic feelings.
If you know me, then you already know I’m pretty passionate and emotional so this didn’t surprise me too much. But it did make me feel a little bit uncomfortable because I wasn’t sure whether I was ready for that yet.
I thought about all the other women out there who probably sleep alone night after night and wonder why men won’t commit to them but maybe I’ve got a lot to learn.
After all, I’d like to someday experience that level of passion and intimacy. So I decided to give it a try and see where it takes us.
Mo Bias
As discussed earlier, being able to relate to people is a key factor in achieving success. Pointing out someone’s flaws can be seen as having a negative bias or mo bah (enmity towards) them.
However, when done correctly, it is a powerful tool for success. When used effectively, pointing out someone’s faults can motivate them to fix those mistakes and achieve their goal.
This doesn’t just apply to colleagues and coworkers, but also competitors.
Business owners often times will put up barriers to prevent others from coming in and taking business away. This usually includes rumors and false information about the owner that hurt his/her reputation.
By providing true facts and no speculation, you can help the owner get through his/her wall of defenses and allow him/her to work on fixing whatever problems exist.
This article will go more into detail on how this applies to leadership and management. More info at: http://www.parladeinc.
Mo Binge
A binge is when you overexpend in an area of your life — food, work, hobbies, etc. For example, if you overwork yourself at the job for too long, take a week off to relax or if you spend hours surfing online every day, then have a weekend without it, that’s a binge.
With a money binge, you go beyond your budget limit for an extended period of time. You can easily run through a lot of money in a short amount of time, especially if you’re spending heavily on expensive habits (like eating junk food or shopping sprees).
This often times ends up backfiring because you need to re-adjust your budgets to stay within them. It may also hurt your relationships since people will notice the difference in your income.
Mo binges are those instances where you feel like you just cannot stop buying something. It makes you happy for some reason, and so you keep buying it. This could be due to the media telling you about how great this product is, or maybe because of price. The latter doesn’t make it any better!
The problem with these binges is that they don’t actually solve your problems, they create more ones. They might help you feel good for a little while, but eventually things will return to normal and possibly worse than before.
Mo Bigness
A mo-bigness is when you make too many assumptions about other people or things around you. You assume that because someone else has a title, they are more important than you; therefore, you give them credit for doing their job better than you could have done it themselves.
A mo-bigness also happens when you assume that something is not good unless it costs money to do so. For example, assuming that an item is expensive means that it must be very good, but not vice versa.
There’s a reason why I refer to people with this quality as’mono-dimensional’. They view life through only one dimension – self.
I see mono-dimensionality in some of my colleagues who work at our company. There’s a person who thinks he is always right, and will prove it by taking over the project himself instead of asking others to help him.
Mo Boredom
When we are constantly busy, you have to make time for what you want to do because there is no time to spend doing nothing!
We become too involved in our work and hobbies to experience true downtime. We need constant stimulation so that we don’t feel bored or empty.
It’s easy to get into a rhythm where you’re always working and engaging in activities, but this can lead to mo (no motivation) or boredom (you give up spending time with people who aren’t interested in more of your schedule).
With all the distractions online, it becomes harder to focus on things that matter – like relationships and family.
If you feel like you’re chasing happiness, maybe it’s time to ask yourself if this is truly the best way to live?
A simpler life free from excessive commitments may be necessary once in a while. You should enjoy yourself, but not every minute of every day.
Mo Bubble
A rising market is always creating an illusion of prosperity by only including certain people or types of products in it. This effect is called “the inclusion bias” because only those things that are included in the bubble exist outside the bubble.
The mo-bulge happens when older, more established members get left out of the new group due to being considered too mainstream, not unique enough or even having lost their status as popular.
This is why you will see many young, fashionable people who don’t know what to make of all the older, less trendy people around them. Many times they won’t speak to these outsiders for fear of being seen as outdated or boring!
In the media and marketing world, there is already a term for this – fads. A fad comes along once every few years where everyone goes crazy about something then everything reminds them of that thing so it gets discarded.
A lot of people talk about how technology has us under its spell but I would argue that bubbles we create for ourselves are far more powerful than any algorithm. We give our self-esteem value based on whether what we are doing makes us feel better about ourselves.
By acting on our impulses and satisfying internal demands for recognition and reward, we create bubbles that keep us trapped inside them.
To be clear, nothing can help you stay unhappy longer than yourself.
Mo Burden
As discussed earlier, being busy is not a good thing when it comes to investing. If you are constantly rushing from one task to another, then you are likely spending your time doing things that do not lead to your goal of investment prosperity.
With all this hustle, you may be missing out on important relationships that could benefit you in the long run. You can’t invest well if you don’t have enough money, so failing to put away some pennies per day for your goals is a bad idea.
There is an easy solution to this problem – save more! And I mean really save, not just pour something into your purse or wallet every few days.
The more you save, the better off you will be in the long-run, especially as you enter your middle age where you want to start prepping for retirement.
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