Andreas and I go back five or ten years. He hired me as a coach when he was selling his share of a business he cofounded. He appears in my book Initiative about that experience and what he’s done since. I invited…
I love talking with people who strive to reach their potential and beyond, and who elevate people around them—their teammates. People like that exist everywhere, especially in professional sports. Jaeden plays for the Atlanta Falcons. We start by talking about his first…
You’ve heard people calling for moonshots—challenges so great we take them on as a nation. But regarding sustainability we also ask people to do as little as they can, “here’s one little thing you can do for the environment.” In this episode,…
Margaret is the Executive Director at The Climate Mobilization. Writing Facing the Climate Emergency brought her to me. Her psychology background leads her to approach the climate psychologically, which I appreciate and consider missing. Our internal resistance, fears, and emotions that we…
Many people are looking to return to something they can call normal since the pandemic undid their earlier normal. In the meantime they struggle. Almost everyone I know knows Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. I don’t know what they think the…
I shared a story with a client the other day that he found deeply meaningful. I’d never shared it with anyone before because it felt so shameful. Enough time has passed that I can talk about it, so I’m sharing it here,…
You’re about to hear a conversation post-George Floyd by two leadership writers. Normally we write for mostly business audiences. this conversation felt more personal. Normally when a friend introduces a potential podcast guest, we start by talking each other’s work and figure…
Here are the notes I read from for this episode: Stand up comedians Growing up in 70s I thought everyone would want to lead, to give I Have A Dream speech of their generation Felt so natural, though universal So until recently…
Here are the notes I wrote and read this podcast from: It’s no secret the tension between police and protesters in this country. I’ve talked to a lot of protesters in my day, having protested myself many times, especially in college. In…
Here are the notes I read from: Yesterday two things, I’ll start with second because more poignant. Ran into old friend a few weeks ago, clubbing, Submedia. Met at bar, first time since March, ready to walk away, wasn’t going to order…
Joe DeSena founded the Spartan Race and hosts the Spartan Up podcast. For those who know about me and my burpees, cold showers, rowing a marathon, picking up garbage daily, and so on, you can imagine I love what he does. Joe…
Here are the notes I read from for this episode. Following pattern of effective speeches and leadership to lead people to love doing things not obviously personally benefiting. If you’ve seen movie Patton, George C Scott delivers a shorter, cleaner, but better…
The actions we can take to preserve the environment are so simple anyone can do them. They improve our lives, connecting us to each other, freeing us from distraction of craving and separation. Role models help. Nelson Mandela worked harder and faced…
George and I talked about three big topics George Floyd demonstrations and riots from the view of a man watching his businesses and his communities’ businesses vandalized and destroyed. You’ll also hear him reflect as a man who dismissed Colin Kaepernick—in his…
Here are the notes I read from on recounting the potential I saw for the Spartan Race community and its founder, Joe De Sena, if they chose to prioritize environmental stewardship. Context: Joe: carries chain up 1,000-foot hill, brings others with him,…
“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. Ask them what problem they want to solve.” Jaime explains what his title of Google’s “Education Evangelist” means, how he got it, and how it results in him advancing education…
Here are the notes I read this episode from: People keep acting like I’m different, that they have to balance things that I don’t when acting on the environment. So I’ll share a recent decision I made. People I tell have sounded…
Steven Pressfield’s War of Art is a perennial bestseller. If you haven’t read it, I recommend reading it, even if you delay listening to this podcast. Well, listen to this episode since it will prepare you. Before I read it, I could…
While I was jogging (actually plogging) along the Hudson River around 7:30am, a person not wearing a mask stepped into my path, blocking me, saying the person’s shoes had been stolen. The person seemed to let me pass, but then threatened me…
People constantly suggest they have to balance different values as if I didn’t. It came up in a recent conversation so I shared about it today. An element I factor in is how my pollution affects others—not just what I know about…