Lisa Lentino hosts the Guiding You Through the Maze podcast and runs The Coaching Connector, which connects people looking for coaching with coaches and gives resources for both. For example, she recently posted an interview with friend, mentor, and podcast guest Marshall Goldsmith. From Marshall, Lisa moved to me and hosted a conversation on learning to lead. If your career or life isn’t at its potential and you know you’re[…] Keep reading →

Want to lead people so they want you to lead them again? To take initiative effectively? Many people ask counterproductive questions, like “How should I do X?”, “How do I convince someone to do Y?”, or “What do I need to know to become a leader?” The most effective question is “How do I learn to lead?“, or in entrepreneurship and taking initiative, “How do I learn to take initiative?“[…] Keep reading →

Day 003 address two emails from friends. The first told me about a segment Trevor Noah and the Daily Show did on plastic: fewer countries are accepting America’s garbage. We’re going to have to deal with it ourselves. The problem with the coverage? It barely treated the only viable solution: reducing production. What it treated it joked about. It’s a comedy show, that’s it’s point, so I don’t begrudge it.[…] Keep reading →

I’ve thought about recording news talk, like AM radio hosts, from an environmental leadership standpoint for a month or so. I’ve learned the way to learn is to start. I don’t know if the best way is audio only, video, showing me talking to the camera, showing the news, etc. Should I start a channel? What host should I use? How long should I make each episode? Should I prepare?[…] Keep reading →

I’m pleased to appear on Dan Zehner’s Anthem of the Adventurer podcast. In a refreshing diversion from most of my recent podcast appearances, we talk about adventure, challenge, growth, and how to create them. Click to his site or listen below: His notes describe our conversation well: Episode Summary Today, we talk with Josh Spodek, who lives a life full of adventure while teaching at NYU. He’s got some amazing[…] Keep reading →

Steve Shallenberger brought me back to the Becoming Your Best podcast. We spoke about Initiative, going into more depth on the specific exercises in my book than usual. Steve has high energy, so it was a fast, upbeat conversation. His son, a fighter jet pilot, also interviewed and profiled me in his upcoming book, and I met him in person in San Diego last fall, so we’re becoming family friends.[…] Keep reading →

I’m posting an audio story about why my post today is short. Basically a crazy person broke my computer laptop keyboard so I’m posting without a keyboard. Rather, I’m typing this on an NYU computer but don’t know my complicated web page password so have to mail the text to myself so I can copy and paste it using only my mouse on my regular computer. It’s hard posting using[…] Keep reading →

I spoke at length on the concept I consider at the root of most major issues of our time: “Tastes Good” versus “Want More.” I explored the distinction in my post five years ago “Want to eat more” and “tastes good” aren’t the same feeling. When you get the “want more” concept, you see it everywhere. I see the industrial revolution as creating labor-saving devices. Teams of mechanical, electrical, and[…] Keep reading →

Jeff Shaw hosted me on the Creative Warrior podcast. We last recorded together nearly two years ago. We spoke on initiative and passion. Listen to the conversation. From Jeff’s page: A lot of us Creative Warriors have lots of passion but no initiative. We have a dream and a talent, but we often don’t know where to put our energy. We can’t tell the difference between passing fancies and things[…] Keep reading →