Friend and podcaster Jim Harshaw Junior posted our conversation on Initiative to his Success Through Failure podcast. Jim and I have appeared on each other’s podcast twice each and met in person, so the conversation is friendly and open. I refer to his conversations on my podcast more than almost any other for his facing and overcoming his environmental challenge by involving his family in the process, bringing them closer.[…] Keep reading →

Would you rather believe you can’t achieve something you haven’t but that others have, or that you chose not to? I don’t know if there’s a right answer, but I find the question interesting. If you aren’t as fit as you like, do you prefer believing that you couldn’t if you tried or that you chose not to try? Have you not negotiated that raise or promotion because you can’t[…] Keep reading →

Get the inside scoop! The first radio interview on my new book, Initiative, launching May 21, went up today with Ed Brzychcy’s Leadership Update Brief. Listen for sneak previews and behind-the-scenes motivation and origin stories. The book’s full title is INITIATIVE: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) Even (Especially) If You Don’t Know Yours Yet Stay tuned. Over the next couple weeks, until launch, I’ll[…] Keep reading →

We’re living in a world of people who are judging parenting from the view of a partier, which makes sense when you don’t have a child — something to take responsibility for. But we have such a thing, the environment. The joy you wish you could get from exploring nature you can get from protecting it, even if that means picking up other people’s garbage. I know people who used[…] Keep reading →

The challenge for habits isn’t starting them. It’s not stopping them. I’ve started many. Actually, I’ve probably started fewer than most. I’ve stopped fewer. Mistakes: focusing on starting, wondering the value of it to you, they’re mostly valuable, the problem isn’t that they aren’t valuable, it’s that they are and that there are too many, asking how to start. To start is simple. Floss your teeth. The problem is that[…] Keep reading →

Silicon Valley, governments, and lots of people are pushing for efficiency. I do too, but only after changing systemic beliefs and goals. The greatest cause of global warming would have looked like the greenest clean energy innovation ever: the Watt steam engine. It led to our environmental problems today more than anything else. We’d be fools to think today’s green clean energy will do any different. Changing beliefs and goals[…] Keep reading →

In this part of the conversation, Chase and I spoke about the environment. He’s very thoughtful about it, though hasn’t acted on it, for reasons he eloquently explains. I take the liberty of persisting politely, so if you haven’t acted or want to influence others, you’ll hear a lot of resistance that many feel but rarely express. If you’re interested in developing your environmental leadership skills, this episode will show[…] Keep reading →