Listen to the conversation. Listening to how much RJ has gotten done and the maturity with which he speaks, I think you have to work hard to remember the guy’s only 21 years old. I find it tremendously inspirational to hear what he’s gotten done as well as gratifying because this project began as a homework assignment in my social entrepreneurship class. Listen as always, successful leaders they focus on[…] Keep reading →

A top goal of this podcast is cultural change, in particular away from what I consider one of the most representative phrases of our time which is, “I want to change but if I do and nobody else does, then what’s the point?” which to me is helpless and hopeless, the opposite of leadership. I would not have expected a professional football player, you know these guys have this reputation[…] Keep reading →

Why do nerds and geeks think we can do in space what we haven’t on Earth? The distant problems they’d escape are nothing like the here-and-now problems we’ve created and can solve First, as one of the nerdiest and geekiest people I know, or even know of, I mean nothing negative from the terms. With a PhD in astrophysics, having helped build and launch a satellite, and with several patents, I can nerd out and[…] Keep reading →

On “Bering Sea loses half its sea ice over two weeks” The meaningful question is what you, the person reading these words, will do about it. Most will think something like “I want to help, but if I act and no one else does it won’t make a difference” or “they should pass laws to stop people from doing what causes this and after they do I’ll act.” To act[…] Keep reading →

Joshua Spodek Uneducated at Any GPA Is the Ivy League Today Big 3 Auto of the 1960s? America’s top universities today are like America’s Big 3 car manufacturers of the 60s: hugely profitable, projecting growth for decades, the envy of the world, dominating their markets, dictating terms to customers and employees, and accelerating to bankruptcy. Cars aren’t diplomas, but besides the obvious differences between the fields, systemic similarities suggest a[…] Keep reading →

Listen to the conversation. If you’re here for leadership, especially personal leadership, you’re going to hear about one of the most important things that you can do to improve. What Joel and I talked about, this is how you develop skills that people think that you can’t learn. Things like integrity, discipline, resilience and it’s going to come from a place where most people don’t expect to hear the stuff.[…] Keep reading →

If you’re here for leadership, especially personal leadership, you’re going to hear about one of the most important things that you can do to improve. What Joel and I talked about, this is how you develop skills that people think that you can’t learn. Things like integrity, discipline, resilience and it’s going to come from a place where most people don’t expect to hear the stuff. Cold showers. Cold showers[…] Keep reading →