Leadership Step By Step, Unit 1, Chapter 2: Perception, Focus, and Attention (Essay #2) For Unit 1, Chapter 2: Perception, Focus, and Attention in Josh’s book, we turn our focus inward to ourselves. To begin, Josh recommended trying an exercises called the Three Raisins Exercise. In this exercise designed to help practice mindfulness and becoming self-aware, you basically go through […]
Learning To Lead: Essay #1: The Personal Essay
Leadership Step By Step, Unit 1: Understanding Yourself – The Personal Essay (Essay #1) Recently, I’ve started reading Joshua Spodek’s Leadership Step By Step, a book that teaches, as the title suggests, a step by step methodology for becoming a better leader in whatever area you choose. Each chapter ends with an exercise that he recommends you do to advance […]
Climate Questions: Coming up with questions to start climate conversations
As regular readers might know, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to have more and better climate change conversations, and as I thought more and more about how to do that, the sage words of Josh Spodek, host of the This Sustainable Life podcast came back to me: Stop thinking about how you’re going to do it, and just […]
TSL: Solve For Nature – Hawaii: Case Study for the World w/ Joshua Spodek Pt. 2
Today we continued our discussion about Hawaii being a case study for the direction the entire world is going: pollution leading to reducing the capacity for our planet to sustain life. Joshua Spodek is host of This Sustainable Life podcast and author of Leadership Step By Step. He guided me once again through exploring my own feelings while stopping me […]
I had ‘The Talk’ With My Family
I want to share something personal today, just because I was able to do something that I had been meaning to do for a long time but could never find the right moment to do: have a climate talk with my own wife and daughter. Finding The Perfect Moment I completely understand the feelings that many describe when they talk […]
TSL: Solve For Nature – 008: David Radlo, Part 1
David Radlo is the best-selling author of Principles of Cartel Disruption: Accelerate and Maximize Performance, and an internationally-recognized expert in leadership, innovation, and growth. He is a partner with RB Markets-Achievemost, a Masters professional outside director, a growth coach, and an International Fortune 500 speaker. He is experienced in the US and globally, building sustainable consumer food brands such as […]
TSL: Solve For Nature – 006: Iza and Samo Login, Part 1
Today I’m talking with Iza and Samo Login, two Slovenian tech entrepreneurs who founded Outfit7 and created the Talking Tom app, which has been downloaded over 13 billion times. In just 7 years, they sold their startup for $1 billion dollars to a Chinese investment group in order to dedicate themselves to philanthropic pursuits, with their largest priority being to […]
The Spodek Method: How To Discover the Joy of Sustainability
The sustainability movement is growing. People are starting to feel the effects of climate change. The population of humans is starting to grow to a point of causing other animals to go extinct, either by deforestation, or having their resources taken away, or polluted. This has caused many people to start thinking about how we live and whether the way […]
The VG Daily: 032 – Joshua Spodek Answers Common Questions About Environment
Today we’re talking with Joshua Spodek and giving some high-level answers to questions about the environment and how to put yourself in the right mindset to make positive changes to your life! Alison’s Podcast (This Sustainable Life – Untethered): https://shows.acast.com/this-sustainable-life-untethered Nicola’s Podcast (Conversazioni Sostenibili): https://anchor.fm/conversazioni-sostenibili Joshua Spodek’s Homepage: https://www.joshuaspodek.com
The VG Daily: 007 – Joshua Spodek
Today we’re talking about Joshua Spodek, PhD, MBA, host of This Sustainable Life podcast, award winning author of Leadership: Step by Step, and most environmentally-friendly person I know. He was my inspiration for starting Verdant Growth and is now teaching me to lead others on environment. He’s an incredible person, and I highly recommend you watch/read/listen to everything he’s posted. […]