Podcast appearances and mentions of josh spodek

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts.  Jack interviews Josh Spodek this week who is one of the most interesting people that has graced the Power Hour studio over the past couple of years.    Josh is a long-time […]

The Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the most interesting energy and environmental policy issues of the day with top national experts.  Jack interviews Josh Spodek this week who is one of the most interesting people that has graced the Power Hour studio over the past couple of years.    Josh is a long-time environmentalist and conservationist (and so much more) who doesn't just talk about a commitment to the environment but lives it with each decision he makes.  Rather than plying guilt or coercion, Josh explains how his choices have made his quality of life better and how we can do the same.  You definitely want to check this one out.  You can learn more about Josh's journey and philosophy from his book, Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Understanding and Solving All (Yes, All) of our Environmental Problems, available here for pre order now.  And to impress that special someone for Valentines Day, Jack's book, Nuclear Revolution  will get the job done!   Join the conversation at  thepowerhour@heritage.org!  Thank you for listening and please don't forget to subscribe and help us to spread the word. And buy the book! And Josh's too!

Josh Spodek disconnected his Manhattan apartment from the electric grid in May 2022. Over time, he has reduced his consumption and contribution to landfill. His new book argues that sustainability is not a sacrifice but an upgrade that can bring joy and increased quality of life. The book traces his journey to live more sustainably in a Manhattan apartment but also offers an argument about politics. He asks what narratives are already available to frame environmental degradation deploying a wide range of sources from John Locke to indigenous thinkers. Spodek, doubtful about governments or corporations leading on the environment, favors bottom up change focused on the actions and leadership of individuals. Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems (Amplify, 2025) explores the importance of culture and habit. How did the United States and other nations adopt polluting and passive habits? What can be done to reverse these cultural norms? The solutions range from a WWII level mobilization to a Constitutional Amendment. Dr. Josh Spodek earned a PhD in Physics and an MBA in entrepreneurial leadership from Columbia University. He is a four-time TEDx speaker author (Initiative and Leadership Step by Step), and leadership coach. He hosts the This Sustainable Life podcast. He has been an Adjunct Professor at New York University. A 2024 recent New York Times article highlights his life changes in Who Says You Can't Live Off the Grid in Manhattan? Mentioned: NOAA's interactive sea level rise map. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Eric Williams's Capitalism & Slavery (3rd edition, University of North Carolina Press, 1994) Works of Steven Pinker Spodek Method Susan's research on Locke's Enough and as Good from Perspectives on Politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Josh Spodek disconnected his Manhattan apartment from the electric grid in May 2022. Over time, he has reduced his consumption and contribution to landfill. His new book argues that sustainability is not a sacrifice but an upgrade that can bring joy and increased quality of life. The book traces his journey to live more sustainably in a Manhattan apartment but also offers an argument about politics. He asks what narratives are already available to frame environmental degradation deploying a wide range of sources from John Locke to indigenous thinkers. Spodek, doubtful about governments or corporations leading on the environment, favors bottom up change focused on the actions and leadership of individuals. Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems (Amplify, 2025) explores the importance of culture and habit. How did the United States and other nations adopt polluting and passive habits? What can be done to reverse these cultural norms? The solutions range from a WWII level mobilization to a Constitutional Amendment. Dr. Josh Spodek earned a PhD in Physics and an MBA in entrepreneurial leadership from Columbia University. He is a four-time TEDx speaker author (Initiative and Leadership Step by Step), and leadership coach. He hosts the This Sustainable Life podcast. He has been an Adjunct Professor at New York University. A 2024 recent New York Times article highlights his life changes in Who Says You Can't Live Off the Grid in Manhattan? Mentioned: NOAA's interactive sea level rise map. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Eric Williams's Capitalism & Slavery (3rd edition, University of North Carolina Press, 1994) Works of Steven Pinker Spodek Method Susan's research on Locke's Enough and as Good from Perspectives on Politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Josh Spodek disconnected his Manhattan apartment from the electric grid in May 2022. Over time, he has reduced his consumption and contribution to landfill. His new book argues that sustainability is not a sacrifice but an upgrade that can bring joy and increased quality of life. The book traces his journey to live more sustainably in a Manhattan apartment but also offers an argument about politics. He asks what narratives are already available to frame environmental degradation deploying a wide range of sources from John Locke to indigenous thinkers. Spodek, doubtful about governments or corporations leading on the environment, favors bottom up change focused on the actions and leadership of individuals. Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems (Amplify, 2025) explores the importance of culture and habit. How did the United States and other nations adopt polluting and passive habits? What can be done to reverse these cultural norms? The solutions range from a WWII level mobilization to a Constitutional Amendment. Dr. Josh Spodek earned a PhD in Physics and an MBA in entrepreneurial leadership from Columbia University. He is a four-time TEDx speaker author (Initiative and Leadership Step by Step), and leadership coach. He hosts the This Sustainable Life podcast. He has been an Adjunct Professor at New York University. A 2024 recent New York Times article highlights his life changes in Who Says You Can't Live Off the Grid in Manhattan? Mentioned: NOAA's interactive sea level rise map. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Eric Williams's Capitalism & Slavery (3rd edition, University of North Carolina Press, 1994) Works of Steven Pinker Spodek Method Susan's research on Locke's Enough and as Good from Perspectives on Politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Josh Spodek disconnected his Manhattan apartment from the electric grid in May 2022. Over time, he has reduced his consumption and contribution to landfill. His new book argues that sustainability is not a sacrifice but an upgrade that can bring joy and increased quality of life. The book traces his journey to live more sustainably in a Manhattan apartment but also offers an argument about politics. He asks what narratives are already available to frame environmental degradation deploying a wide range of sources from John Locke to indigenous thinkers. Spodek, doubtful about governments or corporations leading on the environment, favors bottom up change focused on the actions and leadership of individuals. Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems (Amplify, 2025) explores the importance of culture and habit. How did the United States and other nations adopt polluting and passive habits? What can be done to reverse these cultural norms? The solutions range from a WWII level mobilization to a Constitutional Amendment. Dr. Josh Spodek earned a PhD in Physics and an MBA in entrepreneurial leadership from Columbia University. He is a four-time TEDx speaker author (Initiative and Leadership Step by Step), and leadership coach. He hosts the This Sustainable Life podcast. He has been an Adjunct Professor at New York University. A 2024 recent New York Times article highlights his life changes in Who Says You Can't Live Off the Grid in Manhattan? Mentioned: NOAA's interactive sea level rise map. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Eric Williams's Capitalism & Slavery (3rd edition, University of North Carolina Press, 1994) Works of Steven Pinker Spodek Method Susan's research on Locke's Enough and as Good from Perspectives on Politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Josh Spodek disconnected his Manhattan apartment from the electric grid in May 2022. Over time, he has reduced his consumption and contribution to landfill. His new book argues that sustainability is not a sacrifice but an upgrade that can bring joy and increased quality of life. The book traces his journey to live more sustainably in a Manhattan apartment but also offers an argument about politics. He asks what narratives are already available to frame environmental degradation deploying a wide range of sources from John Locke to indigenous thinkers. Spodek, doubtful about governments or corporations leading on the environment, favors bottom up change focused on the actions and leadership of individuals. Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems (Amplify, 2025) explores the importance of culture and habit. How did the United States and other nations adopt polluting and passive habits? What can be done to reverse these cultural norms? The solutions range from a WWII level mobilization to a Constitutional Amendment. Dr. Josh Spodek earned a PhD in Physics and an MBA in entrepreneurial leadership from Columbia University. He is a four-time TEDx speaker author (Initiative and Leadership Step by Step), and leadership coach. He hosts the This Sustainable Life podcast. He has been an Adjunct Professor at New York University. A 2024 recent New York Times article highlights his life changes in Who Says You Can't Live Off the Grid in Manhattan? Mentioned: NOAA's interactive sea level rise map. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Eric Williams's Capitalism & Slavery (3rd edition, University of North Carolina Press, 1994) Works of Steven Pinker Spodek Method Susan's research on Locke's Enough and as Good from Perspectives on Politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you've listened to a lot of this podcast, you've heard me walk guests through sharing their values on sustainability and acting on them.Why do they enjoy what most people consider deprivation and sacrifice?You can learn to do it. A growing team of us teach workshops in sustainability leadership. One is coming up, September 10, 2024.You can become a leader in a movement to live joyfully sustainably, to change global culture at the last minute.Here is the recommendation I quoteI would like to share with you my experience with confronting climate change head on this year. I decided to make it the year I stop my gloom and doom and to let go of my self-talk that reinforced that I am helpless to do anything. I am discovering that changing my own behavior is joyful and empowering. Deprivation and sacrifice are the OPPOSITE of how I feel about the daily journey toward habits that care for our beautiful planetary home.How did I come to this change of heart? My daughter took a class with Josh Spodek in Sustainability Leadership and I happened to be at her house while she was taking it. This led to conversations that challenged my pessimism about being able to do anything more than I was already doing. My pessimism about individual action making any difference was challenged. It fundamentally came down to “I can continue along as I am and for certain nothing will change, or I can take the reins of my part of this giant puzzle and have the chance to be a part of the solution”.A large part of my motivation came when I used an online carbon calculator to determine my “carbon footprint”. I discovered that from flying alone for the first seven months 2023 I had belched out over 10 times the amount of carbon that is considered the “sustainable limit” per person per year. This number didn't even include gasoline, natural gas, or any other modes of consuming or polluting. It literally made me cry. It also made me get serious.I took the course that my daughter had taken and found a source of support, inspiration, information, and skills that were new. One of the things about this class that I think is most powerful is that there is nothing “prescriptive” about it. There are no lists of things you should do now and things you should avoid now. No one is deciding for you or shaming you into choices. Instead, it is an inward journey of connection to one's own internal motivation that is grounded in our own experiences in nature. It is a process of continuous improvement, so I didn't decide to reduce my trash consumption and then stop when I did that. I look every day for new ways to lessen my impact, and every time I find another way I feel GREAT and motivated to figure out what's next.I am writing to invite you to take this class. Josh's model is to use conversations with each other as the foundation of connecting to our internal motivation, conversations using the Spodek Method. These conversations help build a community of people who have experienced the joy of taking self-directed action in one's own life. As with any BIG problem, the solutions require all of us. This class helps, one person at a time, to build a community of people who see themselves as part of the solution. I think you will be surprised and delighted with the empowerment you feel to take action.The Entrepreneurship StrategyContact me and sign upThe episode with Trish, who has cancer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY  Stop waiting for the perfect moment to start. Joshua Spodek is back on the show to share how to achieve sustainable success through taking the leap of faith and taking action.  Are you someone who has big dreams but struggles with taking action? Do you find yourself constantly waiting for the perfect moment to start something, only to realize that moment never comes?  Join me and bestselling author Joshua Spodek in this episode of the Success Through Failure podcast as we explore the power of just getting started, even when success seems uncertain. With a PhD in astrophysics and an MBA from Columbia, Joshua has accomplished many impressive feats. He's the host of the award-winning podcast, “This Sustainable Life,” he's a 4x TEDx speaker, he's a professor at NYU, he has five Ivy League degrees, and he's been published in The New Yorker, Time Magazine Inc., Psychology Today, and has been called the “best and brightest” by Esquire's Genius issue.   These achievements were only possible because he took action and didn't let fear hold him back. Through the lens of sustainability, Joshua encourages you to live by your values and start small, and that success is the byproduct of taking action and learning from failure.  Discover how to overcome analysis paralysis and start living your best life— sustainably! Tune in now. If you don't have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don't have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode— as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode— at http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.    

Joshua Spodek PhD MBA hosts the award-winning This Sustainable Life podcast, is a four-time TEDx speaker, bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step, professor at NYU, published in the New Yorker, and leadership coach.   He holds a PhD in astrophysics and an MBA from Columbia, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate and helped launch a satellite (having emerged from some of Philadelphia's most dangerous neighborhoods). He left academia to found a venture to market an invention that showed animated images to subway riders between stations.   He teaches and coaches leadership and entrepreneurship at NYU and Columbia Business School. He has spoken at Harvard, Princeton, West Point, Google, IBM, The New York Academy of Science, Children's Aid Society, and other renowned institutions.   He has been published in The New Yorker, TIME, Inc., Quartz, and Psychology Today. Featured in pieces every major network, the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and more, he has been called “best and brightest” in Esquire's Genius issue, “astrophysicist turned new media whiz” by NBC, and “rocket scientist” by Forbes.   He visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson River twice, has done burpees daily since 2011 (195,000 and counting), takes 3 years to produce one load of garbage, hasn't flown (by choice) since March 2016, is in his second year with his refrigerator unplugged and sixth month with his apartment unplugged from the electric grid, and his carbon footprint is about 1 ton per year. He blogs daily at joshuaspodek.com.   His social media tools: twitter and facebook.   The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here.    Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.   Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.  We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.  The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.  

After Dark with Hosts Rob & Andrew – Spodek has been living without many modern conveniences for almost a year. He unplugged this refrigerator and does most of the charging on...

Josh Spodek has spoken at TEDx twice, visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson river, done 135,000 burpees since 2011 and is the bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step. It's clear that he knows how to bring his passions to life and his mission is to help others do the same. Subscribe for ad-free interviews and bonus episodes https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Dark with Hosts Rob & Andrew – Despite what we have been told by subject matter experts like Dr. Frauci and Resident Joe Biden, you can get Covid-19 regardless of your vaccination status. Both men have been vaxed and boosted and still got the virus. Maybe if the two men were living by their values and sustainable life like Josh Spodek, the virus...

After Dark with Hosts Rob & Andrew – Despite what we have been told by subject matter experts like Dr. Frauci and Resident Joe Biden, you can get Covid-19 regardless of your vaccination status. Both men have been vaxed and boosted and still got the virus. Maybe if the two men were living by their values and sustainable life like Josh Spodek, the virus...

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   Pathfinder Retreat After months of preparation, 12 amazing individuals raised the bar during our first-ever Pathfinder Retreat held in Princeton, New Jersey. Pathfinders are the graduates of my coaching program which is called Reveal Your Path. They signed up for this retreat because they wanted to go deeper; they wanted to connect with the people who share the same vision as they do. And that we did! It was a weekend full of adventure, wisdom, and learning— shared by their fellow Pathfinders and special guests, Dr. Josh Spodek and Dr. Nate Zinsser. In this episode, I am sharing with you the most life-changing lessons my clients took home with them.  My goal for this episode is for you to gain the clarity and focus from these takeaways that all of the attendees benefited from.  Let me take you to that hot, fun, and transformational day and let's dive into the seven lessons from this retreat that you can apply to your personal and professional life. Tune in now. If you don't have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don't have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode— as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode— at http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.

Do black men have a harder struggle in life than most men? Is there such a thing as white man's privilege? Our guest tonight will discuss this all too important and often controversial topic. Joe Collins is a candidate for Congress in California's 43rd District. He is a former US Navy Veteran and a native of South Central Los Angeles. Josh Spodek is a published author and has written about the perception many have of white men being privileged. He has also hosted podcast on the same. "Toxic Masculinity is a manufactured tool of the left designed to stomp out the natural being of a male." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rob-harper/support

Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less of them each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He's out to teach people to take initiative and pursue their passions all over their lives – and that entrepreneurship is available to virtually everyone. He's our modern-day Galileo, with a PhD in Astro Physics and a heart for the environment, and is also on a mission to make sustainability a central concern for everyone – individuals, leaders, and companies across the world. We each have something important to teach and share to help others. Let's find that passion and get you to work sharing it!

Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less of them each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He’s out to teach people to take initiative and pursue their passions all over their lives – and that entrepreneurship is available to virtually everyone. He’s our modern-day Galileo, with a PhD in Astro Physics and a heart for the environment, and is also on a mission to make sustainability a central concern for everyone – individuals, leaders, and companies across the world. We each have something important to teach and share to help others. Let’s find that passion and get you to work sharing it!

Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less of them each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He's out to teach people to take initiative and pursue their passions all over their lives – and that entrepreneurship is available to virtually everyone. He's our modern-day Galileo, with a PhD in Astro Physics and a heart for the environment, and is also on a mission to make sustainability a central concern for everyone – individuals, leaders, and companies across the world. We each have something important to teach and share to help others. Let's find that passion and get you to work sharing it!

Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less of them each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He's out to teach people to take initiative and pursue their passions all over their lives – and that entrepreneurship is available to virtually everyone. He's our modern-day Galileo, with a PhD in Astro Physics and a heart for the environment, and is also on a mission to make sustainability a central concern for everyone – individuals, leaders, and companies across the world. We each have something important to teach and share to help others. Let's find that passion and get you to work sharing it!

Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less of them each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He’s out to teach people to take initiative and pursue their passions all over their lives – and that entrepreneurship is available to virtually everyone. He’s our modern-day Galileo, with a PhD in Astro Physics and a heart for the environment through sustainabilityWorking on Purpose is broadcast live Wednesday's at 6PM ET.The Working on Purpose TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).The Working on Purpose Radio Show is broadcast on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com).The podcast is also available on Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com).

Joshua Spodek, best selling author and 3x TEDx speaker joins the show this week to teach us how to seduce and get what what you want, not only in the bedroom, but also in life. Joshua takes Kristen through a mock-convo/date to reveal just how he does it, moment by moment, step by step. https://joshuaspodek.com/ https://twitter.com/spodek https://kristenandchill.com/ https://www.winggirlmethod.com/ Guest Josh Spodek --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/AskWomen/support

Josh Spodek has spoken at TEDx twice, visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson river, done 135,000 burpees since 2011 and is the bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step. It's clear that he knows how to take initiative and bring his passions to life. His mission is to help others do the same.Josh Spodek is the #1 bestselling author of Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to LifeHe also has an awesome website where you'll find his daily blogs, his award-winning podcast, coaching, speaking and courses. Just visit wwww.JoshuaSpodek.comArchitects of RealityImagine how your life would look if you could create a new reality, one filled with meaning, intention and purpose. The time is here. Tickets for The Architects of Reality conference in Nashville, 2020, are now on sale. Go to www.TheArchitectsofReality.com and get your ticket today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.

Josh Spodek has spoken at TEDx twice, visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson river, done 135,000 burpees since 2011 and is the bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step. It's clear that he knows how to take initiative and bring his passions to life. His mission is to help others do the same.Josh Spodek is the #1 bestselling author of Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to LifeHe also has an awesome website where you'll find his daily blogs, his award-winning podcast, coaching, speaking and courses. Just visit wwww.JoshuaSpodek.comArchitects of RealityImagine how your life would look if you could create a new reality, one filled with meaning, intention and purpose. The time is here. Tickets for The Architects of Reality conference in Nashville, 2020, are now on sale. Go to www.TheArchitectsofReality.com and get your ticket today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

in this episode, I talk with Josh Spodek about leadership in sustainability.

Our guest today is Josh Spodek, who last joined us on Episode 25 of this show. I was very pleased that Josh agreed to return to discuss his new book, Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work). In today’s episode, Josh shares some of the exercises from this new primer on how everyone can make change happen in the world. Josh is a busy professional: In addition to writing books, he writes a daily blog He is also the host of a podcast, Leadership and the Environment, with over 200 episodes, that feature an A-list of guests including Seth Godin, Dan Pink, Dominic Barton, Sir Ken Robinson, Ken Blanchard, Marshall Goldsmith, David Allen, Jonathan Haidt, and many other luminaries. To find links to all of Josh’s activities, visit http://joshuaspodek.com/ To receive a weekly round-up of the most recent Unleashed epsiodes, plus bonus material, email Will Bachman at unleashed@umbrex.com

In this conversation, Josh explains what initiative is, why it matters, and how you can take more of it. Initiative leads you to start doing something. To specifically work not just try or go out there and fail to act intelligently effectively to take you step by step. You have to take initiative to find out which ones you care about more and which ones you care about last. Read more in Joshua Spodek's latest book Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work)

Leading with passion is not as easy as it seems, which is why aspiring leaders need coaches who can guide them on the road to efficient leadership. Joshua Spodek, a leader developer and host of the Leadership and Environment podcast, shares his method for living a passion-driven life and leading others to be great leaders. Joshua unboxes a leader’s tools of the trade and shares the distinction between leadership and management, pointing out that by knowing and having the two, you can make things happen. Discover so much more about how you can be better and effective leaders. Follow Joshua’s valuable advice in this episode. Links Josh Spodek Leadership Step by Step Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work) Leadership and the Environment Podcast Man's Search for Meaning Contact tab on Josh Spodek’s website JoshuaSpodek.com https://TheCoachingConnector.com/directory/active-experiential-coaching/ https://TheCoachingConnector.com/guiding-you-through-the-maze-disclaimer/ References Lentino, L.M. (2014). Constructive thinking how to grow beyond your mind. Sudbury, MA: Grow Beyond Your Mind. Limits of Liability / Warranty Disclaimer

I really enjoyed talking with Josh, and his personal statement on his blog just shows him best: "I do what I love in life and do my best to cut out what I don't. Loving what you do means you will do more than if you don't, so I've accomplished a few things to high levels while enjoying the process. I've also made my life easy and fun. I think anyone can. In fact I think making life easy and fun is easy and fun, like me swimming across the Hudson River with a friend for fun in the picture on this site's main page. This site shares how I do it so you love what you do while accomplishing more than you thought you could too. Your values and mine differ so you'll want to do different things than I, but if the magnitude of my successes is something you want while living an easy, fun life loving what you do, read my blog. If you love what you do and live with that passion, I'd love to meet you. Please contact me. My mission is to help people live by their values, especially their environmental values, creating and finding joy, meaning, value, importance, purpose, passion, and other emotional reward in the process." Topics from today's show: Adventures that don't cost anything! Cold showers (2:00) Swimming across the Hudson River (11:17) Lots of burpees (14:00) Stoic philosophy (33:50) Living in accordance with your core values (32:38, 41:57) Josh's new book, “Initiative” (25:38) Producing the minimum waste possible (57:35) Links: http://joshuaspodek.com/ Facebook. LinkedIn. Twitter. https://www.amazon.com/Initiative-Proven-Method-Bring-Passions/dp/1733039902

I'm here in Greenwich village in New York City today and I'm here to meet Josh Spodek. Josh is a fascinating character. He was a former astrophysicist and then became an entrepreneur, and now he is a lecturer in Entrepreneurship and leadership at New York University. Josh has acheived a lot of other things. He is a bestselling author, he has a second book coming out this month called Initiative, he's a TedX speaker, daily blogger, and he has an award winning podcast called Leadership and the Environment. Now aside from all these things I am fascinated by these daily rituals he has. In fact he lists them in his email signature, where he does things like he blogs every single day whatever happens. He gets up within one minute of waking up, every single day, and makes his bed. And he does dozens of burpees, a particularly brutal form of push up, every single day, no matter what state he is in. It's these kind of habits that have built him to the point where he can acheive remarkable things, so there seems to be a link between them. I want to find out, as somebody who doesn't have great self discipline myself, I want to find out how he's done that and why they matter, and how this adds up into writing successful books and creating successful businesses, so I hope you enjoy it.   For full show notes and links please head to: https://theideaslab.org/joshuaspodek   Music provided by Argofox: TheDiabolicalWaffle - My Wish https://youtu.be/sRWEMjYR6e4  

How to create initiative Joshua Spodek, PhD, MBA, TEDx speaker, wrote the #1 bestselling Leadership Step by Step, hosts the award-winning Leadership and the Environment podcast, is a professor at NYU, writes a column for Inc., and blogs daily at joshuaspodek.com. He holds five Ivy League degrees, including a PhD in astrophysics and an MBA from Columbia, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate. He teaches and coaches leadership and entrepreneurship at NYU and Columbia Business School. He has spoken at Harvard, Princeton, West Point, MIT, IBM, and other recognizable places. Josh has appeared on every major network, the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and more, he has been called “best and brightest” in Esquire’s Genius issue. He visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson River, has done burpees daily since 2011 (130,000 and counting). For those of you listening who are Pathfinders, Josh is the inventor of the SIDCHA. -- I love talking to Josh so much! One of the guests I’ve really built a relationship with. He was also a guest in episode #58 and #89. If you don’t have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don’t have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode-- as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode-- at JimHarshawJr.com/Action/. Let's connect: Website | Facebook | Twitter About Your Host Jim Harshaw My name is Jim Harshaw. And I know where you’re at. You’re working hard and qualified for what you do but you aren’t getting what you want. You have plans on getting to the C-suite or launching a business but ultimate success seems as far away today as ever. You’re in the right place because you can get there from here. And I can help. Who I Am I’m a speaker, coach, and former Division I All-American wrestler that helps motivated former athletes to reach their full potential by getting clarity on what they really want and taking aggressive action to lead their ideal life not just despite their prior failures but because of them. I’m a husband and father of four. And I’m a serial entrepreneur. I’ve launched multiple successful businesses as well as the obligatory failed one. I’ve been the executive director of a non-profit and have raised millions of dollars. I’ve worked in sales. I’ve even been a Division I head coach. While I was born in a blue-collar home I have spent my life surrounded by Olympians, CEO’s and millionaires. Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” I’ve been lucky. I’ve learned the habits of successful people and guess what. You’re just like them. I know because I know your type. You’re programmed for hard work, which is a prerequisite for success, but you’ve never been shown how to use what you know to create the life you want with the tools you have. I will show you how. Why You Are Here You've worked hard to achieve greatness. You’ve set goals and maybe even set records. You’ve definitely failed and you’ve at some point found yourself questioning if you were on the right track. You need to understand this: You are far more prepared to succeed than those who’ve not tried, competed, struggled and overcome like you have. That’s the value of your education as someone who aims high. You are prepared to be as successful as your wildest dreams will allow. Here I will teach you, with the help of brilliant minds that have been shaped by failure, struggle, and adversity, to be who you want to be. I sense that you want this because you have read this far. To take the next step today, click here. FOLLOW JIM Website | Facebook | Twitter

Joshua Spodek, bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step, is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., and founder of SpodekAcademy.com. He has led seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, and sales at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, INSEAD, the New York Academy of Science, and in private corporations. He holds five Ivy League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA, and studied under a Nobel Prize winner. He helped build an X-ray observational satellite for NASA, co-founded and led as CEO or COO several ventures, and holds six patents. He earned praise as “Best and Brightest” (Esquire's Genius Issue), “Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” (NBC), and “Rocket Scientist” (ABC News and Forbes) and has been quoted and profiled by ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He has visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson River, and has done burpees every day since December 2011. He lives in Greenwich Village and blogs daily at www.joshuaspodek.com. Show notes and Links: https://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/podcast/160 LINKS -- Join the Legacy Driven Entrepreneurs Community (it's FREE): http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/tribe Are you enjoying the podcast? Listen to the episode here and leave us a review: Apple: http://apple.co/1JUHcG9 Android: http://bit.ly/2nuoGpl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/2BjY0gU Breaker: http://bit.ly/2BRwOCb iHeartRadio: http://bit.ly/2BhMr9L Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2BbuWEg Want to grab my NEW audio training? Grab a FREE copy of "How To Be The Leader You Truly Are": http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/leadership Launching a podcast? Grab my Podcast Creation Roadmap: http://www.theinnerchangemaker.com/roadmap

Joshua Spodek is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., founder of Spodek Academy, and author of Leadership Step by Step (launching February 2017).   He has led seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, and sales at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, INSEAD (Singapore), the New York Academy of Science, and in private corporations. He holds five Ivy League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA, and studied under a Nobel Prize winner. He helped build an X-ray observational satellite for NASA, co-founded and led as CEO or COO several ventures, and holds six patents.   He earned praise as “Best and Brightest” (Esquire Magazine’s Genius Issue), “Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” (NBC), and “Rocket Scientist” (ABC News and Forbes) and has been quoted and profiled by ABC, CBS, NBC, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. He has visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson River, and has done burpees every day for six years and counting. He lives in Greenwich Village and blogs daily at www.joshuaspodek.com.   Josh Spodek originally appeared on Episode 079.   Josh Spodek Show Highlights Science is about the beauty of nature Josh’s interest in conservation How depravation and sacrifice learned to discovery and joy Do you suppress information that doesn’t align with your beliefs The power of living your values Your life gets better as a result of change Have you influenced 1 today? What is your daily challenge? And have you challenged someone to something today? Doing hard things builds experience that will push you through future challenges Josh Spodek Resources:   Joshua’s website Joshua’s book & course Joshua on Twitter Reviews of Josh’s cooking: it’s delicious!   Join my hybrid group coaching & leadership development community Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Create winning cultures Focus on the essential Lead with courage & integrity    BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! SHOW SOME LOVE: PLEASE LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW Grab your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders  Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above.   Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn   SHOW SPONSORS: SCHOOL SPIRIT VENDING Hassle-free, year-round fundraising for your school. With School Spirit Vending, we do all the work, you just cash the check Increase school spirit with custom stickers for your school and raise funds at the same time -no upfront costs, no volunteers, no selling Sick of the same old ways of raising money for your school? Let School Spirit Vending's hassle-free, year-round fundraising program supplement the other fundraisers you're already doing. SSV is also giving away the Top 10 School Fundraising Ideas for 2017. Download the guide here.     Copyright © 2017 Better Leaders Better Schools    

Today's guest is an “astrophysicist turned new media whiz” who has earned five Ivy League degrees and holds six patents. He helped build an X-ray observational satellite for NASA, and has co-founded and led several ventures. A serious athlete, he has completed six marathons and competed at the World and National level of Ultimate Frisbee. He has swam across the Hudson River, and has done burpees every day for six years, 90,000 and counting. Although his passions are dramatically diverse, his dedication to excellence in them all has established him as a thought leader in fields that include science, invention, entrepreneurship, art, leadership, coaching, and education. My guest co-founded Submedia, which brought to market one of his inventions – a technology to display motion pictures for subway riders to enjoy between stations, thereby pioneering the field of commercial in-tunnel media. Submedia has grown worldwide to install dozens of displays in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. His book “Leadership Step by Step” is a powerful and practical guide to help readers cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experience. This isn't your run of the mill leadership book. Please join me in welcoming Josh Spodek. In this episode we explore: how he defines leadership: “To influence at least one other person to achieve a common goal.” his poor people skills early in his career was a blind spot that led to him losing his company and a humbling “ah ha!” moment in business school not being born with leadership skills doesn't mean you can't acquire them - through experiential learning. “You can't read to get integrity. No amount of lectures you can listen to to get persistence.” the challenge of communicating how different his leadership lessons are from traditional learning. Curious? Watch this video: NYU Students Speak About Joshua Spodek's Entrepreneurship and Leadership Courses how work/life balance is a misnomer - Keith Richards doesn't worry about work/life balance, he loves what he does all of the time. Listen, subscribe and read show notes at www.OnTheSchmooze.com - episode 63

Josh Spodek—a burpee enthusiast and marathoner—shares what he mentally gets from running, where he loves to run the world, what surprised him about running marathons, and how he started a quest to do 100,000 burpees. He also discusses what comparing yourself to others does to your mindset and what rules he has for himself when it comes to his daily routine. Serena Marie, RD, and Kari chit chat about how color affects your mood, behavior modification, and what to do during the first fifteen minutes after arriving home after a long day at work. 2017 is the year of the Flourishing Experiment! If you'd like to join a group to help you with your habits and resolutions, or create a Flourishing Experiment yourself, reach out to Kari at Kari@TheRunningLifestyle.com for more information. Click HERE to receive special gifts and to be part of Team The Running Lifestyle Show. Find out the 11 Strategies to Live the Running Lifestyle HERE. Please go HERE for this episode's show notes.

Our guest today is Josh Spodek, the author of Leadership Step by Step. Josh is an independent professional who coaches individual clients teaches leadership and entrepreneurship as an adjunct professor at NYU does speaking engagements runs online courses in leadership and entrepreneurship on SpodekAcademy.com For the show we met at Josh’s apartment in Greenwich Village, and in the first part of our conversation we discuss the blackboard in his room and the new course he is currently developing, which is sketched out in chalk. We also talk about what Josh has learned from blogging every single day since 2011, the impact on his fitness from doing 90,000 burpees over the past few years, and how he fits four months of garbage into one tote bag. Josh’s approach to teaching leadership and entrepreneurship is very experiential and organized around a series of exercises. We discuss several of these, including what you can learn from three raisins. You can learn more about Josh and take his online course at http://spodekacademy.com/ And buy his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Step-Become-Person-Others/dp/0814437931

Josh tells us what compelled him since childhood, his journey through five degrees, Spodek Academy, his motivations, and why 90,000 burpies isn't enough. He talks about his visits to North Korea. Insight from this episode:- Working through business lows and highs and coming out on top. - "I never felt I had to go out and start at a company and work until I got the gold watch at 50 years, I never felt compelled to do that." - Josh Spodek Past CYLSeries Guest Episode #57 - Understanding steps to leadership and self-awareness. - "If someone doesn't have discipline, that's not a reason to do it, that's a reason TO do it."- Josh Spodek Past CYLSeries Guest Episode #57 - Teaching, writing, business ownership and daily challenges. Resources: Free Mind-mapping Software at www.freeplane.org "Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow" available at Barnes & Nobles, Amazon, and more.   Stay Connected: Josh Spodek: www.joshuaspodek.com www.spodekacademy.com www.twitter.com/spodek Kevin: www.kevinybrown.com www.instagram.com/kevinybrown www.twitter.com/kevinybrown www.facebook.com/kevbrown001 Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on  itunes, google play, stitcher and www.createyourlifeseries.com/podcast

Josh Spodek has quite the resume. He holds FIVE Ivy League degrees including a PhD in Astrophysics, he's led seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship and sales at Harvard, Princeton and MIT, he's studied under a Nobel Prize winner and helped build an X-Ray observational satellite for NASA and holds six patents. He also serves as an adjunct professor at NYU, as well as a leadership coach and workshop leader at the Columbia Business School. He's also a columnist for Inc. He's the founder of Spodek Academy and out with a new book called Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow. The topic of the day is leadership and how some of us are natural born leaders. We also discuss the difference between managing and leading and that time Josh was asked to step down as the leader of a company he founded. A wake-up call for Josh and an inspiring lesson that led to his work today. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. 

Joshua insights into leadership were uniquely fascinating the last time back in episode #58 and he just launched his book, Leadership Step by Step, so I wanted to have him back on to talk about what we might learn if we buy it. Josh is a professor at NYU and columnist for Inc.com, he holds five Ivy-League degrees, including a Ph.D. in Astrophysics as well as an MBA, both from Columbia University, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate. He holds six patents. He leads seminars in Leadership, Creativity, Sales, Strategy, and Motivation at institutions including Columbia Business School, Harvard, Princeton, and MIT. His coaching clients include startup founders as well as employees of Citigroup, American Express, Google, Yahoo!, Sony, IBM, ExxonMobil, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and many others. He has been quoted and profiled by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and others. He’s completed 6 marathons and competed at the world level in Ultimate Frisbee. His blog at JoshuaSpodek.com is for successful people who want to bring about more of that success. If you don’t have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don’t have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode-- as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode-- at JimHarshawJr.com/Action. Let's connect: Website | Facebook | Twitter About Your Host Jim Harshaw My name is Jim Harshaw. And I know where you’re at. You’re working hard and qualified for what you do but you aren’t getting what you want. You have plans on getting to the C-suite or launching a business but ultimate success seems as far away today as ever. You’re at the right place because you can get there from here.  And I can help.  Who I Am I’m a speaker, coach, and former Division I All-American wrestler that helps motivated former athletes reach their full potential by getting clarity on what they really want and taking aggressive action to lead their ideal life not just despite their prior failures but because of them. I’m a husband and father of four. And I’m a serial entrepreneur. I’ve launched multiple successful businesses as well as the obligatory failed one. I’ve been the executive director of a non-profit and have raised millions of dollars. I’ve worked in sales. I’ve even been a Division I head coach. While I was born in a blue-collar home I have spent my life surrounded by Olympians, CEO’s and millionaires. Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” I’ve been lucky. I’ve learned the habits of successful people and guess what. You’re just like them. I know because I know your type. You’re programmed for hard work, which is a prerequisite for success, but you’ve never been shown how to use what you know to create the life you want with the tools you have. I will show you how. Why You are Here You've worked hard to achieve greatness. You’ve set goals and maybe even set records. You’ve definitely failed and you’ve at some point found yourself questioning if you were on the right track. You need to understand this: You are far more prepared to succeed than those who’ve not tried, competed, struggled and overcome like you have. That’s the value of your education as someone who aims high. You are prepared to be as successful as your wildest dreams will allow. Here I will teach you, with the help of brilliant minds that have been shaped by failure, struggle, and adversity, to be who you want to be. I sense that you want this because you have read this far. To take the next step today, click here. FOLLOW JIM Website | Facebook | Twitter

Do you stop and smell the roses every once in awhile ? Do you remember what a raisin really tastes like? Do you take the time to listen to what your inner monologue are really saying? Today's guest Josh Spodek has made it his job to remind leaders to do just that. Labelled by Forbes and ABC News as a “Rocket Scientist”, Josh is nothing short of a serial overachiever. He has found success across many fields and disciplines such as science, invention, entrepreneurship, art, leadership, coaching, and education. He is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc and founder of Spodek Academy. Josh holds five Ivy League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA, and studied under a Nobel Prize winner. Josh's fascination with leadership as something that could be learned drove him to study it himself and eventually led him down the path of leadership and as an executive coach. He now leads seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, motivation and sales at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, INSEAD (Singapore), the New York Academy of Science, and private corporations, including: UBS, EY, Deloitte, McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Time Magazine, Google and many more. He also leads seminars in Leadership, Creativity, Sales, Strategy, and Motivation at Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, MIT, and INSEAD Singapore, among others. Following visits to North Korea, he lectured on North Korean strategy at Columbia University, and in South Korea and China wrote a book on the topic reviewed as “a very thought-provoking read that may totally change how you interpret the country.” If his professional achievements alone aren't enough. Josh also swam the Hudson River, did over 80,000 burpees, wrote over 2,400 blog posts, took over 250 cold showers, coined the term sidcha, and has jumped out of two airplanes. He now lives in New York City's Greenwich Village and blogs daily at www.joshuaspodek.com. In this episode, Josh and Mark discuss Josh's journey from PhD student of astrophysics to launching and failing in the business world and finally becoming a sought-after leadership coach and professor at NYU. They also experiment with some practical tools and exercises Josh uses to build the leadership muscles (for those of you hungry for tools); Finally, they explore the importance of experiential learning or project-based learning for building leadership and personal skills.

Co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview Josh Spodek, an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach, workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., founder of Spodek Academy, and author of Leadership Step by Step (launching February 2017). Josh talks about how academic teachings failed to prepare him for entrepreneurship, and how learning a theory is insufficient without practicing it.  They discuss the critical need for emotional intelligence, and psychological safety, and how they can be developed, and the techniques Josh uses to strengthen them.  Listen in to learn more about leadership practices, releasing passion, changing beliefs, and nurturing teams.   Key Takeaways [2:59] Josh is concerned that academic education is emotionally and socially passive. At Ivy League schools, Josh learned was intellectually challenged, but he was not taught socially and emotionally. Josh had trouble working with others when he founded his first company. His leadership was ineffective during the recession, and investors forced him out as CEO. [10:34] Reading books, and learning theory, but not learning how to practice the theory, you might as well read about weights, but not actually lifting weights. Josh wanted a place to teach leadership. For Spodek Academy, Josh researched fields that show leadership, to learn from their techniques. He created exercises, tested and refined them, to teach sensitivity to others’ emotions. [18:32] Joshua cites exercises by Marshall Goldsmith, such as “FeedForward,” and “No, But, However,” that taught him so much about listening and empathy. Small changes in behavior change your worldview. Josh organized Goldsmith’s exercises, and others, into a progression of learning, with each exercise being more challenging, and all tied together. [19:58] One exercise is to write down your inner monolog, the voice inside your head — not what you’re thinking about, but the actual words. A later exercise is to speak your inner monolog. That’s scary, because people hear it. It turns out to be authentic, and people respond genuinely. Further exercises are to write your mental model (what creates the inner monolog), and models of others. [25:12] We’ve all been hurt. When part of your identity is mocked, you can’t get rid of it, but you can hide it. We don’t get hurt by casual acquaintances, but by people close to us. We learn to close off our vulnerabilities. Leaders who learn to get people to get past vulnerability to share their passion can get them to engage in their work, for purposes about which they are passionate. [26:50] Jim talks about psychological safety, determined by Google’s Project Aristotle to be the number one key performance driver of high performing teams. With psychological safety, it is easier to have discussions in touch with your inner monolog. Josh says Laszlo Bock’s research at Google revealed the need for our educational system to educate to emotional intelligence. [29:47] Josh teaches adopting a challenging belief, in Unit 2 of Leadership Step by Step. Unit 1 is Understand Yourself. Unit 2 is Lead Yourself. A leader needs to know that beliefs affect how people view the world. Two people, looking at one thing, see two things. To change motivation, change belief. Joshua describes changing the “dandelion belief,” to the “burning building belief.” [33:36] If you can look at a difficult problem from a different perspective, and solve it that way, you have an additional way to solve problems, or more intelligence. Helping someone change a belief is simpler than convincing them of something. The progression in the book is, understand your belief, adopt a challenging belief, understand other’s belief, and help them adopt a belief. [37:48] Visiting North Korea taught Josh about himself. Seeing pictures of Kim Jong Il everywhere, and tuning them out, made him wonder what he tunes out here in the U.S. It hit him, that advertising and brands are what he tunes out. We incorporate into our reality things that are actually aspects of our external culture. Sometimes it takes an outsider perspective to see it. [40:48] Josh teaches entrepreneurs, when they find an industry where everybody has the same fixed beliefs, it is a huge opportunity, especially when the beliefs do not match the interests of the market. The more fixed the belief, the more the opportunity. Google is an example. Before Google were simple site aggregators, like Alta Vista. Google tried to sell “search” for $1 million. No takers!   Books Mentioned in This Episode Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow, by Joshua Spodek (Available February 16, 2017) Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman Marshall Goldsmith author page on Amazon The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization, by Peter M. Senge NYT Magazine, "What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team," article by Charles Duhigg Work Rules! Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead, by Laszlo Bock   Bio Joshua Spodek is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., founder of Spodek Academy, and author of Leadership Step by Step (launching February 2017). He has led seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, and sales at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, INSEAD (Singapore), the New York Academy of Science, and in private corporations. He holds five Ivy League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA, and studied under a Nobel Prize winner.  He helped build an X-ray observational satellite for the European Space Agency and NASA, co-founded and led as CEO or COO several ventures, and holds six patents. He earned praise as “Best and Brightest” (Esquire Magazine’s Genius Issue), “Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” (NBC), and “Rocket Scientist” (ABC News and Forbes) and has been quoted and profiled by ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR, Fox, NY1, CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, Newsweek, Forbes, Esquire, The Guardian, Nikkei Shimbun, Taipei Times, Salon, and more. He’s an award-winning artist, marathoner, world-class Ultimate Frisbee competitor, fitness fanatic, and world traveler.  He lives in Greenwich Village and blogs daily.   Website: SpodekAcademy.com  Twitter: @Spodek Website: JoshuaSpodek.com Facebook: Spodek Academy LinkedIn: Joshua Spodek  

A Professor at NYU and columnist for Inc., he holds five Ivy-League degrees, including a Ph.D. in Astrophysics as well as an MBA, both from Columbia University, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate. He holds six patents.He leads seminars in Leadership, Creativity, Sales, Strategy, and Motivation at institutions including Columbia Business School, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and MIT. His coaching clients include startup founders as well as employees of Citigroup, American Express, Google, Yahoo!, Sony, IBM, ExxonMobil, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and many others. He has been quoted and profiled by ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and others. He’s completed 6 marathons and competed at the world level in Ultimate Frisbee. His blog at JoshSpodek.com is for successful poele who want to bring about more of that success, which is what we’re going to talk about today. If you don’t have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don’t have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode-- as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode-- at JimHarshawJr.com/Action. Let's connect:  Website | Facebook | Twitter About Your Host Jim Harshaw My name is Jim Harshaw. And I know where you’re at. You’re working hard and qualified for what you do but you aren’t getting what you want. You have plans on getting to the C-suite or launching a business but ultimate success seems as far away today as ever. You’re at the right place because you can get there from here. And I can help. Who I Am I’m a speaker, coach and former Division I All American wrestler that helps motivated former athletes reach their full potential by getting clarity on their what they really want and taking aggressive action to lead their ideal life not just despite their prior failures but because of them. I’m a husband and father of four. And I’m a serial entrepreneur. I’ve launched multiple successful businesses as well as the obligatory failed one. I’ve been the executive director of a non-profit and have raised millions of dollars. I’ve worked in sales. I’ve even been a Division I head coach. While I was born in a blue-collar home I have spent my life surrounded by Olympians, CEO’s and millionaires. Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” I’ve been lucky. I’ve learned the habits of successful people and guess what. You’re just like them. I know because I know your type. You’re programmed for hard work, which is a prerequisite for success, but you’ve never been shown how to use what you know to create the life you want with the tools you have. I will show you how. Why You are Here You've worked hard to achieve greatness. You’ve set goals and maybe even set records. You’ve definitely failed and you’ve at some point found yourself questioning if you were on the right track. You need to understand this: You are far more prepared to succeed than those who’ve not tried, competed, struggled and overcome like you have. That’s the value of your education as someone who aims high. You are prepared to be as successful as your wildest dreams will allow. Here I will teach you, with the help of brilliant minds that have been shaped by failure, struggle and adversity, to be who you want to be. I sense that you want this because you have read this far. To take the next step today, click here. FOLLOW JIM Website | Facebook | Twitter

Joshua earned a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA, both at Columbia University, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate. He teaches and coaches leadership at Columbia, NYU, and privately. He has founded several companies, one operating globally since 1999, with a half-dozen patents to his name.