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Joshua Spodek is a two-time TEDx speaker, hosts the Leadership and the Environment podcast, and is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., founder of SpodekAcademy.com, and bestselling author. We hung out with Joshua and had a great conversation and we welcome you to join us in meeting this fascinating man! http://joshuaspodek.com/

Leadership and the EnvironmentIs a conversation about climate change and the environment relevant to you and I as leaders… or is it just the flavour of the day?Environmental issues are part of the everyday news cycle. But here’s the big question: If we think above and beyond either side of the discussion (and the environment being used a political catapult), are these issues relevant to us as leaders of industries? And if so, why are they relevant? Well stay tuned because we are about to take a dive into this controversial subject. Our guest on this episode is Joshua Spodek. He’s the bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step, and his resume is far beyond impressive!Joshua is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., and founder of Spodek Academy. He has led seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, and sales at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, the New York Academy of Science, and in private corporations. He co-founded and led (as CEO or COO) several ventures, and holds six patents. He also holds five (5) Ivy League degrees, and he studied under a Nobel Laureate. He’s visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson River, and has even done burpees daily since 2011 -- 130,000 and counting. Due to his commitment to being a leader, he takes 16 months to produce one load of garbage, and in the age of easy access he (by choice) hasn’t flown since March 2016.He's the man Esquire’s Genius issue called “best and brightest”, and NBC said he’s an “astrophysicist turned new media whiz”. So let's welcome author of Initiative: Bring Your Passions to Life!, returning champion Joshua Spodek.On this episode, we go FullMonty on:Why we need to focus on initiative rather than entrepreneurshipWhy leadership is NOT about telling people what to do, pushing legislation without popular support, or spreading facts, figures, doom, and gloomWhy we must learn to lead AND practice initiativeUsing your lack of integrity to become an outstanding leaderWhy you being a genuinely happy leader is so important to loyalty Why it's all about the "little things" And so much more...To find out more about Joshua: www.joshuaspodek.comTo find out more about hiring Dov Baron as a speaker or strategist for your organization: http://fullmontyleadership.com/consulting or http://fullmontyleadership.com/speakingRemember you can now also find us on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart Radio, or wherever you tune into podcasts.Listen in on traditional radio stations across the US every Monday and Thursday on: 99.5 FM & 1520 AM Las Vegas102.1 FM & 1640 AM Lancaster, Philadelphia87.9 FM & 810 AM Macon, Gorgia 92.1 FM & 1630 AM Tampa, Florida97.7 The Villages, Florida96.3 FM Boulder ,Colorado90.3 FM Milwaukee, Wisconsin 94.7 FM Pittsburg, Philadelphia87.9 FM Colorado Springs, ColoradoAnd NOW LIVE! On 96.7FM WASHINGTON, DC On 96.7FM covering THE WASHINGTON DC & QUANTICO area.Also look for us on ROKU TV, where there’s 100K subscribers. If you are a regular listener, then a big thank-you to you for making us the #1 podcast globally for Fortune 500 listeners! And with a potential reach of 2.5 to 3 million listeners for every show, we’re honoured and grateful to be cited in INC.com as The #1 Podcast To Make You a Better Leader. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you care about the environment?Do you care about leading?The Leadership and the Environment podcastNYU’s School of Liberal Studiesinvite you to listen in on our Panel of Leadership and Environment Expertswhich was held on Tuesday, April 3rd at the NYU Silver BuildingFeaturing Vincent StanleyVincent, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of The Responsible Company, has been with Patagonia since its beginning in 1973, including executive roles as head of sales or marketing. Informally, he is Patagonia’s chief storyteller. He helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. Robin NagleRobin’s book, Picking Up, is an ethnography of New York City’s Department of Sanitation based on a decade of work with the Department, including working as a uniformed sanitation worker. She is also a clinical professor of anthropology and environmental studies in NYU’s School of Liberal Studies, with research in the new interdisciplinary field of discard studies. She considers the category of material culture known generically as waste, with a specific emphasis on the infrastructures and organizational demands that municipal garbage imposes on urban areas. Since 2006 she has been the DSNY’s anthropologist-in-residence, an unsalaried position structured around several projects. Her TED talk gives a quick overview of and more detail about her work. RJ KhalafRJ is a senior at New York University pursuing a degree in Global Liberal Studies with a concentration in Politics, Rights, and Development and a minor in Social Entrepreneurship. Recently named one of NYU’s most influential students by Washington Square News, he is the President of the NYU Muslim Students Association and is a Dalai Lama Fellow. RJ is the founder and director of LEAD Palestine, an organization that aims to inspire, motivate, and empower the next generation of Palestine’s youth through a hands-on and fun leadership-based summer camp. Joshua SpodekJoshua PhD MBA, bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step and host of the award-winning Leadership and the Environment podcast, is an adjunct professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., and founder of SpodekAcademy.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you care about the environment?Do you care about leading?The Leadership and the Environment podcast andNYU's School of Liberal Studiesinvite you to improve both at aPanel of Leadership and Environment ExpertsTuesday, April 3, 6pm – 8pmNYU Silver Building, 100 Washington Sq E (at Washington Sq N), room 405Free, register hereFeaturing Vincent StanleyVincent, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of The Responsible Company, has been with Patagonia since its beginning in 1973, including executive roles as head of sales or marketing. Informally, he is Patagonia’s chief storyteller. He helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. Robin NagleRobin's book, Picking Up, is an ethnography of New York City’s Department of Sanitation based on a decade of work with the Department, including working as a uniformed sanitation worker. She is also a clinical professor of anthropology and environmental studies in NYU’s School of Liberal Studies, with research in the new interdisciplinary field of discard studies. She considers the category of material culture known generically as waste, with a specific emphasis on the infrastructures and organizational demands that municipal garbage imposes on urban areas. Since 2006 she has been the DSNY’s anthropologist-in-residence, an unsalaried position structured around several projects. Her TED talk gives a quick overview of and more detail about her work. RJ KhalafRJ is a senior at New York University pursuing a degree in Global Liberal Studies with a concentration in Politics, Rights, and Development and a minor in Social Entrepreneurship. Recently named one of NYU's most influential students by Washington Square News, he is the President of the NYU Muslim Students Association and is a Dalai Lama Fellow. RJ is the founder and director of LEAD Palestine, an organization that aims to inspire, motivate, and empower the next generation of Palestine's youth through a hands-on and fun leadership-based summer camp. Joshua SpodekJoshua PhD MBA, bestselling author of Leadership Step by Step and host of the award-winning Leadership and the Environment podcast, is an adjunct professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., and founder of SpodekAcademy.com. Free, register here See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What leadership insights we can gain from Top Athletes, Dancers and Actors when it comes to creating loyalty? Leadership has not simply changed, it’s radically changed.Loyalty no longer comes just because you pay more than a competitor. But what can you do to create the kind of loyalty that counts…is there in fact a step by step process?Our Guest today is Joshua Spodek. He’s a bestselling author of “Leadership Step by Step” And his resume is far beyond impressive!Joshua is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, leadership coach and workshop leader for Columbia Business School, columnist for Inc., and founder of Spodek Academy.He has led seminars in leadership, entrepreneurship, creativity, and sales at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, the New York Academy of Science, and in private corporations. He been the co-founded and led as CEO or COO several ventures, and holds six patents.He lives in Greenwich Village NY and blogs daily at www.joshuaspodek.comMore on How to Hire the Host; Top Leadership Speaker-Consultant http://FullMontyLeadership.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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

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

Today we get to talk with Joshua Spodek. I was super excited to jump into this conversation because Joshua 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 the book "Leadership Step by Step." Now normally I don't flat-out read someone's biography verbatim on this part of the show, but you guys. Listen to this: 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. You're gonna need to buckle up for this conversation because Joshua and I jump directly into the deep water of asking the question how do we change the world as leaders. We discuss why facts don't help, why guilt is not the answer, and why authoritarianism is equally ineffective for changing the world. Speaking of authoritarianism, we also got to talk a little about his experiences in North Korea and how important discipline is to someone who values freedom like he and I both do. Before we jump into that deep end of the conversation, I want to remind you about.... Okay, let's get into the conversation with Joshua Spodek. Brave Take-Aways Beyond the always available to you Bravery Bundle of goodies available at barenakedbravery.com, your Brave Take-away from today's show is to do a free write session where you are completely uncensored and perhaps more "unhinged" than usual. Do that for a quick 20 minutes and then read it aloud. Not with the intention of doing anything except experiencing what it's like to hear yourself outloud be an uncensored version. That's your challenge this week. Go for it and let us know in the Bare Naked Bravery Facebook group what it was like! What did you notice? How did it feel? We'd love to hear all about your favorite parts of today's Bare Naked Bravery. You can find Joshua Spodek and myself on facebook, twitter, instagram, and more. Go ahead and tag us so we can cheer you on and see what you're up to. Keep in Touch with Joshua Spodek SpodekAcademy.comhttps://twitter.com/spodekhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/1064126933732508 https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuaspodek https://medium.com/@spodekhttp://spodekacademy.com/meaningful-connection Book: http://amzn.to/2oYMMZv Keep in Touch with Emily Ann Peterson http://emilyannpeterson.comhttp://instagram.com/emilyannpete http://facebook.com/emilyannpeterson http://twitter.com/emilyapeterson Credits If you're diggin' the music in today's episode, that's because it's brought to you by my friends at Music Box Licensing, a premier creative music agency dedicated to finding and crafting unique soundtracks. To find out more about all the artists, musicians, and other sponsors of the show, please visit barenakedbravery.com/sponsors 3 Ways You Can Support the Bravery! Leave a review on iTunes We would LOVE it if you'd leave a podcast rating or review on iTunes.   Simply click here to get started >>> http://bit.ly/bnbrr Share this episode with a friend If you have a friend who might really love/need to hear this episode, what are you waiting for?! Email, text, fb message, snail mail - all great options! Become a Patron of Bare Naked Bravery Every patron gets awesome goodies, super early advance links to Emily Ann's new songs & releases, and so much more! $1 Monthly$3 Monthly$5 Monthly$10 Monthly$15 Monthly$25 Monthly$100 Monthly I'm looking forward to being with you next week. We have some great things in store for you! Until then I have one message for you. It's this: Be yourself. Be vulnerable. Be brave. Because the world needs more of your Bare Naked Bravery.

Joshua is the 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 helped build a satellite for NASA, co-founded and led several ventures, and holds six patents. Get the 5 proven steps to rapidly grow your business, make a bigger impact, and achieve your First Million. Attend the next LIVE First Million Webinar  with international business coach JV Crum III.  Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 500 episodes and 10 Million Listeners in 176 countries, this is the podcast for business owners and coaches who want to grow their businesses, make a bigger impact, and ultimately achieve their First Million! JV interviews the top entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and coaches on how to get the right mindset, develop your business systems, and execute to achieve bigger results, faster!    

Joshua is the 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 helped build a satellite for NASA, co-founded and led several ventures, and holds six patents. Get the 5 proven steps to rapidly grow your business, make a bigger impact, and achieve your First Million. Attend the next LIVE First Million Webinar  with international business coach JV Crum III.  Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 500 episodes and 10 Million Listeners in 176 countries, this is the podcast for business owners and coaches who want to grow their businesses, make a bigger impact, and ultimately achieve their First Million! JV interviews the top entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and coaches on how to get the right mindset, develop your business systems, and execute to achieve bigger results, faster!    

Again, I've interviewed Joshua Spodek, a professor at NYU and an entrepreneur. He was a guest in episode 22 of this podcast because of his hardware entrepreneurship background and his leadership teaching that we can all learn from. He's back since we have something important to talk about which concerns Earth's physical resources which I alluded to in episode 1 and I didn't want to wait long to start to publicly discuss this topic. Briefly about Josh: he's a best-selling author (“Leadership Step by Step” book), holds five Ivy-League degrees, he runs regularly marathons, writes intensely (daily blog posts, articles on Inc magazine). In this episode we'll talk about leadership again but this time on applying it on one specific topic, on sustainability. We hear constantly about facts on climate change, the consequences of our not taking actions, the green technologies' slow adoption. “If information was the answer, we'd all be millionaire with perfect abs” says Derek Sivers. Maybe there's another, potentially more effective way to decrease climate change, by talking less and acting more, a certain point Josh makes, which he thinks has been almost completely overlooked. Enjoy this episode. Just one more thing since it's a call to action: let me know or Joshua if you want to do something on this topic, e.g. joining an accountability group, or contributing in any way to this initiative.   Raw transcript is available at: https://www.thehardwareentrepreneur.com Show highlights can be seen below: The importance of climate change topic - [2:40] Joshua's view on sustainability and climate change – [3:57] Do you turn on the aircon on a hot summer day or you bear some uncomfortableness? – [5:10] The most common perception of behavioural change for reducing climate change - deprivation - [7:05] His practical recommendations - [8:36] Joshua's journey to becoming environmentally conscious - [15:11] We need to do different things if we want to see different actions - [19:10] A simple technique I developed for changing my behaviour even before facing pain - [21:28] How about a website for the listeners to sign up for personal challenges to start taking action? - [23:25]

BIO: 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 Spodek Academy. Joshua is: An“Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” He's done over 90,000+ burpees… Written over 2,500+ blog posts Taken a cold show ever 4th day since December 2013 Swam across the Hudson River… Toured North Korea twice Five Ivy-League degrees, including a PhD in astrophysics and an MBA Helped build an X-ray observational satellite with NASA Studied under Nobel Laureate Holds Six patents Named "Best and Brightest" by Esquire in its Genius issue Finished six marathons (3:51 best) Competed at nationals and worlds in ultimate Frisbee, finishing at #5 Teacher and coach at Columbia University and NYU Six-pack abs at 45 years old

BIO: 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 Spodek Academy. Joshua is: An“Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” He's done over 90,000+ burpees… Written over 2,500+ blog posts Taken a cold show ever 4th day since December 2013 Swam across the Hudson River… Toured North Korea twice Five Ivy-League degrees, including a PhD in astrophysics and an MBA Helped build an X-ray observational satellite with NASA Studied under Nobel Laureate Holds Six patents Named "Best and Brightest" by Esquire in its Genius issue Finished six marathons (3:51 best) Competed at nationals and worlds in ultimate Frisbee, finishing at #5 Teacher and coach at Columbia University and NYU Six-pack abs at 45 years old

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

My guest today is probably one of the most accomplished and consistent individuals I have had the pleasure to meet. Joshua Spodek holds five Ivy-League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA from Columbia University, has finished six marathons, holds six patents, has co-founded several education ventures, competed at the World and National level of Ultimate Frisbee, including playing at the first Ultimate Tournament in North Korea, swam across the Hudson River, has done over 90,000 burpees (we’ll explain what those are in the show), wrote over 2,400 blog posts, has taken over 250 cold showers, has jumped out of two airplanes, visited 26 countries on six continents, If that’s not enough he helped build an X-ray observational satellite orbiting the Earth as part of a multi-billion-dollar decade-plus mission led by the European Space Agency with NASA! As one of few people in the world to have visited North Korea twice, he has lectured and published a book on North Korean strategy. Joshuah currently leads seminars in Leadership, Creativity, Sales, Strategy, and Motivation at institutions including Columbia Business School, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, MIT, NYU, INSEAD, the New York Academy of Science, and in private corporations. His coaching clients include start-up founders as well as employees of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, American Express, Google, Yahoo!, Sony, IBM, Proctor & Gamble,, the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, aamong many others. Esquire Magazine’s Genius Issue names him “The Best and Brightest” NBC coined him an “Astrophysicist turned new media whiz” (NBC), Forbes and ABC news called him a “Rocket Scientist” His work as an artist has won him an Obie Award for Design Excellence and reached the semifinals in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards. He’s also the Founder of Spodek Academy, Co founder of Submedia and Author of the bestselling book ‘Leadership Step by Step’ It is with great pleasure and honor to welcome to you a scientist ,inventor, Author, entrepreneur, artist, Strategist, leader, coach, and educator. A man who truly understands the power of consistency.   What you will learn: How to become a super achiever by being more consistent How to be the best in the world at whatever you want How Joshua swam across the Hudson River The 3 keys to becoming more consistent How to develop discipline through practice The one thing more effective than willpower How to become a leader ... and MUCH MORE Interesting highlights: Joshua has done more than 90,000 burpees Joshua has played ultimate Frisbee in North Korea Joshua has written a blog everyday for over 2,400 days Joshua helped build an X-ray observational satellite orbiting the Earth Joshua's #1 practical advice:  Become a Super Achiever by Being ConsistentTweet This Wanna pick Joshua’s brain?   Join my exclusive FB group now (https://www.facebook.com/groups/canipickyourbrain) ! Resources & Links: Episode 0 of my show (https://www.danielgefen.com/my-story/) (please don't laugh) Spodek Academy  (http://spodekacademy.com) Free Leadership Exercises  (http://spodekacademy.com/gefen) www.spodekacademy.com/gefen (http://spodekacademy.com/gefen) Get Featured (http://www.GetFeatured.com) (Sponsor) Thank You for Listening! I would like to personally thank you for listening to my podcast.  If you enjoyed today’s show, please share it with others. Just click on the social buttons below. Also, if you podcast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/can-i-pick-your-brain/id1076916148?mt=2) , you would be joining me on my mission to help as many people as I can become really successful. And finally if you haven’t already subscribed podcast on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/can-i-pick-your-brain/id1076916148?mt=2) , so you can get automatic updates whenever another episode goes live!

I've interviewed Joshua Spodek, a professor at NYU and an entrepreneur. This has been an eye-opener interview for me on leadership, how to master it and also on his teaching methods, his entrepreneurial journey. Joshua is a best-selling author of the book called “Leadership Step by Step”, which has recently come out. In this interview we talked about his leadership principles which he describes also in his book. He's a professor and a coach, teaching about leadership and entrepreneurship. In addition he writes regularly for Inc magazine, holds five Ivy-League degrees, including a PhD in Astrophysics and an MBA, both from Columbia University. Following his academic career he co-founded a company called Submedia, commercializing his hardware invention for in-tunnel motion-pictures. We talked also about this and what problems they ran into. Beyond his professional achievements, he completed six marathons, swam across the Hudson River, did over 90,000 burpees, wrote over 2500 blog posts, took over 250 cold showers. This means you'll also get to hear about some of his habits. Enjoy this episode, which I did very much. One more thing: if you want to have access to a material that Joshua made available for you as my podcast listener click here.   Raw transcript is available at: https://www.thehardwareentrepreneur.com Show highlights can be seen below: How does Joshua warp time? - [3:03] What's the common thing between Joshua, Balint and Nobel Prize winners - [4:32] The motivation of a physics researcher to become an entrepreneur - [6:55] What if it were straight instead of round – the story of a zoetrope - [8:45] The timeline of starting their company - [10:35] What he would have done differently when prototyping - [13:55] "Don't forget to do some experiment" - [16:55] How did Joshua move from the business world of entrepreneurship into teaching leadership and teaching entrepreneurship - [18:00] The other side of business [life] - [22:25] How is project-based learning the future of education? - [ 25:10] What it is about actors, musicians and sports people that inspired Joshua to write a book on leadership? - [26:55] What is method learning? - [29:55] An example of a project-based learning by a 10th grader - [33:30] Some of the reactions to Joshua's way of teaching - [37:20] How does Joshua think we can incorporate innovative teaching methods in the current educational system? - [40:10] If you could time travel and go back in time to your early 20s, what would you do differently or what information would you give yourself? - [44:30] Books which had the biggest impact on Joshua's career and entrepreneurial thinking - [45:25] The habit of not messing around with your habits - SIDCHA - [46:17] You believing it's hard is one of the main things that's making it hard - [49:40] Some striking cultural differences in Joshua's work that he had to overcome - [51:30] "What do we have that's all over the place that I'm not noticing?" - [53:40] What is the best way to reach Joshua? - [55:46]  

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 Spodek is a scientist, specifically an astrophysicist and SO much more. He’s an expert in the field of leadership. He can discover and help develop your leadership potential in ways you never imagined. Josh teaches that some of the greatest leaders were NOT born with a leadership gene; they actually developed the skills and confidence to become successful. Joshua has a thorough understanding of mindset and how it can pilot our ship, either in a negative or positive direction. He is also adamant that mindfulness can be a powerful, positive element in your life. Contact Info Blog & Website: JoshuaSpodek.com Book: Leadership Step By Step by Joshua Spodek SpodekAcademy.com (Online version of the exercises in the book) SpodekAcademy.com/mindful (For Access to The Meaningful Connection Exercise) Most Influential Person The X-girl friend of a roommate. She suggested I might want to learn about mindfulness. Effect on Emotions Much more awareness. I used to look at reason as being rational, so emotions were irrational. I can understand reason, so I can't understand emotion. That's how I looked at stuff at the time. Meditation and mindfulness makes me much more aware. Thoughts on Breathing Breathing is the main thing that I focus on. It's the time scale is a regular human time scale; not too fast, not too slow. It's never away; it's always there. One of the things I like about exercise is it gets you to breathe much more deeply than you normally would. When you get that last bit of breath, it's a very satisfying feeling. Suggested Resources Book: Full Catastrophe Living: Use The Wisdom of Your Body and Mind To Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn Book: Leadership Step By Step: Become The Person Others Follow by Joshua Spodek App: N/A Bullying Story I don't feel like I was bullied. I do hear people talk about bullying today and they talk about stuff that I experienced, but I don't see it as bullying. I felt like it was a part of childhood. Some things are awesome and some things suck and I had some things that sucked. My step brother was older than me and he would make fun of me. It wasn't like torture but he would definitely make things difficult for me. It's hard for me to remember how I felt about it at the time. There were definitely times I'd cry as a kid but I also cried when my parents spanked me and I don't call that bullying.

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 Spodek Academy. 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. In this interview, we discuss how leadership development is a practice, and how to practice being the leader others want to follow.

  Joshua Spodek (Twitter, Web Site and Blog) 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). Sign up for his webinar here 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. Step-by-Step courses and Book. Iterations lead to higher quality. Grading by weight. Woody Allen said “80% of success is showing up.” Supporting STEM approaches. Theory vs. practice. How influence peoples’ behavior. All western philosophy is footnotes to Plato. What is a good life and how do I make mine better. Leadership Step By Step Book How to be a transformative Principal? Go to Educon and read Leadership Step by Step! Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Join my group coaching program Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey

  Joshua Spodek (Twitter, Web Site and Blog) 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). Sign up for his webinar here 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’s history Chris Lehmann, founder of Science Leadership Academy. educon How you learn is as important as what you learn Realized the lectures he prepared weren’t as effective as he wanted. KIBSD High School Team Challenge How his graduate level courses work. Don’t give lectures on leadership, give experiences to help people learn what they need to learn. Understanding yourself Leading yourself Understanding others Leading others Think of a project that has some deliverable that you care about the outcome, tell what success means. Three raisins exercise: eat the raisins completely mindfully. People know when you’re not paying attention. Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life! Join my group coaching program Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.  Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show. Buy Communication Cards Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com Download Paperless Principal.   Web Site Transformative Principal on Stitcher Refer A Principal Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey

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.

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".  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. Spodek is just one of the extraordinary guests featured on The One Way Ticket Show. In the podcast, Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they'd go if given a one way ticket, no coming back! Destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind. Steven's guests have included: Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; CNN's Richard Quest; Journalist-Humorist-Actor Mo Rocca; Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent, as well as leading photographers, artists, writers and more.

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  

Joshua Spodek helps on the cusp of becoming leaders to learn the skills schools don't teach, so they can take on the roles with confidence and in the process, improve all their relationships, including with themselves.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.During this interview Spodek shares some fascinating insights for leadership-bound executives, people starting companies, team leaders, students or recent grads learning to lead themselves and professionals looking to lead at work and live better lives.To learn more, visit: http://impactmakersradio.com/sacourses. Apply code IMPACT for 15% discount on any purchases.

Joshua Spodek helps on the cusp of becoming leaders to learn the skills schools don't teach, so they can take on the roles with confidence and in the process, improve all their relationships, including with themselves.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.During this interview Spodek shares some fascinating insights for leadership-bound executives, people starting companies, team leaders, students or recent grads learning to lead themselves and professionals looking to lead at work and live better lives.To learn more, visit: http://impactmakersradio.com/sacourses. Apply code IMPACT for 15% discount on any purchases.