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My TEDx talks and podcast address your second question, both on leadership and the environment. TEDx talks: http://joshuaspodek.com/my-tedx-talk-is-online-find

by spodek 7y ago

My TEDx talks and podcast address your second question, both on leadership and the environment. TEDx talks: http://joshuaspodek.com/my-tedx-talk-is-online-find-your-delicious http://joshuaspodek.com/my-tedx-talk-is-online-find-your-del... Podcast: http://joshuaspodek.com/podcast http://joshuaspodek.com/podcast A couple episodes on my podcast strategy - Clarifying My Strategy: https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/224-clarifying-my-strategy https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo... - My Modified Tesla Strategy: https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/301-does-it-scale-my-modified-tesla-strategy https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo...

mistermann 7y ago
It'll take me a while to get through all this, but right off the bat: "I used to think that carbon dioxide caused global warming. Carbon dioxide is a molecule, it has no volition of its own. It can't make choices. We can. It reacts to us, to our behavior." Such a simple idea, so simple that the significance is easily overlooked. I've had my eye open for people who have this perspective (and take it seriously) for quite some time, but it's rare to encounter such people, at least in my experience. I'm going to go through the rest of your material today, but I'll throw out some questions in the meantime, if for the sake of conversation if nothing else: - it seems you've kind of identified beliefs as kind of the root cause problem - have you tried going a bit deeper? - do you think some improvements may be possible in your strategy/approach (setting aside pragmatism for the time being)? For example, I sense some imperfections (unnecessary restrictiveness) in the MART in SMART[1], although if we add back in pragmatism, it's probably a good place to settle. (EDIT: the same, to a much larger degree, applies to "301: Does it scale" - I think there are significant improvements that could be made, and also some risks that should be taken into consideration.) - have you played around with the idea of pointing this strategy at other problems? If so, do you find that you'd want to make some alterations depending on specific domains? You have a rare combination of skills: good/novel ideas, the ability to articulate them persuasively, the gumption to go out and make it happen. [1] Rough summary of your strategy: 1. What does the environment mean to you? 2. Is there something you can do to act on that? 3. Make a SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) goal 4. Accountability EDIT: if anyone's having trouble figuring out how to listen to the podcasts, there is a player embedded at the bottom of the page.
- spodek 7y ago
  Lots of questions, which I love. I developed my technique with lots of leaders, my podcast guests, and friends, and find more input helps. Regarding beliefs as the root, once I reach beliefs I try to learn where they come from, especially very common ones like "If I act but no one else does then what I do doesn't matter." It's an belief in many places, especially entrepreneurial communities where people want to act quickly before others react. I also want to learn other motivations to learn how to help people act on their motivations to help others. I describe and teach my leadership style in my book Leadership Step by Step http://joshuaspodek.com/leadership-step-by-step http://joshuaspodek.com/leadership-step-by-step. My environmental work mostly applies that style to the environment. The four-step strategy you outlined is Unit 4 of that book applied to this field. Do you have ideas on going deeper? I see huge gaps I'd like to improve on -- for example, engaging community on a wide scale. I believe people would want a community like Mr. Money Mustache's https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com (which I found through Hacker News five or ten years ago), I just haven't started it. I expect I have many blind spots. I welcome constructive criticism, recommendation, and most of all help. Volunteers have contributed to major developments in the podcast. Actually, most of all, for others to start their versions of the podcast, applying it to their fields, like Leadership and the Environment Entrepreneurs or Leadership and the Environment Silicon Valley or wherever someone wanted to meet the top people in their field, talk to them on a podcast, and help them become role models. I apply the technique in my teaching, coaching, and public speaking -- also in my personal life since it is based on helping people do what they care about. Did I answer most of your questions? I'm answering publicly so anyone interested in helping grow the podcast into a movement can see what's happening and how they can make a difference while advancing their careers and lives. I'm also happy to follow up somewhere with higher bandwidth. My email is at http://joshuaspodek.com/contactconnect http://joshuaspodek.com/contactconnect.
  - mistermann 7y ago
    Sorry I wasn't able to get a reply out today but will sometime tomorrow...
    - 7y ago

by spodek 7y ago

mistermann 7y ago

It'll take me a while to get through all this, but right off the bat: "I used to think that carbon dioxide caused global warming. Carbon dioxide is a molecule, it has no volition of its own. It can't make choices. We can. It reacts to us, to our behavior." Such a simple idea, so simple that the significance is easily overlooked. I've had my eye open for people who have this perspective (and take it seriously) for quite some time, but it's rare to encounter such people, at least in my experience. I'm going to go through the rest of your material today, but I'll throw out some questions in the meantime, if for the sake of conversation if nothing else: - it seems you've kind of identified beliefs as kind of the root cause problem - have you tried going a bit deeper? - do you think some improvements may be possible in your strategy/approach (setting aside pragmatism for the time being)? For example, I sense some imperfections (unnecessary restrictiveness) in the MART in SMART[1], although if we add back in pragmatism, it's probably a good place to settle. (EDIT: the same, to a much larger degree, applies to "301: Does it scale" - I think there are significant improvements that could be made, and also some risks that should be taken into consideration.) - have you played around with the idea of pointing this strategy at other problems? If so, do you find that you'd want to make some alterations depending on specific domains? You have a rare combination of skills: good/novel ideas, the ability to articulate them persuasively, the gumption to go out and make it happen. [1] Rough summary of your strategy: 1. What does the environment mean to you? 2. Is there something you can do to act on that? 3. Make a SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) goal 4. Accountability EDIT: if anyone's having trouble figuring out how to listen to the podcasts, there is a player embedded at the bottom of the page.

spodek 7y ago
Lots of questions, which I love. I developed my technique with lots of leaders, my podcast guests, and friends, and find more input helps. Regarding beliefs as the root, once I reach beliefs I try to learn where they come from, especially very common ones like "If I act but no one else does then what I do doesn't matter." It's an belief in many places, especially entrepreneurial communities where people want to act quickly before others react. I also want to learn other motivations to learn how to help people act on their motivations to help others. I describe and teach my leadership style in my book Leadership Step by Step http://joshuaspodek.com/leadership-step-by-step http://joshuaspodek.com/leadership-step-by-step. My environmental work mostly applies that style to the environment. The four-step strategy you outlined is Unit 4 of that book applied to this field. Do you have ideas on going deeper? I see huge gaps I'd like to improve on -- for example, engaging community on a wide scale. I believe people would want a community like Mr. Money Mustache's https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com (which I found through Hacker News five or ten years ago), I just haven't started it. I expect I have many blind spots. I welcome constructive criticism, recommendation, and most of all help. Volunteers have contributed to major developments in the podcast. Actually, most of all, for others to start their versions of the podcast, applying it to their fields, like Leadership and the Environment Entrepreneurs or Leadership and the Environment Silicon Valley or wherever someone wanted to meet the top people in their field, talk to them on a podcast, and help them become role models. I apply the technique in my teaching, coaching, and public speaking -- also in my personal life since it is based on helping people do what they care about. Did I answer most of your questions? I'm answering publicly so anyone interested in helping grow the podcast into a movement can see what's happening and how they can make a difference while advancing their careers and lives. I'm also happy to follow up somewhere with higher bandwidth. My email is at http://joshuaspodek.com/contactconnect http://joshuaspodek.com/contactconnect.
- mistermann 7y ago
  Sorry I wasn't able to get a reply out today but will sometime tomorrow...
  - 7y ago