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spodek

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Hi, I'm Josh.

I'm a bestselling author, three-time TEDx speaker, award-winning podcaster, and professor at NYU.

My book Initiative: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life (and Work): https://joshuaspodek.com/initiative

My book Leadership Step by Step: https://joshuaspodek.com/leadership-step-by-step

My podcast, This Sustainable Life: http://joshuaspodek.com/podcast

My TEDx talks: https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx

I post daily at http://joshuaspodek.com.

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An endorsement for Initiative from Lieutenant General Paul K. Van Riper, US Marine Corps (Retired):

"Whether leading or following, you need to read Initiative. I have long yearned for such a book—the most clear and persuasive on personal development and leadership I've found in 60 years of adulthood. Spodek's focus on initiative and reflection matches what I found important serving in and leading organizations from a few people t...

  1. “Pride Destroyed the Park”, Washington Square Park After a Parade [video] (joshuaspodek.com)
    8 points 6
  2. The Science Book of the Decade: Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet (joshuaspodek.com)
    3 points 1
  3. Today starts my 6th month since I unplugged my fridge (joshuaspodek.com)
    3 points 0
  4. Ask HN: How hard is creating an app to replace Uber and Lyft?

    With Uber and Lyft threatening to shut down over California's ruling to classify drivers as employees, how hard would it be to replace the services? Could drivers and supporters create an alternative app to allow them…

    7 points 28
  5. When, specifically, is the best time for morning exercises? (joshuaspodek.com)
    1 points 1
  6. I froze two-thirds through my TEDx talk (joshuaspodek.com)
    1 points 0
  7. I Haven't Eaten for 3 Days and It's Amazing (inc.com)
    4 points 0
  8. 30 Years of Love in the Time of Cholera (medium.com)
    1 points 0
  9. Drowning in garbage (washingtonpost.com)
    1 points 0
  10. I declined nearly $10k to teach for an Ivy League school for a week in Shanghai (joshuaspodek.com)
    3 points 3
  11. There Are No Such Things as Introversion or Extroversion (inc.com)
    30 points 14
  12. 11 Reasons Why Business Plan Competitions Should Die (inc.com)
    2 points 0
  13. Don’t “Become an entrepreneur.” Solve problems so well people pay you for it (joshuaspodek.com)
    2 points 0
  14. The laggard manifesto (joshuaspodek.com)
    1 points 0
  15. Know your geese (joshuaspodek.com)
    1 points 0
  16. Every TED Talk Ever, in 99 Seconds (youtube.com)
    1 points 0
  17. Why Hoboken is Throwing Away All of its Student Laptops (wnyc.org)
    2 points 1
  18. Does “Stay in school, work hard” produce mediocrity? Can it produce greatness? (joshuaspodek.com)
    1 points 0
  19. Introversion is not the opposite of extroversion (joshuaspodek.com)
    95 points 77
  20. How I got my web page redesigned at no cost and made a friend in the process (joshuaspodek.com)
    5 points 2
  21. I’d rather be rejected for who I am than accepted for who I’m not (joshuaspodek.com)
    1 points 0
  22. Who is today’s King George III? Who are today’s patriots? (joshuaspodek.com)
    2 points 0
  23. Why basketball players are tall and how tyranny emerges (joshuaspodek.com)
    2 points 0
  24. A simple, beautiful visual model to understand passion and attraction (joshuaspodek.com)
    2 points 0
  25. The risks of someone calling you smart and how to avoid them (joshuaspodek.com)
    50 points 51