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Joshua Spodek PhD MBA

@spodek

Systemic Change Begins With Personal Change. You will love the change, helping the vulnerable, influencing the powerful.

 Greenwich Village
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Joined January 2008
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How many you influence multiplies individual contribution. Now you have a role model to reduce and lead as much. If you think it was easier for me or harder for you, could that be your addiction speaking? Those who pollute the most tend to be the most addicted, as I was.
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This Sustainable Life episode 685: Chris Bailey, part 3: Dropping the latest iPhone for a flip phone @Chris_Bailey joshuaspodek.com/guests/chri…

Chris Bailey - Joshua Spodek

Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity, and is the author of two books: Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project. His books have been published in 13 languages....

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More Than a Moonshot or World War II-Level Mobilization: A “Nixon Goes to China” Moment joshuaspodek.com/more-than-a…
More Than a Moonshot or World War II-Level Mobilization: A “Nixon Goes to China” Moment - Joshua...

More Than a Moonshot or World War II-Level Mobilization: A “Nixon Goes to China” Moment - Joshua...

Many people see how Americans galvanized and worked together to put a man on the moon and mobilize to fight World War II and call for a moonshot or mobilization on that level. I’d love to see it, but...

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One of my core messages in one minute joshuaspodek.com/one-of-my-c…
One of my core messages in one minute - Joshua Spodek

One of my core messages in one minute - Joshua Spodek

Jim Harshaw and his team pulled this core message from my conversation with him. I thought it deserved its own post. I’d describe it but it’s under sixty seconds and speaks for itself.

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Our World: The first I learned of addiction affecting friends of the family, Cocaine, 1985 joshuaspodek.com/our-world-t…
Our World: The first I learned of addiction affecting friends of the family, Cocaine, 1985 - Joshua...

Our World: The first I learned of addiction affecting friends of the family, Cocaine, 1985 - Joshua...

I’ve long remembered from my childhood in Philadelphia a story appearing in the paper about a family where the son was doing cocaine and the parents in denial. I remember it because my mom knew the...

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Official heart rate: 47 bpm. Old man still got it. joshuaspodek.com/official-he…
Official heart rate: 47 bpm. Old man still got it. - Joshua Spodek

Official heart rate: 47 bpm. Old man still got it. - Joshua Spodek

I value fitness as anyone knows with my calisthenics and all, as is accessibility, with my focus on bodyweight exercises. Those who email with me may have noticed I included as one of the statistics...

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Which is worse: litter, air, water, noise, or light pollution? joshuaspodek.com/which-is-wo…
Which is worse: litter, air, water, noise, or light pollution? - Joshua Spodek

Which is worse: litter, air, water, noise, or light pollution? - Joshua Spodek

I’ve been trying to decide which pollution is worst. I pick up litter daily so I participate actively with it. Have you picked up litter regularly? When I do, I can’t help speculate what in a...

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Sustainability is skills you practice a lifetime, not a checklist of "ten little things" like journalists promote. joshuaspodek.com/sustainabil…
Sustainability is skills you practice a lifetime, not a checklist of "ten little things" like...

Sustainability is skills you practice a lifetime, not a checklist of "ten little things" like...

When I teach my core sustainability leadership practice, the Spodek Method, in classes and corporate workshops, I have participants pair up and practice it with each other. When there is an odd...

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Plug in again or work less? joshuaspodek.com/plug-in-aga…
Plug in again or work less? - Joshua Spodek

Plug in again or work less? - Joshua Spodek

We’ve had a lot of rain in New York City. My batteries are all near zero so I have to write this post quick. I gave myself a deadline to finish the first draft of my book this month, but I couldn’t...

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A 360 degree rainbow this morning joshuaspodek.com/a-360-degre…
A 360 degree rainbow this morning - Joshua Spodek

A 360 degree rainbow this morning - Joshua Spodek

Today is a lifting day, which also means mopping the floor, which means getting on my hands and knees and sponging the whole apartment floor. After lifting I went to the roof to charge despite today...

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My ChatGPT predictions joshuaspodek.com/my-chatgpt-…
My ChatGPT predictions - Joshua Spodek

My ChatGPT predictions - Joshua Spodek

People keep asking me my predictions on ChatGPT. Here are some so far. Top level: Lower level: Of course:

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Clean, green, renewable imperialism joshuaspodek.com/clean-green…
Clean, green, renewable imperialism - Joshua Spodek

Clean, green, renewable imperialism - Joshua Spodek

When a culture doesn’t live within its means, looks beyond its borders to fill the gap, and starts figuring out how to take others’ resources, it’s likely to become imperialist. Our so-called clean,...

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Why I focus on helping CEOs, elected officials, and other renowned, influential people joshuaspodek.com/why-i-focus…
Why I focus on helping CEOs, elected officials, and other renowned, influential people - Joshua...

Why I focus on helping CEOs, elected officials, and other renowned, influential people - Joshua...

When I talk about sustainability leadership, almost guaranteed, someone will say something like, “not everyone can do what you do. Some people don’t have the resources you do.” or “You don’t know...

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If modern technologies (flying, social media, etc) promote culture, why do they homogenize everything? joshuaspodek.com/if-modern-t…
If modern technologies (flying, social media, etc) promote culture, why do they homogenize everyt...

If modern technologies (flying, social media, etc) promote culture, why do they homogenize everyt...

Addiction leads you to believe that you’re getting more of the pleasure that the drug or behavior gives you. Gamblers feel like winners, and they do win sometimes, but they lose more overall. Meth...

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See Reuters Video on Me. The headline: "New Yorker lives sustainable life off electric grid" joshuaspodek.com/see-reuters…
See Reuters Video on Me. The headline: "New Yorker lives sustainable life off electric grid" -...

See Reuters Video on Me. The headline: "New Yorker lives sustainable life off electric grid" -...

The video shows me cooking, fermenting, climbing, setting panels up, volunteering, picking up litter, and more. They recorded hours of footage. I like what they edited and only wish they could...

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First outdoor holiday of the year, filling Washington Square Park, my back yard, with garbage joshuaspodek.com/first-outdo…
First outdoor holiday of the year, filling Washington Square Park, my back yard, with garbage -...

First outdoor holiday of the year, filling Washington Square Park, my back yard, with garbage -...

April 20th is the cannabis holiday and Washington Square Park attracts people celebrating it. I have no problem with people growing a psychoactive plant and smoking it. I think it’s legal anyway. But...

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One month without even my "cheat" of plugging in at work. Then both batteries died. joshuaspodek.com/one-month-w…
One month without even my "cheat" of plugging in at work. Then both batteries died. - Joshua Spodek

One month without even my "cheat" of plugging in at work. Then both batteries died. - Joshua Spodek

Today marked one month since I last plugged in at NYU. I made it a whole month without plugging my computer, phone, or anything else to the grid. I still used power, and plenty, taking subway trips,...

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Impossible Burger Insanity Packaging joshuaspodek.com/impossible-…
Impossible Burger Insanity Packaging - Joshua Spodek

Impossible Burger Insanity Packaging - Joshua Spodek

I avoid doof even when presented as helping the environment, but volunteering, a store was throwing away this product not because it had gone bad but because stores get rid of old inventory for new;...

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Embracing and celebrating our limits makes life constructive. Otherwise you crave what you can't get. joshuaspodek.com/embracing-a…
Embracing and celebrating our limits makes life constructive. Otherwise you crave what you can't...

Embracing and celebrating our limits makes life constructive. Otherwise you crave what you can't...

We can’t create more time or energy. We get what we get. It doesn’t matter how much you want twenty-five hours in a day. You don’t get them. Not if you’re rich or connected either. Likewise with...

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Why sustainability is so hard for you and polluting so easy, from the movie Requiem For a Dream joshuaspodek.com/why-sustain…
Why sustainability is so hard for you and polluting so easy, from the movie Requiem For a Dream -...

Why sustainability is so hard for you and polluting so easy, from the movie Requiem For a Dream -...

This post is part 4 in a series including I’m continuing today the artistic representations of “What you fear losing when you stop an addiction is exactly what you’ll gain” or “You tell me what you...

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Why sustainability is so hard and polluting so easy, from the moving Trainspotting joshuaspodek.com/why-sustain…
Why sustainability is so hard and polluting so easy, from the moving Trainspotting - Joshua Spodek

Why sustainability is so hard and polluting so easy, from the moving Trainspotting - Joshua Spodek

This post is part 3 in a series including “What you fear losing when you stop an addiction is exactly what you’ll gain” or “You tell me what you fear losing when you stop polluting and I’ll tell you...

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