Episode 181 - The Power of Initiative!

Most people don’t have an idea and a team to start off with.There’s 10 steps in the process. Each step takes you from something rudimentary to something that kind of works, and from something that works to something that works very well.It starts with writing a personal essay, just to give you direction.Write down problems and solutions and then talk to people and get them to give you advice and votes on which one to work on.You can become someone who can start from nothing.There’s many different ways that you can take initiative.On today’s episode of Becoming Your Best, Josh and I are going to dive in his new book called, “Initiative” and how he has developed a method that can help you become someone who knows how to create projects, anytime.Joshua is a TEDx speaker, professor at NYU, host of the award-winning „Leadership and the Environment Podcast”, a columnist for Inc. Magazine, and author of the number one best selling book, "Leadership Step by Step”. He holds five Ivy League degrees, including a Ph.D. in astrophysics. He also has an MBA from Columbia, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate and helped build an X-Ray observational satellite, with the European Space Agency and NASA.Josh says that his method called, „The way of taking initiative” is designed for people who don’t yet have an identity.So, get ready to learn how to find your identity and take initiative, on Episode 181!Some questions I ask•What's the difference between your method, „Initiative” and what you call, "Dog show entrepreneurship"? (03:00)•What would be the first exercise? What’s one of the first things you recommend? (11:25)•Can you share a couple of examples, stories, of people who did the exercises, and the results? (14:00)•Why did you choose the word “Initiative” for the title of your book? (19:10)•How long does it take for one person to do all the exercises? (25:55)In this episode you will learn•Why Joshua compares entrepreneurship to a dog show. (03:20)•The difference between entrepreneurial training and initiative training. (16:25)•How the stories in the book will help you find inspiration. (14:15)•What is the initiative – action – passion cycle. (21:15)•Where the excitement comes from. (23:40)Connect with Joshua SpodekWebsite Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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