Inspired with Alexa von Tobel
00:42:21 · Taylor Francis, Alexa von Tobel
[00:42:21] S0: I mean, I I think it's the keep the main thing the main thing thing, you know, and [00:42:27] S2: Keep your eye on the prize. [00:42:29] S0: Keep your eyes on the prize. And for us, that is mission, customer, team. And so mission is how does this add up to 500 megatons? Customer is you cannot evade, there's nothing more valuable than a happy customer, and everything needs to build towards that. And then team has gotta be a really special place for great people to do great work to pull that off. [00:42:54] S2: I love that. Taylor, I'm gonna transition to just questions. You tell me the first thing that comes to your mind. What is the habit you've adopted in this role that has helped you stay on the treadmill? [00:43:08] S0: I don't know that it's about this role, but my favorite habit is get a five year journal where you've got four lines per day, and every page shows the same day over the last five years. And at the end of every day, you write four lines. It doesn't need to be groundbreaking. What did you do? How did you feel? What did you think? And two big moments of payoff. One is at that moment, you feel a bitter reflection on, okay, I got something done today. And then you get to see where were you a year ago, two years ago, three years ago, four years ago, five years ago on that day, and it just makes you feel like you're making progress. They're $40 on Amazon. I need the journal. I'm on my second one. They're fantastic. [00:43:50] S2: By the way, you have to send me this link. I'm I'm... I cannot wait. [00:43:53] S0: We'll put it in the show notes.
00:43:53 · Taylor Francis, Alexa von Tobel
[00:43:53] S0: We'll put it in the show notes. [00:43:54] S2: I know. We literally... I'm... I... It'll be linked to it. Yeah. What are the book that you've read that changed your life? Just any book that you strongly recommend. Doesn't have to be a business book. [00:44:03] S0: Just Kids, Patti Smith. [00:44:05] S2: Love it. A mantra that just kinda runs in your head. Any mantra, but something meaningful to you. [00:44:13] S0: My mom's mom would say over and over again, why not? Why not? Why not? What's the worst that could happen? And she was blind when she was old, and so we actually... Everyone in my family has a key chain that says, Why not? In braille on it. And I feel like that's the appropriate response to a lot of questions. [00:44:38] S2: I just got chills. That's incredible. Last two questions. If you think of the biggest pinch me moment that you've had to date since building Watershed, What was it? What was the day you went home from work and just kind of felt like, wow, we... Wow. What happened? [00:44:55] S0: First, all company off-site. It was Bodega Bay. There were maybe 40 people at the company, and just it's an insane privilege for so many smart people to trust their time and their brilliance into this thing we're doing. [00:45:13] S2: I I I... That is a pinch me moment. And I wanna end on, what is one thing that everyone listening can do, one new habit, to help our environment and our climate? What's one thing that's simple that we should all be doing?
00:45:13 · Alexa von Tobel, Taylor Francis
[00:45:13] S2: I I I... That is a pinch me moment. And I wanna end on, what is one thing that everyone listening can do, one new habit, to help our environment and our climate? What's one thing that's simple that we should all be doing? [00:45:25] S0: Most important thing is to make sure that you're getting your electricity from renewable sources. There's a lot of ways to do that. It doesn't require putting a solar panel on your roof. Most utilities have green power programs. They work. That's the biggest lever on decarbonizing the economy. [00:45:41] S2: Everybody, if you're listening, opt in. Opt in to your clean clean climate, clean energy. Taylor, it has been a pleasure getting to know you. I'm clearly rooting for you, heart, soul, and mind, and we just wish you the biggest luck, and thank you so much for letting us just listen. Everybody out there, if your company is not already using Watershed, if they should be, I write in, to the appropriate people. Make sure Watershed is on their radar, and just tailor at Godspeed. Truly. [00:46:10] S0: Thank you so much. This was a joy. [00:46:13] S2: Thank you all so much for tuning in today. If you enjoyed the episode, please rate, review, subscribe. We'll be back again with another episode of Inspired with Alexa von Tobel. Thank you.