Coachwithnicholas
@coachwithnicholas.bsky.social
Conscious Leadership and Human BE-ing Coach | Guiding High Performers To Lead Their Quiet Rebellion By Reclaiming Their Time, Energy & Attention to Focus on what matters| Co-Founder @ChangingWork | Ex-Google
Some high performers don’t burn out. They burn up.
Their nervous systems are calibrated for speed. Their calendars are full of fire drills. Their value is tied to how fast they can fix something.
Their nervous systems are calibrated for speed. Their calendars are full of fire drills. Their value is tied to how fast they can fix something.
Quiet Rebellion Caselog #09: The Crisis Chaser
Notes from the field. Profiles of high performers on the edge of rebellion.
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May 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Some high performers don’t burn out. They burn up.
Their nervous systems are calibrated for speed. Their calendars are full of fire drills. Their value is tied to how fast they can fix something.
Their nervous systems are calibrated for speed. Their calendars are full of fire drills. Their value is tied to how fast they can fix something.
We learned to be low-maintenance. Reliable. Accommodating.
And we got rewarded for it… until it became a habit that no longer served us.
Caselog #08 is for the ones who give until there’s nothing left… and still feel like it’s not enough.
And we got rewarded for it… until it became a habit that no longer served us.
Caselog #08 is for the ones who give until there’s nothing left… and still feel like it’s not enough.
May 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We learned to be low-maintenance. Reliable. Accommodating.
And we got rewarded for it… until it became a habit that no longer served us.
Caselog #08 is for the ones who give until there’s nothing left… and still feel like it’s not enough.
And we got rewarded for it… until it became a habit that no longer served us.
Caselog #08 is for the ones who give until there’s nothing left… and still feel like it’s not enough.
Check in with your body, thoughts, and feelings.
Simply pause, notice.
What it like to be alive right now?
What is it like to be you?
Notice the quality of your experience, without judgment, without trying to change it.
Without making it wrong.
Just notice.
Are you here?
Have you fully arrived?
Simply pause, notice.
What it like to be alive right now?
What is it like to be you?
Notice the quality of your experience, without judgment, without trying to change it.
Without making it wrong.
Just notice.
Are you here?
Have you fully arrived?
May 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Check in with your body, thoughts, and feelings.
Simply pause, notice.
What it like to be alive right now?
What is it like to be you?
Notice the quality of your experience, without judgment, without trying to change it.
Without making it wrong.
Just notice.
Are you here?
Have you fully arrived?
Simply pause, notice.
What it like to be alive right now?
What is it like to be you?
Notice the quality of your experience, without judgment, without trying to change it.
Without making it wrong.
Just notice.
Are you here?
Have you fully arrived?
The meaning of life can only be a specific one, specific both in relation to each individual person and in relation to each individual hour.
The question that life asks us changes both from person to person and from situation to situation
- Victor Frankl (Yes to life, in spite of everything)
The question that life asks us changes both from person to person and from situation to situation
- Victor Frankl (Yes to life, in spite of everything)
May 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The meaning of life can only be a specific one, specific both in relation to each individual person and in relation to each individual hour.
The question that life asks us changes both from person to person and from situation to situation
- Victor Frankl (Yes to life, in spite of everything)
The question that life asks us changes both from person to person and from situation to situation
- Victor Frankl (Yes to life, in spite of everything)
Before they were called “coaches,” they were called mentor, guide, or teacher.
Even leader.
Each word reflects a timeless role: someone who helps you grow, navigate challenges, and move forward.
Even leader.
Each word reflects a timeless role: someone who helps you grow, navigate challenges, and move forward.
May 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Before they were called “coaches,” they were called mentor, guide, or teacher.
Even leader.
Each word reflects a timeless role: someone who helps you grow, navigate challenges, and move forward.
Even leader.
Each word reflects a timeless role: someone who helps you grow, navigate challenges, and move forward.
The truth is, you are seeking.
You wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t.
But if you're honest, a part of you is also…resisting.
Rolling your eyes.
Playing it cool.
Distrusting every coach, guide, or tool that dares get too close.
You wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t.
But if you're honest, a part of you is also…resisting.
Rolling your eyes.
Playing it cool.
Distrusting every coach, guide, or tool that dares get too close.
May 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The truth is, you are seeking.
You wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t.
But if you're honest, a part of you is also…resisting.
Rolling your eyes.
Playing it cool.
Distrusting every coach, guide, or tool that dares get too close.
You wouldn’t be reading this if you weren’t.
But if you're honest, a part of you is also…resisting.
Rolling your eyes.
Playing it cool.
Distrusting every coach, guide, or tool that dares get too close.
What if instead of checking your phone first thing in the morning and the last thing you do before bed, you checked in with your body, heart and mind instead.
What kind of different notifications might you find?
What kind of different notifications might you find?
May 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What if instead of checking your phone first thing in the morning and the last thing you do before bed, you checked in with your body, heart and mind instead.
What kind of different notifications might you find?
What kind of different notifications might you find?
The part they don't talk about re:entrepreneurship.
It's like being on the precipice of wild success or complete and utter failure at any moment.
That takes a different kind of approach to self care and leadership.
Pro tip: Doing your inner work as is just as important as doing your OKRs.
It's like being on the precipice of wild success or complete and utter failure at any moment.
That takes a different kind of approach to self care and leadership.
Pro tip: Doing your inner work as is just as important as doing your OKRs.
a woman is sitting at a table with the words " this is a moment of growth for you "
ALT: a woman is sitting at a table with the words " this is a moment of growth for you "
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May 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The part they don't talk about re:entrepreneurship.
It's like being on the precipice of wild success or complete and utter failure at any moment.
That takes a different kind of approach to self care and leadership.
Pro tip: Doing your inner work as is just as important as doing your OKRs.
It's like being on the precipice of wild success or complete and utter failure at any moment.
That takes a different kind of approach to self care and leadership.
Pro tip: Doing your inner work as is just as important as doing your OKRs.
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." – Albert Camus
May 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." – Albert Camus
The average lifespan of an American is about 77.5 years.
Let's be generous and say you get to live to 80 for easy math.
What's your favorite season?
Mine is summer.
That's 80 summers in a lifetime.
Now think about how old you are.
I'm 47.
That gives me about 30 more summers to experience.
Let's be generous and say you get to live to 80 for easy math.
What's your favorite season?
Mine is summer.
That's 80 summers in a lifetime.
Now think about how old you are.
I'm 47.
That gives me about 30 more summers to experience.
May 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The average lifespan of an American is about 77.5 years.
Let's be generous and say you get to live to 80 for easy math.
What's your favorite season?
Mine is summer.
That's 80 summers in a lifetime.
Now think about how old you are.
I'm 47.
That gives me about 30 more summers to experience.
Let's be generous and say you get to live to 80 for easy math.
What's your favorite season?
Mine is summer.
That's 80 summers in a lifetime.
Now think about how old you are.
I'm 47.
That gives me about 30 more summers to experience.
Stop trying to own your career. Own your life instead.
A short story about surviving, thriving and what it took to finally own my life.
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A short story about surviving, thriving and what it took to finally own my life.
open.substack.com/pub/coachwit...
May 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Stop trying to own your career. Own your life instead.
A short story about surviving, thriving and what it took to finally own my life.
open.substack.com/pub/coachwit...
A short story about surviving, thriving and what it took to finally own my life.
open.substack.com/pub/coachwit...
Some mornings I meditate.
Others I journal, stretch, or just breathe.
After a few weeks of travel, I’m finding my way back -
not with discipline, but with choice.
New dispatch on building a routine that works for you:
flexible, human, and real.
coachwithnicholas.substack.com/p/when-the-r...
Others I journal, stretch, or just breathe.
After a few weeks of travel, I’m finding my way back -
not with discipline, but with choice.
New dispatch on building a routine that works for you:
flexible, human, and real.
coachwithnicholas.substack.com/p/when-the-r...
May 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Some mornings I meditate.
Others I journal, stretch, or just breathe.
After a few weeks of travel, I’m finding my way back -
not with discipline, but with choice.
New dispatch on building a routine that works for you:
flexible, human, and real.
coachwithnicholas.substack.com/p/when-the-r...
Others I journal, stretch, or just breathe.
After a few weeks of travel, I’m finding my way back -
not with discipline, but with choice.
New dispatch on building a routine that works for you:
flexible, human, and real.
coachwithnicholas.substack.com/p/when-the-r...
What will you do after?
This is the quiet question that sparks every rebellion worth fighting.
Hope isn’t just wishful thinking, it’s a strategy.
This is the quiet question that sparks every rebellion worth fighting.
Hope isn’t just wishful thinking, it’s a strategy.
May 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What will you do after?
This is the quiet question that sparks every rebellion worth fighting.
Hope isn’t just wishful thinking, it’s a strategy.
This is the quiet question that sparks every rebellion worth fighting.
Hope isn’t just wishful thinking, it’s a strategy.
I just found out you can drive on 0 miles left in the tank for about 3 miles in my truck. That was a close call.
April 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I just found out you can drive on 0 miles left in the tank for about 3 miles in my truck. That was a close call.
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Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.
I needed this right?
April 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I needed this right?
It's wild out here
April 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's wild out here
What a load of...
April 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What a load of...
Hotel Nevada
Western hospitality
Western hospitality
April 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Hotel Nevada
Western hospitality
Western hospitality
Road trip math: plan to get up and out the door by 8:00 a.m.
Actual on the road time. 10:48.
I'm calling this a win
Actual on the road time. 10:48.
I'm calling this a win
April 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Road trip math: plan to get up and out the door by 8:00 a.m.
Actual on the road time. 10:48.
I'm calling this a win
Actual on the road time. 10:48.
I'm calling this a win
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Doomsprepping does NOT have to be stressful
April 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Doomsprepping does NOT have to be stressful
The cost of living is a quiet kind of cruelty.
I’ve lived out of my car.
I’ve made a quarter million in tech.
I’ve watched $70K vanish overnight.
This isn’t a sob story.
It’s a mirror.
If you’ve ever traded soul for survival…
This one's for you.
In Solidarity ✊
I’ve lived out of my car.
I’ve made a quarter million in tech.
I’ve watched $70K vanish overnight.
This isn’t a sob story.
It’s a mirror.
If you’ve ever traded soul for survival…
This one's for you.
In Solidarity ✊
April 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The cost of living is a quiet kind of cruelty.
I’ve lived out of my car.
I’ve made a quarter million in tech.
I’ve watched $70K vanish overnight.
This isn’t a sob story.
It’s a mirror.
If you’ve ever traded soul for survival…
This one's for you.
In Solidarity ✊
I’ve lived out of my car.
I’ve made a quarter million in tech.
I’ve watched $70K vanish overnight.
This isn’t a sob story.
It’s a mirror.
If you’ve ever traded soul for survival…
This one's for you.
In Solidarity ✊
Check out my latest Field Manual from the Quiet Rebellion:
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April 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Check out my latest Field Manual from the Quiet Rebellion:
coachwithnicholas.substack.com/p/quiet-rebe...
coachwithnicholas.substack.com/p/quiet-rebe...