CategorySelf Discovery

Light Pollution

By Josh Nicholls
October 28, 2020
3 Min Read
In Leadership, Self Discovery
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My wife and I have a fascination with the stars, the winter sky is our favorite. When we have a chance to stand outside and look at the stars together it serves as a reminder of the place we occupy in the universe and helps provide perspective.

Light pollution makes looking at the stars difficult in populated areas. Light pollution is the brightening of the night sky caused by streetlights and other man-made sources, which inhibits the observation of stars and planets. (Definition from Oxford Dictionaries). Light pollution is represented on maps for star gazers to find the best places to look at the stars. This site one example of such a map.

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Intellectual Creation

By Josh Nicholls
October 21, 2020
1 Min Read
In Leadership, Self Discovery
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Recently on a road trip to visit family, my wife and I were talking about what we want to accomplish in our future. My desire is to have a visual of what we want our family to become so we can intentionally create moments and experiences that will lead to that future.

The combination of this conversation and reading the book How to Own Your Own Mind by Napoleon Hill I realized something:

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Progress Requires Asking Questions

By Josh Nicholls
October 14, 2020
1 Min Read
In Learning, Self Discovery
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A quick thought today – a pattern I have seen from observing my role models and mentors. Nothing worth learning and discovering has come without their first being a question.

Progress requires asking questions.

How are you at asking questions?

If you have tips for staying hungry, curious, and having a questioning mindset please share them with me and I can update this post.

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Pattern of Personal Disruption

By Josh Nicholls
September 16, 2020
2 Min Read
In Leadership, Self Discovery
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Last week my wife and I welcomed our 4th child into our family. Words cannot describe the special feeling I get adding a child to our family. My heart has been made bigger and it will take me a sometime to re-learn how to sleep.

What I’ve learned from this experience is actually a reminder of a pattern I’ve seen in my life multiple times. It is the most visible after the birth of each of our children.

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Curiosity

By Josh Nicholls
September 2, 2020
2 Min Read
In Learning, Self Discovery
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In the last few weeks, I have listened to a podcast on daily rituals, been involved in designing a virtual learning experience, watched a corporate training, and been coached. In all these unrelated activities I’ve found a common theme.

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I am Status Driven

By Josh Nicholls
July 29, 2020
2 Min Read
In Learning, Self Discovery
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While running recently, I had a realization which began feelings of discomfort and I couldn’t shake them. For context, in a recent coaching call, I shared how I’ve observed individuals who are self-promoting, selfish and self-centered. I explained how I want to stay as far away as possible from what I perceived to be very status driven behavior.

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Josh Nicholls

I teach and invite people to act. Proud husband, father and amateur pizzaiolo

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