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One Part of Changing Behavior

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Behavior change is hard. This month I read in a book called The Joy of Leadership about a tactic that can help us with the changes we want to make in our lives.

There are moments in each one of our lives where we feel particularly inspired to change something. Several years back, as I have written before my wife and I wanted to have a family motto and incorporated deep meaning for us. That motto became “Nicholls Climb Mountains”. Our kids were quite young at the time, and I wanted this to stick so I created a logo / image / icon to help us all remember our family motto and to act accordingly.

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Climb Mountains

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A few years ago my wife and I had a conversation about a family motto that was inspired by the book How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen. In the book Clayton shares a motto they had as a family to build and strengthen their family culture – Christensens are kind. Simple and easy to remember.

The motto we have for the Nicholls family is:

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Mission and Purpose

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A few weeks ago, my wife visited a doctor who, as part of the diagnosis, prescribed 3 months of the keto diet to replenish and reset enzymes in her liver that will appropriately regulate glucose in her body. This typically means one must eat 30 to 50 grams of total carbohydrates a day. This prescription requires my wife eat a total of 15 grams of carbohydrates each day. This is intense and very difficult. She is executing brilliantly and with a good attitude – she’s climbing a hard mountain and making tremendous progress.

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Josh Nicholls

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

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