“What are my values and what are my goals? Am I moving myself in that direction. If I'm not moving myself in that direction, what am I doing?” - Nicholas Whitaker
Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond. I’m your host Adam Coelho and I’m glad you’re here.
Today we talk to my friend, Nicholas Whitaker. Nicholas has an incredible story of going from living in poverty, with housing insecurity and just scraping by, to changing his mindset and his entire life to ultimately be working at Google for the last 10 years.
For the past decade, Nicholas has leveraged the scale and resources of Google to support the journalism industry through high impact educational products, programs, and strategic partnerships, reaching more than half a million journalists worldwide.
Throughout his time at Google, Nicholas has also managed stress and anxiety through an active mindfulness practice, extensive study of emotional intelligence, resilience, and the impact of technology on well being as well as regular therapy.
He spends a portion of his time facilitating mental health talks, meditations, host experts in the industry to talk about mindfulness and resilience, and facilitate team development experiences to help teams and colleagues manage stress, cultivate trust and psychological safety, and learn more mindful ways to communicate. I'm also coaching a limited number of clients outside of Google.
In this episode Nicholas and I dive into:
• Nick’s philosophy on life: Figure out how I can have the most impact on the world around me, in a positive way. How can I do that in a sustainable way. Is there some reality where I could be doing that full time?
• Why he’s inspired by the quote “Chance favors the prepared mind”
• What is neuroplasticity and how does it shape our lives?
• How he went from poverty to financial stability
• How he used education as the first
Whenever you are ready, here are 2 ways I can help you:
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2. If you're at or nearing FI, but feel stuck and unable to move forward to your next chapter, let's chat. (https://mindfulfire.org/chat)
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