Master time, energy & focus in 90 days. Coaching stressed out tech professionals to prepare for volatility, tame uncertainty & thrive in ambiguity | Co-Founder of Changing Work Collective | Conscious Leadership Activist

Clients tell me they don’t have anyone they can speak honestly with about the struggle of being a high performer these days. 

We've built the resume, earned the money, and learned how to operate under pressure. 

We're capable, respected, and outwardly successful, but increasingly alone with questions we can’t ignore.

We know how to deliver, stay composed, and keep going when things get hard. 

But there is a cumulative cost to doing that indefinitely.

Things have changed.We have changed.
The strategies that once got us far stop working. 

The systems and habits we operate in demand more than they give back.

Our calendar stays full and output remains high, but focus is harder to access, breaks doesn’t restore us the way they used to, and the sense that something has to change  becomes hard to ignore.

Many people see this as a personal failure, but it's not...It's a signal.

The conditions most of us are operating under are VUCA: Volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. 

Understanding that context can help, but awareness doesn’t resolve the problem on its own. We have to adapt.

That’s where Rebellion begins.

I work with leaders and professionals who are done sacrificing their health and integrity just to keep up.  

People who can't burn everything down and walk away, but also aren't willing to keep drifting on dwindling momentum, and the distant hope of retirement.

People who are ready to own this moment.

This Quiet Rebellion.

The core of this work is reclaiming capacity through deliberate attention to our time, energy, and attention. Not as another productivity hack, but as a way to interrupt deep patterns of self-betrayal and distraction, and regain agency over how we live and work.

I spent 13 years in big tech and more than a decade as an entrepreneur, thriving through reorgs, layoffs, pivots, bubbles, crashes and volatility inside and out. 

I've learned the real risk isn’t falling behind...

It’s staying "busy" on autopilot while slowly losing contact with who you are.

If you’re ready to take responsibility for what comes next, I can help. 

If not, it's worth reflecting on how long you’re willing to keep living this way.

Ask yourself, how long will you endure before you demand the best for yourself?

It doesn't have to be this way.
You have options.
You have help. 

Be Rebellious!
In Solidarity ✊

Nicholas Whitaker

One of the most important things I've done for my business and wellbeing in the last few years is setting up my routines and schedule to allow for more spaciousness and connection with myself first, before I take in input from the outside world. 

For me that looks like slow ramp into my days and weeks where possible.
 - No meetings before 9am PT. 
- No touching my phone first thing in the morning.
- No touching my phone the last thing before I go to bed. 
- No meeting Mondays and Fridays
- No meetings after 5pm PT.

That gives me an opportunity to fill my cup, ground myself and get clear about what's more important during the week that needs my attention. 
 
This also requires me to be ruthlessly and compassionately efficient with the rest of my week. 

Tuesday to Thursday are full of coaching calls, sales calls, partnership calls. 

That leaves Monday and Friday (and some weekends) for heads down creative, strategic or business development work. 

Those constraints don't leave a lot of room for distraction. 
It makes it easier to say no to things that aren't urgent and important. 
It makes it easier to bring my attention back on track when i notice myself getting distracted. 

I know not everyone has the luxury of adjusting their schedules in these ways, but we all have minutes and usually hours in our day that is frittered away by distraction, inputs and demands on our energy that aren't urgent or important. 

Curiosity around those moments is the first step. 

Notice how it feels to be immediately pulled into an algorithmic feed, the news, social media, or your inbox first thing in the morning.

Take 5 minutes today without that. Notice what it feels like to be present with you own experience instead. 

You could start and end your day like this for a few days this week and notice is anything shifts for you.

Let me know what you notice. 
This is on way to reclaim our capacity. 
This is Quiet Rebelion in action.

Be Rebellious!
In Solidarity ✊

Capacity Coach and Rebellion Guide For High Performers | Restore Your Time, Energy & Attention From Systems That Extract & Habits That Distract | Founder, Rebellion Collective

I comment with 🔥 on your posts. How come we are still not connected?

Dynamic and results-oriented individual with over 10 years of B2B sales experience and a proven track record of driving revenue growth through strategic business development and client relationship management. 




Vlad Bronnikov

Tip of the day 👇


Refrain from using "I came across your profile" when sending peronalized connection requests on LinkedIn.

Hope this yelps.

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Me discovering new comments on my older posts that I never received notificatioms for.

LinkedIn FYI

Controversial statement👇


Burger King is tastier than McDonald's.

Agree!

Dear people of LinkedIn,

I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know that I won't be posting over the weekend.

Thank you for your understanding.

Vlad

I don't know who needs to hear this.

BUT

I do know who needs to beer this.

Any questions?

It's a pleasure to see so many openai-minded people on LinkedIn.

I’m allergic to companies who don’t call themselves a family.

I really don’t like how Netflix 
phrases it.

They use the term “professional sports team.”

Not a family.

Here’s how they phrase it:

“We model ourselves on being a professional sports team, not a family.

A family is about unconditional love.

A dream team is about pushing yourself to be the best possible teammate, caring intensely about your team, and knowing that you may not be on the team forever.

Dream teams are about performance, not seniority or tenure.

It is up to the manager to ensure that every player is amazing at their position, plays effectively with others and is given new opportunities to develop.

That’s how we keep winning the championship (entertaining the world).

Unlike a sports team, as Netflix grows, the number of players also grows.

We work to foster players from the development leagues so they can become the stars of tomorrow.”

Nothing says “professional sports team” like benching someone for missing a quarterly KPI.

Nothing says “professional sports team” like calling timeouts on mentorship and culture.

Nothing says “professional sports team” like substituting humans mid-season because stats aren’t hitting targets.

Nothing says “professional sports team” like drafting rookies from “development leagues” just to see if they’ll make the highlight reel.

Hard pass, Netflix.

A company may run plays and track stats.
It may even have a playbook.

But it is only a family if it actually nurtures the players — not just the scoreboard.

A company is definitely a family.

It just has to value people, not just performance metrics.

Don’t get them mixed up.

Agree???

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You know what I find bizzare?


I find the word "bizarre" bizarre.

What do you find bizarre?

Share below 👇

Unconventional truth 👇

"I just requested to connect" feels like "I just called to say I love you"

P.S. You don't have to agree

I absolutely love reading the comments on posts by some LinkedIn Top Voices.

It’s like watching a poor rap battle where the first rapper steps on stage and everyone else immediately becomes his backup dancer.

Author drops a bar:

“Vulnerability is a leadership superpower.”

Comments rush in:

“Yes. Vulnerability is everything.”
“This. Leaders must be vulnerable.”
“Exactly. Vulnerability builds trust.”
“Couldn’t agree more with this take.”

No one counters the verse.
No one questions the rhyme.
No one dares to say no.

It’s a rap battle with:
→ no diss tracks
→ no punchlines
→ no risk
→ and unlimited applause

Everyone just rewrites the same bar
with different emojis and calls it thought leadership.

That’s not a battle.

That’s a karaoke night where everyone sings the chorus and skips the verses.

Know what I’m sayin’?

I ignored several connection requests today.

Why?

Sometimes, you just can't be bothered.

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Thought of the day 👇


If people were Pinocchios, most wouldn’t last long on LinkedIn.

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