It Took Losing Everything
Four years ago, everything I thought was my calling came crashing down. What followed wasn’t just a career pivot—it was a reinvention. In that journey, I discovered a deeper purpose: helping high achievers cross the bridges they’re stuck on—spiritually, mentally, relationally, and professionally. This is what I was made to do.
I wish I knew earlier what my true calling was.
Almost four years ago, my life got flipped upside down.
I thought I was living out my calling. I was passionate about the work we were doing, the company I was building, and the people I was leading.
When that was all stripped from me in an instant, I was a lost soul with no direction, no purpose, and certainly no calling.
Or so I thought…
I remember in my prayer time with God, I would say things like, “God, You must have some BIG plan for me to be putting me through this pain.”
It turns out He did. He always does for us.
When I started going through my reinvention and founded Kairos Coaching, I thought I would just focus on leadership coaching—helping leaders and teams grow, as well as helping them come together more as a team.
I went with the name Kairos because, by definition, the moment is now to claim the life we’ve always wanted to lead.
I quickly learned that human development is just one piece of the puzzle. Another piece that most of my clients were struggling with was systems and processes to help them grow.
Enter EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System). I chose to get certified in implementing EOS for my clients. We used it at my former company, and I wanted to know it at a deeper level to better help my clients.
As I continued to build my clientele, there was a continuous theme that kept popping up.
Extremely high achievers were finding me to help them fix something that was broken. Sometimes that thing was business-related, but even more often, it was the person that had something broken.
Brokenness comes in a lot of forms—health, marriage, spiritual being, financial, etc.
People were finding me to help them cross a bridge that they weren’t able to cross themselves.
My vulnerability in talking about my brokenness and how I got through it became a lighthouse to many others experiencing their own brokenness.
I believe there are 5 bridges we need to cross to get to our Unlived Life, and there is a specific order to the crossing:
Spiritual
Internal
Relationships
Environment
Legacy
(You’ll have to pick up my first-ever book due to be released in 2025 to get the full definitions! But if you’ve been reading this newsletter consistently over the past few years, then you’ve seen elements of each bridge we need to cross.)
What I’ve now come to realize as my calling is that I am a Bridge Builder for leaders, entrepreneurs, and high achievers.
I challenge and inspire people to cross bridges to get to the life they were meant to live—to step into their calling.
The truth is, we all need mentors and coaches to guide us, challenge us, and inspire change in us.
Most of us walk alone with a nagging feeling that we were meant for more, but we cannot put a finger on what that “more” is.
Having traversed many difficult bridges on my own journey, I am now turning my attention to Bridge Building for others.
I want to bridge the gaps between where you are and where you want to be—aka your Unlived Life.
Moving forward, much of our programming will be titled Bridge Builder.
Kairos won’t go away entirely because I do still believe that the time is now, but being that Bridge Builder for others is so true to my soul that it will be used more predominantly.
If you’re looking for that guide, mentor, coach, or program to bring you along on your journey, that is the role I’d love to play in your life. This is my calling.
We only get one shot at this thing called life. I plan to squeeze every bit of juice out of the orange (my life), and I want to help others do the same.
What is your calling, and how are you living it out each and every day?
Inspire & Impact,
Josh Kosnick aka “The Bridge Builder”
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