Uncage Yourself
By Matt Doan
Many people are trapped in the Corporate Cage — a dangerous position where work dominates their days and personal lives. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You can direct your corporate experience and unlock a life of freedom, right where you are.
This show is about your transformation: from Caged to Uncaged. Your host, Matt Doan, brings forward the guests, stories, strategies, and tactics to make it happen.
Uncage YourselfAug 15, 2023
120: Your Freedom Vehicle (Beyond Corporate)
Feeling caged in corporate life?
Passive income isn't the ticket out. To escape the maze, you need to take an active approach.
Build your freedom vehicle.
Learn exactly how to leverage your current positioning, unlock your inner genius, and create an online business that provides true lifestyle freedom.
Stop trading time for money. Discover how to live a self-directed life by monetizing your purpose.
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119: The Riskiest Choice of All
Safety. Freedom. Which will you pursue?
There's obviously a balance to strike.
But if you're "done" with corporate life, you don't want to miss this life-changing perspective.
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118: My Top Lessons in Graduating Corporate Life
I’ve been on this entrepreneurial journey for nearly a decade and have been out of corporate for the last two years.
Here, I’m sharing my top 12 lessons learned in shifting from corporate to entrepreneurship.
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117: Make Your Employer Your Investor
You've given a lot to your corporate career. Now that you've got a foundation, it's time to change the rules.
The job is no longer an asset to be coveted. YOU are the asset. Direct all energy to building your future self.
Learn how to make your employer your personal investor.
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116: Letting Go of What No Longer Serves You
So much of our pain comes from holding on to what no longer serves us: identities, jobs, relationships, etc.
“Letting go” is the key. But it's not just a concept.
It's a powerful life skill that shortcuts your path to your dreams — collapsing timelines from decades into days.
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115: Your Genius Defies Logic
You've made logical bets your whole life.
That served you well with career "success" and building a lifestyle foundation.
But that time is over. "Logic" means you're just playing the odds while denying your highest self and true aspirations. It eats away at your soul.
Ready to activate entrepreneurial freedom and do what lights you up? That means you need to finally choose your genius.
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114: Magnetic Match (Your Key to Business Success)
The key to entrepreneurial success is magnetism.
You want a Magnetic Match between your business and the person (problem) you aim to serve.
The business and client should feel a two-way connection — on both emotional and logical levels.
Without magnetism, your business becomes a commodity.
With magnetism, clients perceive you as "1 of 1."
Listen to learn how to find your Magnetic Match.
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113: Building Uncaged 2.0
I’ve grown more in the last 2 years than in the previous 20.
This includes:
- The growing pains of starting a business
- Constant experimentation to be of service
- Investing in my own growth at profound levels
From a personal and professional viewpoint, I now have crystal clarity on my purpose and transformational value for others.
And with that, I’m bursting at the seams with insights and strategies I’m ready to share with you.
That’s what I’m bubbling over with excitement as I prepare for the imminent launch of Uncaged 2.0.
This means I’m rolling out massive upgrades to my two coaching programs that are actively transforming dozens of lives at any moment.
If you’re ready to “graduate” corporate, listen closely.
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112: "Work" Half, Double Your Impact (The Double Count Time System)
Act like average people and you'll get average results.
Like Einstein, we need to reimagine "time." And in tandem, we need to redefine "work."
This is how we achieve more impact (professional and personal) with far less effort.
Whether you're still in corporate or you're already on your own, this episode presents a critical mental shift you need to hear.
Learn the art of the "double count." Install this time system immediately.
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111: The Exponential Career
Is your career stuck on an Incremental path?
Salary bumps can't keep pace with inflation...let alone your dreams.
It's time to make the hyper-jump to an Exponential Career.
Learn to:
- Minimize time at your job
- Use it to fund a new leveraged business
- Create exponential gains in your lifestyle
Break free from the corporate hamster wheel. Create the freedom, fulfillment, and financial abundance you desire.
It’s not overnight or easy. But with concentrated effort, you can transition to working on your own terms.
So, will you continue the rat race? Or boldly step into an Exponential Career and life? The choice is yours.
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110: Centralize Your Genius
Far too many professionals conform to one-size-fits-all corporate success criteria. This stifles their natural gifts.
Though they deliver results and earn good money, they feel dead inside as their genius gets suppressed.
The solution is to harness your Zone of Genius (ZoG) — the intersection of your:
Talents
Interests
Perspectives
Centralize and lead from your ZoG. Make it the hub of everything.
Stop conforming and gap-filling weaknesses. Start expressing your superpowers.
This unlocks freedom, income, and impact.
You have a choice:
Squander your talents fitting molds
Centralize your genius and come alive
The key is identifying and then centrally expressing your unique genius, both in corporate and entrepreneurial ventures.
It's time to unlock your full career potential and a bigger life.
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109: Your Future Self Is Begging You to Act
If the corporate grind has worn you down, there's another path to freedom in the new year:
- Rapidly re-engineer your job to buy back time (keeping income and family safe)
- Invest in mentors to experiment with opportunities and take daily action toward your dream
- Build a scalable online business aligned with your superpowers
The right system helps you leverage your corporate past to aggressively create the entrepreneurial freedom you and your family deserve.
Don't cling to familiarity and fear — craft your next chapter now.
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108: Turn Your Faith Inward
I was raised to put faith in external systems: religion, school, and corporate systems.
And while external systems gave me some value and perspective, I eventually became empty inside. I lacked faith in my inner wisdom and potential.
Life skyrocketed when I learned to turn my faith inward.
New creative energies awakened, and a brand new life of freedom opened up.
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107: Brutally Honest Reflections Since Leaving Corporate
"Burn mental boats before real ones."
Just one of my 11 reflections since ditching the corporate ladder one-and-a-half years ago. If you have big life responsibilities yet dream of entrepreneurial freedom, you need to listen to this episode.
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106: Filling That Professional Hole in Your Heart
Do you feel a gnawing professional hole in your heart?
Your career once filled you up, but now you're trapped and making no impact.
You might've tried the "freedom through passive income" route, but it's not truly passive and it felt like a second job.
So, the professional hole remains. Darkness floods your days.
It's time to:
- Cultivate your passion
- Identify your superpowers
- Start a business that fully expresses YOU
Something you own (and love) needs to be part of your professional portfolio.
You don't need to escape corporate — make it an investor in this critical new venture.
Stop feeling trapped and start making your maximum impact with a business you love.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(01:44) Empty feeling inside
(02:37) We need professional fire
(04:39) The portfolio career
(05:56) Passive income delusions
(07:47) Darkness expands
(08:20) Heart > Head
(10:17) Re-allocate your portfolio
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105: End the Paralysis & Go Build Something You Own
You've reached a point where you feel unfulfilled in your corporate career. Now you crave meaning, impact, and entrepreneurial freedom.
But you're stuck on the starting line, paralyzed by overanalysis.
We can't wait for inspiration, passion, or confidence.
It's time to get moving — to start building a business we own. Let's discuss how.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(02:24) Stuck on the starting line
(03:38) No more long-term choices
(04:37) Analysis paralysis
(05:26) Don't follow passion
(08:18) The point of the game
(08:35) Tactics for building
(11:29) Commitment → confidence
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104: Design Your Personal Category
Don’t craft a personal brand. Don’t “find your niche.”
Instead, design your personal category (hint: this is a psychology game).
This is the place where you build your future. It’s where you build a “1 of 1” business where you’re authentic and bold.
Here, you offer a unique transformation for those you aim to serve. In turn, you unlock massive freedom, income, and impact.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(02:45) The modern factory life
(04:17) No one cares about you
(05:52) The anti-personal brand
(08:17) Frame, name, & claim
(09:20) Matt's personal category
(11:54) Problems w/ brands & niches
(14:00) Personal category components
(15:09) Category = personal freedom
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103: Million-Dollar Months (3 Lessons from a World-Class Mastermind)
I view myself as my greatest asset, so I invest accordingly. That translates to $35K alone this year for coaching and masterminds.
I just returned from my latest event, where I met with entrepreneurs who were having million-dollar months — doing work they love and saving lives. Yes, you read that correctly.
In this episode, I'm sharing my top mastermind insights that you can apply immediately. You're welcome.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(02:24) Mastermind context
(03:18) The path forward
(08:51) Tuning your frequency
(15:06) The CEO mindset
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102: [The Dad Edge] Breaking Free of the Corporate Cage
In this episode, Matt Doan guests on The Dad Edge podcast.
Mattatt discusses his journey as a business owner and the freedom it has brought him. He talks about his blended family, with three older children from a previous marriage and a two-year-old with his current wife. Matt also shares his joy in coaching baseball and the intensity of eleven-year-old players. He then delves into the life lessons he wants to pass down to his children, both boys and girls.
He highlights the significance of understanding that femininity does not equate to being female. Instead, he emphasizes the hidden feminine energy that exists within all individuals. This energy includes qualities such as empathy, vulnerability, and emotional expression. Matt believes that society often teaches boys to suppress these traits, but by embracing them, they can become more well-rounded individuals.
His approach to parenting is about finding a balance between masculine and feminine energies. He wants his children, regardless of gender, to feel that they have access to all the qualities and strengths associated with both sides. By doing so, he believes they can lead fulfilling and authentic lives.
This Dad Edge episode demonstrates the negative impact of corporate life on happiness and well-being. Matt’s experience of feeling trapped, unfulfilled, and disconnected from their values and priorities is relatable to many individuals in similar positions. The pressure to maintain a certain lifestyle, the demands of work, and the sacrifices made for career advancement all contribute to diminishing happiness.
Takeaways:
- Balance work and personal life
- Reinventing corporate life for fulfillment
- Follow your passions for success
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101: What to Do When You’re “Done” With Your Career Path
Your career path might've once brought you joy. But now, you're freaking outside because you can't stand it.
Here, we cover:
- The psychology of feeling "done"
- 3 key strategies for building your next chapter
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100: Hitting the Century Mark With the Podcast
It’s been a wild ride since starting Uncage Yourself in 2021. Upon reaching the 100th episode, I’m sharing my honest reflections on:
Why I started a podcast
The emotional highs and lows
How it supports my core business
The show’s future
7 entrepreneurial lessons you can apply now
I hold nothing back in this episode. I hope it helps.
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99: Smartly Navigating from Corporate to Entrepreneurship (Tech Careers & Money Talk)
This episode features Matt guesting on Christopher Nelson's show, Tech Careers & Money Talk. We cover:
- Upsides of growing up in corporate
- How to creatively navigate the inevitable downsides (once you're "successful")
- How to leverage your corporate career for your next chapter (entrepreneurial freedom)
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98: Activating Mindful FIRE with Adam Coelho
Adam Coelho (host of the Mindful FIRE podcast) joins me to discuss the unique intersection of mindfulness and financial independence. We discuss how we can make work optional and accelerate the manifestation of a life we love. Enjoy!
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97: What Everyone Misses in Creating Personal Freedom
We mistakenly believe that adding more "features" to our lives creates more freedom — more money, a better job, or a stronger network. And while those elements can help, almost everyone misses the foundational step for creating personal freedom.
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96: Delusional Minds Chase Passive Income
"Passive income" is not the holy grail you think it is. In fact, it can lead you down a dangerous path. But if you crave real career and lifestyle freedom, we unpack a much more effective and efficient strategy in this episode.
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95: How to Put Corporate on Autopilot
Want to build the next chapter of your career and life? Don’t skip this critical step: put your corporate job on autopilot.
Free up significant time and energy to breathe, be, and build something new. All the while, keep your paycheck as a short-term asset. Listen closely to learn how.
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94: [HITS] The "Employee" Is Dead
“Employee” is an outdated concept. (Literally, a relic of the Industrial Age.) Learn how power is shifting from employer to employee, and how this completely changes your work and life options.
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93: Bravely Stepping Out of Your Cage
“We are all living in cages with the door wide open." —George Lucas
This is a straight-talk episode about escaping your cage. Maybe you're succumbing to a daunting corporate culture or you're trigger-shy on building that passion business. Truth is, we subconsciously let our external environments tell us what's possible.
No more; you hold the keys to freedom. Let's talk about how to break free.
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92: [HITS] You Need Skin in the Game
Need a massive change in your career or life? Passively consuming social posts, books, or podcasts won’t do it. Human psychology shows we only take massive action when the stakes are high.
You manufacture “high stakes” by putting serious Skin in the Game for your transformation: money, time, and energy. This one’s a serious wake-up call.
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91: [HITS] Should I Choose Safety or Passion?
What path should you take? The Safe Path is predictable and comfortable. But then there's the Passion Path, where you know you'll encounter a life of adventure and excitement. This question applies equally to life and career.
Listen up to discover a mental model for approaching safety vs. passion.
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90: Using Corporate as Rocket Fuel
Did your corporate career start with a bang? But soon enough, the flame died out. Now you're left wondering, "Is this all there is?"
Here's where you take elite action. Don't just carry on, and don't rage quit either. Instead, use your corporate career as a launchpad to freedom.
In this episode, you'll learn to:
- Harness your corporate gains
- Create an entrepreneurial future
- Do this in service of a life you love
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👉 How to escape the Corporate Cage (8-min video)
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89: Building Your Corporate Offramp
Most people treat their careers as one-lane highways (staying in “employee” mode for 40+ years). Staying locked into this traffic pattern means leaving tons of freedom on the table.
So, build an offramp. Give your future self a gift: an optional exit off that mind-numbing highway. This episode discusses the 16 lessons I’d give to my past self for accelerating the shift from corporate to entrepreneurship.
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👉 How to escape the Corporate Cage (8-min video)
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88: [HITS] Mike Gardon - Investment In Loss
The trading life nearly destroyed Mike Gardon. Since stepping away, he’s obsessed with creating “life options.” At the core is the idea of “investment in loss”: to make significant changes, we often need to step backward. Today, his mission is to “break our mental constructs for what it means to make a living.” Enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro02:17 Ironman mentality
(06:37) Compounding personal gains
(09:48) Stratify your goals
(12:31) Mike’s childhood → career start
(17:56) Rebelling against the default path
(20:06) Investment in loss
(23:31) Portfolio mindset
(25:34) Passion for career coaching
(27:50) Mike helping his former self
(33:47) Involving your family in major change
(34:52) Risk mindset for personal growth
(37:00) “Is what you’re pursuing big enough?”
(40:02) Life options
(41:50) Skin in the game
(47:03) Money, time, & energy
(52:30) Uncaged = ownership
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TAKEAWAYS
1. Pushing yourself with a new venture is not just about the accomplishment. It’s the person you become in the process.
2. “What’s your Ironman race?” Find the near-term thing in your life that forces your growth.
3. The entrepreneurial journey starts with a flicker inside you (an inclination) before you take tangible action.
4. The ultimate safety isn’t choosing the “right” path; it’s creating life options.
5. Portfolio mindset: make multiple concurrent bets and see what sticks. Even with the “failures,” you’ll grow tremendously.
6. Slow down (even step back) to speed up.
7. In managing the risk of major life decisions, too many remain stuck protecting what they have instead of pursuing what’s possible.
8. “Don’t tell me what you think, [show me] your portfolio.” —Nassim Nicholas Taleb
9. “Every decision is an investment decision.” You must devote appropriate money, time, and energy to the transformation you seek.
10. Choose yourself.
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87: Corporate Sellouts - Post-COVID Corporate Life
Taylor and Tori, the dynamic hosts of the Corporate Sellouts podcast, join Matt to share an enlightening view of how Millennial females experience the post-COVID corporate world.
They discuss what it means to be a corporate sellout, how to get the most gain for the least pain in corporate life, and how ambitious individuals can pursue their entrepreneurial dreams while navigating a day job.
Prepare for a candid and empowering exploration of the corporate landscape, where we uncover hidden opportunities to find freedom and fulfillment in your professional journey.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(03:08) What is a “Corporate Sellout”?
(06:05) “Transactional” is not a dirty word
(11:35) Post-COVID corporate life challenges
(16:52) Configuring work to your life needs
(18:40) How Gen Z is shaking up work norms
(21:10) Industrial-era mentality is disintegrating
(23:46) Female perspective on work-life balance
(28:15) Clarify expected outcomes at work
(32:22) Challenge: buy back your time
(35:47) Kickstarting entrepreneurship with a 9-5
(40:47) Corporate: venture capitalist for your life
(44:18) Entrepreneurship transforms us as people
(45:06) What it means to live Uncaged
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TAKEAWAYS
Maintaining a transactional mindset in the workplace is a massive unlock for winning back time and energy from corporate to live a fuller life
Return-to-office efforts are an opportunity to evaluate your employer and assert your life preferences (set your business case)
Gen Z is challenging traditional workplace norms and advocating for a life-first approach.
We need to consider gender dynamics at home when seeking “balance” (outsourcing tasks can help regain mental peace and capacity)
If you’re stressed and burned out, can you afford NOT to buy back your time and energy?
View your corporate job as an investor in your future self (and business)
Small, concentrated entrepreneurial efforts can transform your entire career trajectory (and life)
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86: The Real Costs of Burnout
Corporate burnout isn't actually about being exhausted and working too many hours. Instead, it's about something deeper and more consequential to your life. We pull back the curtain in this episode. Wake up, my friend.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(02:17) What burnout is
(04:34) Why we burn out
(10:06) The REAL costs of burnout
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85: 15 Reasons You’re Stuck in the Rat Race
The Rat Race is an endless, "hamster wheel" approach to ensuring your relevance in this world — and It's completely unwinnable. If you believe you have no choice whether to run this race, you're wrong. This episode breaks down proven strategies for breaking free of the Rat Race and creating real autonomy in your career and life.
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👉 How to escape the Corporate Cage (8-min video)
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84: What Are You Still Tolerating?
Sad truth: most people fight for their limitations, not their dreams. Right now, you're tolerating a lot of BS in your work and home lives, which is killing your growth. This gut-punch coaching episode is designed to unlock you from all you're tolerating.
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👉 How to escape the Corporate Cage (8-min video)
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83: Corporate Countermeasures
When a job dominates your life, most people either endure it or leave. Unfortunately, both choices are costly forms of quitting.
Instead, I want you to take intelligent action within your environment. Reclaim your precious time and energy, reshape your role to suit your advantages, and start living a self-directed life (yes, even within the corporate world).
Do this by implementing "corporate countermeasures" — proven tactics that'll create freedom for you within the work environment. From there, you'll have the capacity to build a side business, get healthy, and be there for loved ones. Enjoy this highly actionable episode!
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👉 How to escape the Corporate Cage (8-min video)
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82: Goal Activation (Your Missing Ingredient)
Why are we so slow or ineffective at pursuing our goals? Despite our best-laid plans, we get stuck. The problem is that we lack daily "activation." Learn how to inject the missing ingredient in this episode.
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👉 How to escape the Corporate Cage (8-min video)
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81: [HITS] Paul Millerd - Awakening From the Default Path
Paul Millerd, author of The Pathless Path, joins me to talk about "default path" addiction and what it's like to awaken. As former management consultants, we dig hard into this arena too. Enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS
03:12 The Great Contemplation
06:21 How Paul's book affected Matt
08:25 The process of Awakening
09:51 Pre-awakening (most people trapped here)
15:58 Addiction to Default Paths
19:03 Value of an early-career foothold
21:56 "There's a pebble in my shoe"
23:51 Higher stakes if you're a parent
27:10 Understanding life tradeoffs
28:28 The Pathless Path
31:21 Uncertainty as a feature
33:10 Testing boundaries at work
38:31 The great work of your life
41:15 Minimal risk in betting on yourself
44:21 Thoughtful re-entry into corporate life
51:20 Rapid-fire
57:53 What's your "work" story?
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TAKEAWAYS
1. Great Resignation might actually be the Great Contemplation: a rejection of scripted life, healthier conversation about our identification as "workers," and a desire to take control of your life.
2. Rule of thumb: most people you'll meet are asleep (80%), some are groggy (15%), and a few are truly awake (5%).
3. The Protestant Reformation triggered an "obsession" with work, which has taken global hold.
4. Aim of life for people came to find work and then hold on tight to that path.
5. The Default Path feels addictive because the start is so thrilling. Eventually, we stop growing and become sleepy.
6. Instead of doing the work, you eventually find yourself doing performative work (pretending to be valuable).
7. Tough for parents to fake it at work while simultaneously encouraging your kids to blaze their own path.
8. We can't let sunk costs weigh us down. Your life season hugely impacts what you should say "yes" to next.
9. Not knowing what comes next might actually be a feature, not a bug.
10. "If there are clear boundaries [at work], there is also great freedom to adapt and imagine within those lines. These boundaries, however, should always be tested to see if they are actually still real. It takes conscious acts by individuals to test these edges." —David Whyte
11. Great work of your life: continually find the great work of your life (Stephen Cope).
12. Know yourself: deliver targeted value inside your 9-5; push yourself for exponential growth in the outside world.
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RESOURCES
Paul's newsletter, site, & podcast
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80: Invisible Progress
You want “real” results — proof that your professional or personal transformation efforts are working. But sometimes, nothing appears to be happening. In this case, you must measure differently. You need to embrace the idea of Invisible Progress. Learn how in this episode!
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🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
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79: Play the Game (So You No Longer Have To)
Everything in life is a game — professionally and personally. The trick is to know which games are worth playing and for how long. (Prime example: corporate promotion game.) Join us for the "how to" of playing the right games...so you no longer have to play them at all.
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👉 Masterclass: escape the Corporate Cage
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
78: Doing Corporate Detached
Ever wish you could be "free" while keeping your corporate paycheck? Totally possible. The key is "doing corporate detached." Learn exactly how in this high-value, actionable episode.
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👉 Masterclass: keep your paycheck & love your life
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
77: Hybrid Entrepreneurship
Don't foolishly chase entrepreneurship as an escape from a miserable corporate life. You can have the stability of a 9-5 plus the prosperity of entrepreneurship, all in service of a lifestyle that makes you feel alive. Learn how through Hybrid Entrepreneurship.
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👉 Masterclass: keep your paycheck & love your life
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
76: Mastering the Game of Incentives
Humans are wired for personal gain. Naturally, we want an incentive (reward) for saying “yes” to a request for our time. Incentives are all around you at work. And if you master this game (for yourself and your colleagues), you’ll earn far more money and reclaim your precious time. Learn how in this episode!
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👉 Masterclass: end burnout & own your time
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
75: Escape Velocity
If you’re not happy with your Current Self, you must blast through the gravitational pull that’s keeping you (comfortably) in place. That’s how you become your badass Future Self. And that self-transformation requires Escape Velocity. Let's discuss how to create it.
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👉 Masterclass: end burnout & own your time
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
74: Don't "401k" Your Life Away
Most people swear by "low-risk" investments (financially and otherwise). But those low-risk investments can turn into high-risk life situations. Stop playing it safe. Please, don't "401k" your life away. In this episode, learn exactly what this means and how to create an anti-401k life.
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👉 Masterclass: end burnout & own your time
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
73: Amp It Up
How do you compress your personal growth from decades into days? Apply the "amp it up" philosophy: increase the tempo, raise the standards, and narrow the focus. Learn exactly how in this episode.
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👉 Masterclass: end burnout & own your time
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
72: Getting Out of Your Own Way
Got some fantastic career and life goals floating through your head? Wondering why they're taking so long to become a "reality"? It's because you're in your own way, focusing on noise that doesn't matter. Let's fix that.
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👉 Complimentary Uncaged Masterclass
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
71: Be Grateful in Advance
We always hear about the power of gratitude — but that has to do with being grateful for what you currently have. Some of history's most successful people take this to the next level: being grateful in advance. And the scientist backs this up. Listen closely!
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👉 Complimentary Uncaged Masterclass
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group