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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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👉 Leverage corporate for entrepreneurial freedom (5-min video)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
22 min - 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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👉 Leverage corporate for entrepreneurial freedom (5-min video)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
23 min - 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“Employee” is an outdated concept.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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👉 Leverage corporate for entrepreneurial freedom (5-min video)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
18 min - 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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👉 Leverage corporate for entrepreneurial freedom (5-min video)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
18 min - 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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👉 Leverage corporate for entrepreneurial freedom (5-min video)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
15 min - 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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👉 Leverage corporate for entrepreneurial freedom (5-min video)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
14 min - 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)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
Watch the show on YouTube
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
15 min - 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)
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
Watch the show on YouTube
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
28 min - 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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👉 Training: escape the Corporate Cage
🌐 Show website: UncageYourself.FM
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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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RESOURCES
Connect w/ Mike on LinkedIn
The Break Podcast
The Break Newsletter
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn
Follow on Twitter @Uncaged_Matt
Check the show on YouTube
"Badass Corporate" Private Facebook Group
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
57 min - 87: Corporate Sellouts (Taylor & Tori) - The Female View on Work-Life BalanceOverviewWelcome to the "Uncage Yourself" podcast! Join Taylor and Tori, the dynamic hosts of the "Corporate Sellouts" podcast, as they dive into the often overlooked female perspective on work-life balance in the corporate world.In this enlightening episode, Taylor and Tori share their insights, strategies, and personal experiences on navigating the challenges of being Millennials in post-COVID corporate life. They discuss what it means to be a corporate sellout, how to embrace and make the most of the corporate lifestyle, and offer valuable advice for ambitious individuals seeking to balance their entrepreneurial dreams with a corporate career. Get ready for a candid and empowering exploration of the corporate landscape, where they uncover hidden opportunities and inspire listeners to find freedom and fulfillment in their own professional journeys.Subscribe:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rising-digital-leader/id1569401661https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy81OWM5ODZlYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==https://open.spotify.com/show/27dYHR0SDdqOacTVcj9Pm6https://anchor.fm/matthew-doanYou can enjoy this episode on YouTube. Subscribe!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZeCjHjtq3g7mIuPwvKRrjwFor a weekly dose of digital leadership and career advice, join Wednesday Wisdom.Takeaways• Setting boundaries and maintaining a transactional mindset in the workplace is important for work-life balance and personal fulfillment.• Flexibility can be a strategic advantage for organizations, and understanding what motivates leaders shapes corporate culture.• Gen Z may challenge traditional workplace norms and advocate for their preferences.• Remote work can have positive outcomes, including increased well-being and no loss of productivity.• Gender dynamics impact work-life balance, and outsourcing tasks can help regain mental peace and capacity.• And so much more!Resources• Connect with Tori and Taylor on…• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DJ674fiEYr7340vLhyWtD• Instagram icon:Tori (@CorporateSelloutsPodcast)Taylor (@CorporateSelloutsPodcast)• Connect with me on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewdoan/• Follow me on Twitter @MatthewRDoan https://twitter.com/MatthewRDoan• Check out my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZeCjHjtq3g7mIuPwvKRrjw• Subscribe to ERLINK https://matthewdoan.com/newsletter/ https://matthewdoan.com/newsletter/ https://matthewdoan.com/newsletter/ https://matthewdoan.com/newsletter/at matthewdoan.com50 min
About Corporate Graduation
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You spent years building a career. You got good at it. Maybe too good.
Now you're successful and suffocating — sitting on career capital that's making someone else rich.
Corporate Graduation® is the move from Corporate to Founder in one year. Make your employer an investor in your founder business. Deploy your gold under your own name.
Host Matt Doan spent 15 years in strategy consulting, at firms like BCG and Booz Allen, then built the framework that's helped 170+ clients make that move. Tune in for the frameworks, the work nobody talks about, and the real playbook.
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