Quit Happens | How (and why!) to strategically quit your job, leave your relationship, or part ways with toxic mindsets.

Many of the biggest fears related to quitting a job come from the uncertainty - the not knowing what comes next. Will we find another job? Will it be better than the one we're quitting?

If you happen to be facing those fears, let Mark Lovett, the founder of Storytelling with Impact, and the organizer for TEDxSanDiego, give you some great advice on how to alleviate those fears, with bonus advice on how to combat the dreaded 'imposter syndrome.'

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On this Independence Day episode, Lynn Marie discusses five quits that can lead to increasing YOUR sense of freedom: freedom from others' expectations, from attention distractions, and from societal norms, among other things.

So grab a hot dog and a firecracker (or not, that actually sounds like a dangerous combo!) and take a listen to the quits the founding fathers forgot to tell you about!

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People commonly get stuck in jobs or careers because they don't know what they'd rather be doing...in other words, they haven't found their passion or purpose or calling in life. And often the struggle to find that passion leads to a feeling of desperation if nothing comes up right away.

Well this week's guest, author/speaker/coach extraordinaire Dominick Quartuccio, went through a strategic quit of his own in which he stumbled upon a creative way to let his passion find him.

This is a must-hear for anyone who's searching for their purpose!

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When envisioning quitting one job and starting a new endeavor, we often ask ourselves what do we have to DO to make the new effort a success.

However, this week's guest, career coach and host of the Happen to Your Career podcast Scott Anthony Barlow, makes the point that it's much more important to decide who you have to BE to find success in your new career. He takes us back through his own quit and how he became the person who was able to make his desired career a reality.

Find him at happentoyourcareer.com

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Many of us have passions in several different areas, but the traditional 40-hour workweeks keep us from having time to pursue more than one calling. And for certain professions, like surgeons, the typical week doesn't stop at 40 hours, so starting a side project is nearly impossible.

But this week's guest, facial plastic surgeon Dr. Amit Patel, used a very strategic quit to ensure he had time to pursue multiple passions. His story is a testament to the importance of exploring all possibilities when carving out a career path. Audio by Bensound.com

Often when people want to leave the corporate world and strike out on their own, the main concerns involve how they will convince clients that they are qualified enough for the job.

However, this week's guest, Michaela Keilty, points out that many times the hardest to convince of this qualification is yourself.

Take a listen to how Michaela fought with and overcame the dreaded imposter syndrome.

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The journey to become a physician is long and often times immovable. Medical students choose residencies that are up to 7 years long, and changing them is no small undertaking. And after graduating from a residency, changing specialties often requires doing an entire new residency, so most doctors just stay in their original specialty, no matter how unfulfilled they may be feeling.

But not this week's guest, Dr. Amy Killen. Amy found a creative solution to dissatisfaction with her life in the ER, and her story should give hope to all doctors whose specialties no longer fit their lives.

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So you think you wanna quit? Have you fallen into the trap many of us do in which we begin to compile more and more information about how to make a change...without ever putting it into action?

This week's guest, Travis Roznos, started down that road, but through men's groups and the Wim Hof Method training, he discovered that no amount of research got him further along in his transformation than going from the theoretical to the concrete and finally doing the work.

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In an ideal situation, quits don't happen TO us, they're orchestrated BY us. However, sometimes we're forced into a quit, and it's then up to us to learn from that experience and use what we've learned the next time things need a change.

This week's guest, Sarah Hassaine, did just that. When life dealt her a quit she didn't see coming, she took everything she learned from that situation and used it when she later found herself in a job that wasn't working for her.

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We've all been there. We hear someone works for a well-respected or super innovative company, or has a job that sounds like so much fun it could never seem like work, and we think they must have a dream job...and that they'd never want to give it up.

Well today's guest, Gina Mariko Rosales, had just such a job working for the prestigious X (formerly Google X). But when she realized what others considered a dream job was different from her actual dream, she quit X, struck out on her own, and hasn't looked back.

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