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37: Should I Choose Safety or Passion?

Épisode 37

mardi 26 avril 2022 • Durée 13:45

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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TIMESTAMPS

02:35 A question of two paths

04:28 Contemplating passion

05:39 Truly, what is safety?

07:00 Too much safety = masochism

07:22 A framework for action

11:29 Recap of big ideas

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TAKEAWAYS

1. Starting down the Safety Path gets a relevant foothold early on. But soon enough, you'll wrestle with a burning desire for passion.

2. We're never really safe if we feel continually terrible in the process.

3. Someone else's Plan A is inevitably your Plan B

4. Understand your personal Law of Diminishing Returns — the point at which it no longer makes sense to go "above and beyond" at work.

5. Use regret as a forecasting tool — think forward to your deathbed. What anticipated insights can you pull from the future to the present?

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Related episodes: Escaping the Matrix (#23)

36: My Journey in Leaving Corporate

Épisode 36

mardi 19 avril 2022 • Durée 31:12

This is a personal and emotional episode. In the months leading up to quitting corporate in March 2022, I recorded my thoughts and feelings. This episode is a compilation of those recordings — a personal journal, if you will.

I discuss why I needed to make the leap, including the strategy and mindset that made it possible. I hope it helps you identify the “leaps” worth making in your life.

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TIMESTAMPS

01:35 90 DAYS out from resignation

05:58 60 DAYS out from resignation

09:14 People stuck in their Matrix

11:20 Leaving corporate as a forcing function for growth

13:55 Anticipation (visualization) of Freedom Day

14:38 30 DAYS out from resignation

15:48 Readying to lose my “guaranteed” paycheck

19:01 Feeling “alive” as I’ve cultivated my passion

21:20 7 DAYS out from resignation

24:16 Default Path vs. Pathless Path (Paul Millerd)

26:33 Resignation (Freedom) day

28:02 I resigned from corporate!

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TAKEAWAYS

1. After life fell apart for me, I took control of my corporate situation over recent years and found ways to operate on my own terms.

2. Soon, I was helping others do the same, and I discovered the seeds of a new entrepreneurial business.

3. COVID allowed me to experiment and lay the groundwork for a post-corporate life.

4. Personally, I eventually felt it wasn’t risky to leave corporate. It was riskier to stay — living a “small” life, being undiversified, denying my burning inner purpose.

5. I realized I could model out my net worth, free time, etc. in corporate for decades ahead. That “cap” scared me. I’d rather have uncapped potential.

6. Imposterism (imposter syndrome) took hold early on as I contemplated entrepreneurial life. I had to train my mind to welcome the shift as a worthy fear.

7. Leaving the corporate “safety net” became a forcing function for me to become who I’m capable of being.

8. I had to get comfortable with not having a rigid plan or “ideal results” before taking the leap.

9. I worked with my coach to execute a strategic, well-planned exit from corporate. I wasn’t going to leave my family (including wife and 4 kids) in a tough situation.

10. With massive moves in life (e.g., buying a house, having a kid, starting a business), the timing just has to be “good enough.” It’ll never be perfect. Trust yourself.

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RESOURCES

Related episodes: Self-Reliance (#17), Imposter Syndrome (#30)

35: Outcomes Over Hours

Épisode 35

mardi 12 avril 2022 • Durée 18:27

We're still battling remnants from the Industrial Age. One of the most notorious (and life-limiting) features is the standard workweek, including the cultural pressures to operate in a "standard" way.

Matt argues that one of the keys to time freedom is to let go of the "participation points" mentality where we show up to every meeting and take on an immense workload. The solution? Focus on outcomes, not hours.

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TIMESTAMPS

02:23 Topical overview

03:00 Battling an antiquated belief system

05:42 Negative effects of "playing their game"

07:40 Establishing a contract (with yourself & others)

11:10 Five steps to implement "outcomes over hours"

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TAKEAWAYS

1. The traditional workweek is antiquated, and if you fall victim to its trappings, you're trading off a lot for very little in return.

2. At performance review time, no one talks about the hours you put in — they analyze the "impactful" outcomes you delivered.

3. Choosing "outcomes over hours" is a philosophy for valuing your time — being hyper-efficient with how you protect it at work while redirecting that conserved energy to your actual life priorities.

4. We must understand corporate jobs from a "utility" standpoint to maximize our income and opportunities while not senselessly going "above and beyond" because of peer pressure.

5. Identify the core outcomes you must deliver and ruthlessly adjust your calendar and habits to deliver on these.

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34: Welcome to Uncage Yourself (Rebrand)

Épisode 34

mardi 5 avril 2022 • Durée 11:29

In this episode, Matt announces the rebrand of his podcast (formerly The Rising Digital Leader). In line with his new entrepreneurial mission, Matt describes the rationale for rebranding the show. He discusses his professional journey since COVID began, what he learned in the process, and what his personal reasons were for saying goodbye to corporate.

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Full show notes & resources: uncageyourself.fm

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TAKEAWAYS

1. Immense power in taking hear-aligned, messy action

2. Playing the same corporate games as everyone else can put life into a tailspin

3. Rather than succumb to the Corporate Cage, we can choose to live Uncaged

4. Multiples types of freedom that we should aim for: Time, Financial, Purpose, Relationships, Health

5. Matt is igniting an ambitious movement: to "uncage" 100K people by 2025

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Trailer: Uncage Yourself

lundi 4 avril 2022 • Durée 01:38

Uncage Yourself explores how to build a career and life on your terms.

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.

Full show notes & resources: uncageyourself.fm

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RESOURCES

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***NOTE: This show was formerly known as The Rising Digital Leader***

33: Maurice Philogene - The Freedom Fighter

Épisode 33

lundi 28 février 2022 • Durée 46:17

Maurice Philogene lives a robust life, with a background as a senior executive, real estate investor, restaurant owner, traveler, public servant, philanthropist, and lifestyle design/wealth coach. We spend our time in this episode discussing his driving aim: freedom. A self-proclaimed “freedom fighter,” he highlights what he learned from the corporate world and how we can design a lifestyle that’s just dripping with our version of freedom.

Stuck in the Corporate Cage? Download your Freedom Guide.

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TIMESTAMPS

02:16 Love of the Mediterranean

04:29 Moe’s backstory

08:07 Active work, passive income

11:23 The freedom fighter mentality

14:28 Combatting the Default Script

16:31 Maximizing utility within corporate

18:36 Intentional lifestyle design

22:56 Finding door-opening relationships

25:08 Stepping into philanthropy

28:33 Be selfish so you may be selfless

31:26 “A day in the life” with Moe

34:54 Rapid-fire questions

44:49 Closing message

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TAKEAWAYS

1. Once you have enough money to take care of your basic needs, you see that life is not about money at all

2. The five freedom principles: financial, time, geographic, purpose, relationships

3. We are responsible for using our income, experience, and skills to create our version of happiness

4. First and foremost, determine the utility that corporate jobs offer you — then, design from there

5. Be careful fulling into "rent-a-brain" situations; figure out how to conserve time and energy to unleash your creativity

6. It's okay to be selfish...in order to become selfless

7. Seek constant movement: expose yourself to new geographies, cultures, people, ideas, and opportunities to ensure you're always expanding

8. “We feel better as a human [when] we’re accessing the Earth.”

9. Everything comes from new relationships: being around people that are doing things on "another level"

10. Creating wealth can be joyous, as that abundance enables you to give to others

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RESOURCES

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Maurice's investment firm: Quattro Capital