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Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick

Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon"

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Frequency: 1 episode/5d. Total Eps: 180

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Hello and welcome to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick. We discuss the things that make you go "Hmm?" — the most pressing topics of contemplation in your mind as you interface with the reality of your day-to-day life. Are you open, curious, and ready to solve the mysteries of why stuff happens? Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses.
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What if life and reality were just one big game? Episode 112

Episode 112

jeudi 9 octobre 2025Duration 13:44

It's called a GAME STATE REALITY. Many brilliant people believe we are living in a simulation. More specifically, some sort of video game. What's interesting is that we can't prove we are not, so the Dragon is all over that!!! Let's examine our game state reality.

Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

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Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics for almost 15 years? I have learned to read at nearly 4 times the speed with 10 times the retention from Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon

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Finding Superman - How did humanity get so soft? - Episode 111

Episode 111

mardi 7 octobre 2025Duration 31:27

Finding Superman: How Did Humanity Get So Soft?

Somewhere along the way, humanity traded its hunger for comfort—and in doing so, tamed the tiger within. In this episode, Dr. JC Doornick (The Dragon) takes you on a journey from the streets of post-earthquake Haiti to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, exploring how society, culture, and convenience have softened our edge, silenced our will to power, and lulled us into complacency.

Through stories, philosophy, and reflection, you’ll rediscover Nietzsche’s concept of the Übermensch—the human who dares to rise above conformity, reclaim meaning, and say yes to life even in the storm. This is not about judgment. It’s about remembering who we are, what we’re capable of, and what it takes to awaken the untamed creator within.

Because the world doesn’t need more comfort, it requires more courage. The tiger’s still there—waiting for you to let it out of its cage.

Make Sense?

Listen now to learn how to reclaim your will to power, rise above victimhood, and rediscover your inner Superman.

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Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is a subjective and acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

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Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster with 10 times retention from Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon

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Highlights:

 

0:00 - Intro

2:34 - Topic Intro - Finding Superman - How’d we get so soft?

4:24 - The first time I woke up to humanity’s softness.

7:41 - Frederick Nietzsche’s Philosophies

8:48 - The Ubermensch “Superman”

12:17 - Softness

15:34 - Victimhood?

22:17 - How did we get so soft?

24:04 - To live fully, we must first die?

27:31 - The Second Step - Reframing Hardship

27:45 - The Third Step - To Choose


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Making Sense of Taxes with Shawn Finnegan from Taxhive

Episode 102

lundi 11 août 2025Duration 46:00

It's almost comical to recognize that in the Makes Sense Ecosystem, our cornerstone system that helps people reclaim control of their reality and learn to think for themselves in a world that is thinking for us, we inappropriately call the IRS: Interface Response System. 

But when it comes to taxes, the relationship most people have with the other IRS is… complicated. We dread it. We avoid it. We joke about it. But rarely do we understand it. Today, we’re pulling back the curtain to explore how the tax system works, and more importantly, how to work with it instead of against it.

Joining me is a new friend I originally met at the fast-growing and trendy Cre8tiveCon event. He is someone who has mastered the art of navigating this strange financial landscape: Shawn Finnegan is cofounder of new highly relevant company called Tax Hive. Shawn’s not only an accomplished entrepreneur and investor, he’s the guy who managed to pitch and sell to Kevin O’Leary, ‘Mr. Wonderful from Shark Tank, on becoming his business partner. Wait til you hear that story.

From being jobless during the 2008 recession to building a multimillion-dollar company, Shawn knows the highs, lows, and strategic moves it takes to succeed. Today, he’s an investor and partner in multiple ventures, including Tax Hive and The X Room, helping entrepreneurs protect their assets, minimize tax liabilities, and grow their wealth.

So, whether you’re someone who fears the IRS, ignores it, or wants to learn some great ways to keep more of what you earn, this conversation might just change the way you look at taxes forever."

On a personal note, what i love most about Shawn is that underneath his big thirst and drive to gow impactdriven companies, his most valuable asset is the time he spends with his three daughters.

Connect with Shawn Finnegan

Taxhive Blueprint -  IG:  @finneganshawn   

Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast: This podcast covers topics that expand human consciousness and performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is a subjective and acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. 

►Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:

Instagram: / @drjcdoornick  

Facebook:  / @makessensepodcast  

YouTube:  / @drjcdoornick  

Join us as we unpack and make sense of the challenges of living in a comparative reality in this fast moving egocentric world. 

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Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where i get all these topics for almost 15 years? I have learned to read at almost 4 times faster with 10X retention from Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon  

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Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast: This podcast covers topics that expand human consciousness and performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is a subjective and acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.

- Makes Sense Academy: A private mastermind and psychological safe full of the Mindset, and Action steps that will help you begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about 

- The Sati Experience: A retreat designed for the married couple that truly loves one another yet wants to take their love to that higher magical level where. Come relax, reestablish and renew your love at the Sati Experience. https://www.satiexperience.com 

0:00 - Intro 1:42 - Let’s talk Taxes and TaxHive 5:16 - Who is Taxhive? 7:54 - How did you convince Mr. Wonderful, “Kevin O’Leary,” to be your partner? 12:09 - Some great tax tips to save big this year.19:28 - Why do accountants not tell their clients about these big deductions? 21:18 - What should someone who is way behind in Taxes do? 24:47 - Finding the light in a dark tunnel. 34:36 - What lies ahead with AI and Taxes? 37:38 - What is your impossible dream?

 


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Making Sense of Optimal Health? With Dr. Steven Geanopulos - Episode 12

Episode 12

lundi 22 avril 2024Duration 48:31

Welcome to another episode of the Makes Sense Podcast with Dr. JC Doornick and a very special guest. Making Sense of Optimal Health with Dr. Steven Geanopulos. What a great conversation about a topic that proves to be mostly confusing and for the most part made up to suit the needs of the individual when asked "What does it mean to be healthy?" Dr. Steven Geanopolus is a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic as well as a diplomat in Chiropractic Neurology. As the CEO of Cyrene Labs, a full scale optimal health diagnotic company, brings a facinating and eye opening vantage point to the mystery surrounding the topic of health in America and the world.

 

Connect with Dr. Steven Geanopulos:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsteveng Websites: Dr. Steven G: https://drsteveng.com  Cyrene Labs: https://www.cyrenelabs.com 

Sponsor:

Makes Sense Academy: https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about 

Connect With Dr. JC Doornick: https://zez.am/makessense 

Highlights:

01:00 - Intro Dr. Steve G 04:00 - What is Dr. Steve Working On and Excited about? 06:40 - Why are people showing interest in learning but lacking in taking action? 12:34 - Is the range of what MD's call normal health changing as the world gets sicker? 23:32 - Sponsor Break - The Makes Sense Academy 27:40 - Are health professionals not equipped to measure health? 30:53 - How do you define what it means to be "Healthy"?


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One From The Vault - Indistractable with Author Nir Ayal

Episode 11

jeudi 18 avril 2024Duration 45:45

Welcome to One from the Vault Thursdays, where the Makes Sense Podcast Pulls the most classic Rise Up With Dragon podcast episodes from the past.   INDISTRACTABLE: Nir Eyal is an Israeli-born American author, lecturer and investor known for his bestselling books: HOOKED: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and INDISTRACTABLE: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.   Nir Ayal's Website: https://www.nirandfar.com Indistractable Book: https://amzn.to/3Q4MuLA    Sponsored By:  Makes Sense Academy - https://www.riseupwithdragon.com/makes-sense-academy    Connect With Dr. JC Doornick "Dragon" - https://zez.am/makessense 


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RESPOND - Step Four of the Interface Response System - Episode 10

Episode 10

lundi 15 avril 2024Duration 41:04

Observe the three words. Interface - Response - System? Steps one through three have been acknowledging the Interface between you and the things you come across in life.  Now armed and aware of your unconscious and automatic response system we are ready to receive an upgrade to your new, improved one that better suits your goals and dreams. Your old system had its perks and got you to this place. However, it was often inefficient and glitchy in terms of forward progress towards bigger and better things. Now, let's look at creating a more efficient and rational response. Enjoy

 

Thank you to our sponsors Makes Sense Academy: https://www.riseupwithdragon.com/makes-sense-academy 

 

ResourcesConnect With Dr. JC Doornick-  https://zez.am/makessense - Website: https://www.riseupwithdragon

Resources: 

Timestamps(00:00:00) Introduction (00:01:25) Response - ABILITY - Steven Covey (00:2:45) Who decides what a Healthy Response is? (00:3:58) If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there. (00:6:02) Collective Illusion - Todd Rose (00:8:48) The Madella Affect (00:11:16) The Reality Threshold (00:15:57) The Makes Sense Academy. (00:18:25) More or Less (00:19:37) Design Thinking - Herbert A Simon (00:22:00) What does it take to reprogram our response system? (00:26:31) Habit Formation (00:25:41) The four stages of conscious transformation (00:27:50) Emotional Resiliance (00:29:18) Accountability and Support (00:34:45) Look Out for Flow Burglars (00:35:57) The Science of FLOW


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ASSESS - Step Three of the Interface Response System - Episode 9

Episode 9

lundi 8 avril 2024Duration 51:19

The goal is to change the way we look at things, so that the things we look at can begin to change. Welcome to Stpe Three of the Interface Response System - ASSESS - In this episode we learn how to execute on this arduous task of assessing the scene of the interface from a different vantage point. Along with three powerful tools to add to your belt, this episode will play a major role in the rewiring of your assessment making machine. My favorite step of the 4 step process. Enjoy

 

Thank you to our sponsors Makes Sense Academy: https://www.riseupwithdragon.com/makes-sense-academy 

 

ResourcesConnect With Dr. JC Doornick-  https://zez.am/makessense - Website: https://www.riseupwithdragon

Resources: 

Timestamps(00:00:00) Introduction (00:00:37) Change the way you look at things so that the things you look at begine to change. (00:3:19) What we see is what we get but is what we get what actually is or just what we see? (00:5:37) Looking at things from a different vantage point. (00:6:47) A case against reality with Donald Hoffman (00:8:01) The Simulation Hypothesis with Rizwan Virk (00:13:20) Life as a video game?(00:15:46) The Eye of the Storm (00:14:37) Your old programmed mind is impatient and doesn't like to wait too long. (00:18:27) Cognitive Disputation (00:20:21) What is the efficacy of Free Will with Sam Harris (00:22:04) THe Elephant Parable (00:26:21) Survey the Scene (00:28:10) Thinking Fast and Slow with Daniel Kahneman  (00:29:04) Makes Sense Academy Sponsor Break (00:29:00) The Bouncer Revised (00:32:30) Whole-O-graphic Vision


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THE PAUSE - Step Two of the Interface Response System - Episode 8

Episode 7

dimanche 31 mars 2024Duration 36:39

Moving right along. Welcome to  STEP TWO of the 4 step Interface Response System called PAUSE. This powerful tool teaches us how to place our often problematic, knee jerk perception and response on a temporary pause in order to allow ourselves to step into the space between tthe stimulus and our response, to evaluate the situation with an untainted, open and clear mind. Welcome to the eye of the storm. 

Thank you to our sponsors Makes Sense Academy: https://www.riseupwithdragon.com/makes-sense-academy 

ResourcesConnect With Dr. JC Doornick-  https://zez.am/makessense - Website: https://www.riseupwithdragon - Talking To Yourself is not crazy - Larry Markson -https://amzn.to/3PIGffX - Viktor Rankl's A Man's Search for Meaning Book - https://amzn.to/3J6liYB  - Brandi Carlysle Song "The Eye" - https://open.spotify.com/track/0Plf9mewMoYkwEvncCjfxS?si=57680f6b9c89440f - Jim Kwik Online Courses - www.kwiklearning.com 

Timestamps(00:00:00) Introduction (00:02:15) Recap of Step One Brain Awareness Perception (00:8:45) Its you that has the idea to change your program, not your subconscious mind. (00:10:25) Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Bias, Cognitive Distancing (00:13:36) Sponsor - Makes Sense Academy (00:15:00) The Illusion Of Agency and Paul Conti (00:14:40) The Space Between the Stimulus and Response - Viktor Frankl (00:15:46) The Eye of the Storm (00:19:08) The Disentanglement of Consciousness (00:23:22) HMMM? 


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Brain Awareness Perception - Step One of the Interface Response System - Episode 7

Episode 7

lundi 25 mars 2024Duration 34:11

I am very excited to present to you STEP ONE of the 4 step Interface Response System called PERCEPTION. This crucial step unveils the very reason we’d validate working on our perception and responses in acknowledging the vast capabilities your brain possesses to run the show as the sense maker and decision maker without any help from you. 

Thank you to our sponsors Makes Sense Academy: https://www.riseupwithdragon.com/makes-sense-academy

ResourcesConnect With Dr. JC Doornick-  https://zez.am/makessense Website: https://www.riseupwithdragon Huberman Lab Interview With Paul Conti: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLRCS48Ens4 PBS Special - Your Brain, Who is in control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ6VOOd73MA 

Timestamps(00:00:00) Introduction (00:04:02) Intro to the IRS (Interface Response System) (00:6:50) If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. (00:7:49) Brain Awareness Perception? (00:10:18) Sponsor - Makes Sense Academy (00:15:00) The Illusion Of Agency and Paul Conti (00:42:18) Mazarin Banaji - How much Control over Agency do we have (00:16:07) Uri Maoz - The perception of agency (00:18:23) Icahn School of Medicine Sleep Center at Mount Sinai, Emmanuel During

 


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Sorting - Learning to Filter what stays and what goes? - Episode 6

Episode 6

lundi 18 mars 2024Duration 36:48

Welcome to the MAKES SENSE podcast, where we apply the science, art and philosophy of sense making to the things that make you go Hmmm? Those most pressing thoughts and discussions going on in our minds today. The Makes Sense Podcast is an expense free service with the intention of helping you execute on the concept of changing the way you look at things, so that the things you look at begin to change. 

Connect With Dr. JC - https://zez.am/makessense

Today we’ll MAKE SENSE of a process i call SORTING - A technique from step three (Assess) of the Interface Response System that assists us in making better Decisions that are in support of the life you desire

Let’s consciously take this moment and begin the process of reclaiming control of our reality. How do we reclaim control of our reality and life? We must first identify what it means and feel like it is out of control? How does the feeling of being out of control show up in your life? For me, it shows up in many ways. When I participate with my thoughts and feelings of worry and concern for example. I can find myself either overeating or easily agitated and irritated by people. Even loved ones. I find it hard for me to multitask and stay on track with the things I had planned to do that day. Sometimes I find my confidence is down as well as my general outlook on life. In fact I have created a general name for all these symptoms and feelings associated with me being out of control. I call it FUNKY TOWN. Where I find myself in a FUNK. Have you been there? Only challenge is that while I am feeling these downstream symptoms I am unaware or unconscious that I am out of control.  I just feel crappy in general. Yet I am unaware that I am trying to control the uncontrollables in my life. See, that is my definition of being out of control. Being out of the state of controlling the things we control and in the state of trying to build an airplane in the sky or teach a goldfish to climb a tree. Both are impossible. Just like you trying to control the uncontrollables in your life and feeling, OUT OF CONTROL.

One of my favorite quotes came from the amazing Ekhart Tolle, author of one of my top favorite reads, The Power of Now. Tolle speaks a lot about suffering and says that the first step to end suffering is the acknowledgment that you are in fact suffering. This is why I introduced the concept of first being able to make the distinction that you are in fact out of control and that your lack of control is showing up in your ineffectiveness at responding to adversity with grace. As we discussed in the last episode. Why is this important? Well, it would be the reason and catalist for you wanting to make some changes in your life. Specifically in taking control of what you decide to do with your time, as well as who and what gets into your schedule and mind and who and what does not? 

So let's start with unveiling why we’d want to learn how to sort through the things that matter vs don’t? It begins with your current reality and what your perception is about your life. Are you genuinely happy with your life? How would you go about determining if you were genuinely happy?

Paul Conti interview on Huberman Lab. When asked how we define a “Healthy Self”? What is the healthy version of self? What should we all be aspiring to? Paul Conti replied that a healthy self presents its life through the lens of agency and gratitude. He explains that if a human has those two things, Agency and Gratitude, you almost never see things go wrong. 

Agency refers to an individual's capacity to make choices, set goals, and take intentional actions to influence their life circumstances.

Gratitude: involves recognizing and appreciating the positive aspects of life, acknowledging the goodness in oneself and others, and expressing thankfulness.

So, if someone is genuinely happy with themselves, they are someone that is experiencing agency and gratitude  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLRCS48Ens4)

My question to Paul Conti should I ever be graced with his presence on the show would be this. Can a human being create and self fabricate the illusion that they are in a state of agency and gratitude through the practices of mindfulness and repetition of things like daily affirmations and controlling what they consume from the world each day? And, is that the same as the genuine agency and gratitude that I am hearing you speak of? In other words, can we decide any day to practice and manifest agency and gratitude even in the absence of things like basic physical, mental and financial well being due to a lack of motivation and consistency in our daily lives? Can we fabricate it and make it up?

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Why am I fascinated by this idea of possessing the ability to look at life through the lens of Agency and Gratitude? Because it is the foundation for why someone would take their lives serious enough to consider practicing some of the various effective tools we discuss on this podcast that are intended to pause our potentially inefficient response system, and take measures to learn how to protect the doorway to our minds with things like consumption control and the practice of sorting. In other words, if you don’t know your power and abilities and don’t have a deep appreciation for how amazing and precious life is? You won’t be motivated to protect it and will do what most do. Go with the flow.

Definition: Sorting is the process of arranging things systematically into groups; separating things according to type, class, etc. "the mail was sorted" 

In the context of phase three of the Interface Response System, ASSESS. Sorting carries the same definition yet has a different intention outside of just getting things organized. The practice of sorting is analogous to that of a filter. Taking things we interface with (events, people, thoughts, feelings etc.) and sorting them out to determine which ones go and which ones stay. Similar to the traditional elements of sorting, in this filter we must learn how to assess the events;

  • Prioritization and importance: Does it matter

  • Goal Alignment: In accordance with our goals and dreams.

  • Categorization: Where does it fit in or does it not?

  • Control Factor: Do we have any control over the situation or not?

THE BOUNCER:

The best way to put some color to the practice of sorting is analogy of the BOUNCER - The basic premise of a bouncer's job in a bar or nightclub is quality control. If working the front door, the bouncer checks ID’s and uses a guest list to control who gets in and who doesn’t. If walking around the inside of the facility, the bouncers job is to make sure everyone that got inside is playing nice and adding to the quality of the environment for all to enjoy themselves. If all is looking kosher, its nothing but smiles. If someone or something is out of alignment the bouncer reserves the right to remove them from the premises with force if necessary. 

In terms of you being the bouncer in your life it means that your mind, mental health and sense making machine represents the nightclub. Your voluntary conscious mind is the filter or bouncer that is there to sort things out. Determine who and what’s on the invited guest list or not. Your negative thoughts, fears, worries, and concerns that are holding you back? They are the guests in your nightclub that are no longer welcome and must be escorted from the premises. 

The skill set of the bouncer goes beyond just sorting. A good bouncer doesn’t take things personally when guests argue and complain or resist being removed. A good bouncer separates themselves from getting emotionally attached to these interactions and just does their job based on using logic and rationale in connection with the desire to have a homeostatic, safe and efficient environment.

They assess the situation by asking three basic questions that require checks across the board. Get one no to one of the three questions? No entry and removal from the premises.

  1. Does this matter and is this about me or them?

  2. Is this in support of the direction I am moving?

  3. Is this in my control or not?

By asking these three questions, you are passing all things you interface with through your sorting filter. Helping you determine what gets in and stays, vs. what doesn’t get it and must go. 

Might you need to hire a bouncer to start checking ID’s, and walk through your nightclub to remove unwanted guests?

Connect With Dr. JC - https://zez.am/makessense

 


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