#020 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Oct 25, 2025 · 3-min read The Switch You’re Not Flipping “I’m very entrepreneurial.” I hear this all the time. I used to say it, too. With pride. It felt accurate. I had ideas. I took initiative. I read the books. I ran side projects. I even led a team within the Strategic Innovation Group at a prominent consulting firm. Oh, I felt so important. Because it sounded bold. Different. Even rebellious—a key trait of who I was becoming. People wore jeans and...
12 days ago • 4 min read
#019 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Oct 18, 2025 · 3-min read From Wage Work to Life Leverage “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world.” —Archimedes That’s not just ancient wisdom. It’s a modern advantage. Let’s talk about what’s changed... In the Old Economy, leverage was reserved. You needed permission to thrive. A degree. A gatekeeper. A boss. Someone to let you in. Validate you. Promote you. Today? As Naval Ravikant says, we’ve entered the age of...
19 days ago • 4 min read
#018 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Oct 11, 2025 · 3-min read Watch Your Game Film Tom Brady was never the most athletic guy on the field. Not the strongest. Not the fastest. Barely drafted at all. But he went on to become the greatest quarterback of all time. Why? Because he watched the game film. Religiously. Ruthlessly. Relentlessly. He poured over every angle—his throws, his reads, his protection, his failures. But he didn’t stop there. He looked at his body as a system. He noticed how...
26 days ago • 3 min read
#017 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Oct 4, 2025 · 3-min read Skepticism Isn’t Wisdom. It’s Fear. I need to be honest. I have a hard time being around skeptics. Not because I dislike them. But because I just don’t understand them. It’s like we’re living in two different worlds. For years, I’ve trained myself to default to possibility. To seek alignment, not fear. To trust that what’s meant for me will resonate—and what doesn’t, won’t even make it onto my radar. Skepticism rarely crosses my mind....
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
#016 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Sep 27, 2025 · 3-min read Stop Competing. Start Creating. It started as survival. In the industrial era, we needed labor. Predictability. Order. A system that rewarded compliance and efficiency. Schools, factories, and companies were all modeled the same way—for a reason. Employers needed cloned humans to function. So we trained people to follow rules, climb ladders, and compete for limited spots. It made sense then. But that was over a century ago. And yet...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
#015 | Read Online By Matt Doan · Sep 20, 2025 · 3-min read Freelancer vs. Entrepreneur “Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.” —Warren Buffett You’re finally out of corporate—or getting close. Maybe you jumped. Maybe you were nudged. Maybe you just hit your limit. Now comes the big move: You take your corporate skills and reputation. You repackage it all into your own...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
#014 | Read Online By Matt Doan · September 13, 2025 · 3-min read The Comfort Penalty You tell yourself you’ll get going when the time is right. After this quarter. After the next raise. After things “settle down.” Even when you know something’s off—that you’re clearly meant for more. But life isn’t that bad… right? You’re surviving. You're paid well. You’ve got the title. You’re respected. So you wait. Another day. Another week. Another year. That’s the trade most people are making. Quietly....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
#013 | Read Online By Matt Doan · September 6, 2025 · 3-min read Breaking the Pattern of Deferred Freedom You keep climbing the ladder. Maybe it’s for status. Maybe for safety. Maybe because it’s all you know. You think: “If I keep going, I’ll eventually earn my freedom.” That logic runs deep. Decades of programming. You assumed promotions would unlock ease. That stock, bonuses, and seniority would finally give you control. But now, something feels horribly off. Or maybe you’ve already...
2 months ago • 3 min read
#012 | Read Online By Matt Doan · August 30, 2025 · 4 min read How to Solve the Whole Corporate Graduation™ Puzzle (Not Just One Piece) “I’ve had a few consulting gigs, but it’s slow going.” “I’m invested in a small real estate portfolio, but we keep hitting dips.” “I put $50K into a franchise, but it’s more draining than my current job.” I hear this all the time. From smart, ambitious people who want out of corporate life—but are stuck. Yes, they’re motivated. They’re not lazy or naive. But...
2 months ago • 4 min read