

Corporate Graduation
Matt Doan
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 shift from corporate dependent to corporate optional. Make your employer an investor in your founder business. Deploy your gold under your own name.
Host Matt Doan left 15 years in management consulting to build the framework that's helped hundreds make that move. Tune in for the frameworks, the critical work nobody talks about, and the real playbook for graduating corporate.
Now you're successful and suffocating — sitting on career capital that's making someone else rich.
Corporate Graduation is the shift from corporate dependent to corporate optional. Make your employer an investor in your founder business. Deploy your gold under your own name.
Host Matt Doan left 15 years in management consulting to build the framework that's helped hundreds make that move. Tune in for the frameworks, the critical work nobody talks about, and the real playbook for graduating corporate.
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Feb 6, 2024 • 19min
113: Building Uncaged 2.0
I’ve grown more in the last 2 years than in the previous 20.
This includes:
The growing pains of starting a business
Constant experimentation to be of service
Investing in my own growth at profound levels
From a personal and professional viewpoint, I now have crystal clarity on my purpose and transformational value for others.
And with that, I’m bursting at the seams with insights and strategies I’m ready to share with you.
That’s what I’m bubbling over with excitement as I prepare for the imminent launch of Uncaged 2.0.
This means I’m rolling out massive upgrades to my two coaching programs that are actively transforming dozens of lives at any moment.
If you’re ready to “graduate” corporate, listen closely.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
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Jan 31, 2024 • 13min
112: "Work" Half, Double Your Impact (The Double Count Time System)
Act like average people and you'll get average results.
Like Einstein, we need to reimagine "time." And in tandem, we need to redefine "work."
This is how we achieve more impact (professional and personal) with far less effort.
Whether you're still in corporate or you're already on your own, this episode presents a critical mental shift you need to hear.
Learn the art of the "double count." Install this time system immediately.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
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Jan 23, 2024 • 11min
111: The Exponential Career
Is your career stuck on an Incremental path?
Salary bumps can't keep pace with inflation...let alone your dreams.
It's time to make the hyper-jump to an Exponential Career.
Learn to:
Minimize time at your job
Use it to fund a new leveraged business
Create exponential gains in your lifestyle
Break free from the corporate hamster wheel. Create the freedom, fulfillment, and financial abundance you desire.
It’s not overnight or easy. But with concentrated effort, you can transition to working on your own terms.
So, will you continue the rat race? Or boldly step into an Exponential Career and life? The choice is yours.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn

Jan 16, 2024 • 14min
110: Centralize Your Genius
Far too many professionals conform to one-size-fits-all corporate success criteria. This stifles their natural gifts.
Though they deliver results and earn good money, they feel dead inside as their genius gets suppressed.
The solution is to harness your Zone of Genius (ZoG) — the intersection of your:
Talents
Interests
Perspectives
Centralize and lead from your ZoG. Make it the hub of everything.
Stop conforming and gap-filling weaknesses. Start expressing your superpowers.
This unlocks freedom, income, and impact.
You have a choice:
Squander your talents fitting molds
Centralize your genius and come alive
The key is identifying and then centrally expressing your unique genius, both in corporate and entrepreneurial ventures.
It's time to unlock your full career potential and a bigger life.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn

Jan 9, 2024 • 18min
109: Your Future Self Is Begging You to Act
If the corporate grind has worn you down, there's another path to freedom in the new year:
Rapidly re-engineer your job to buy back time (keeping income and family safe)
Invest in mentors to experiment with opportunities and take daily action toward your dream
Build a scalable online business aligned with your superpowers
The right system helps you leverage your corporate past to aggressively create the entrepreneurial freedom you and your family deserve.
Don't cling to familiarity and fear — craft your next chapter now.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn

Dec 26, 2023 • 14min
108: Turn Your Faith Inward
I was raised to put faith in external systems: religion, school, and corporate systems.
And while external systems gave me some value and perspective, I eventually became empty inside. I lacked faith in my inner wisdom and potential.
Life skyrocketed when I learned to turn my faith inward.
New creative energies awakened, and a brand new life of freedom opened up.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn

Dec 19, 2023 • 15min
107: Brutally Honest Reflections Since Leaving Corporate
Dive into essential lessons for thriving in entrepreneurship! Discover the power of an abundance mindset and the importance of mentorship. Reflect on the emotional journey of leaving corporate life for freedom and growth. Learn strategies for financial success and confronting the challenges of this bold transition. Enjoy insights that will inspire you to embrace a serve-based approach and develop a CEO mindset for a fulfilling entrepreneurial path.

Dec 6, 2023 • 13min
106: Filling That Professional Hole in Your Heart
Do you feel a gnawing professional hole in your heart?
Your career once filled you up, but now you're trapped and making no impact.
You might've tried the "freedom through passive income" route, but it's not truly passive and it felt like a second job.
So, the professional hole remains. Darkness floods your days.
It's time to:
Cultivate your passion
Identify your superpowers
Start a business that fully expresses YOU
Something you own (and love) needs to be part of your professional portfolio.
You don't need to escape corporate — make it an investor in this critical new venture.
Stop feeling trapped and start making your maximum impact with a business you love.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(01:44) Empty feeling inside
(02:37) We need professional fire
(04:39) The portfolio career
(05:56) Passive income delusions
(07:47) Darkness expands
(08:20) Heart > Head
(10:17) Re-allocate your portfolio
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn

Nov 29, 2023 • 14min
105: End the Paralysis & Go Build Something You Own
You've reached a point where you feel unfulfilled in your corporate career. Now you crave meaning, impact, and entrepreneurial freedom.
But you're stuck on the starting line, paralyzed by overanalysis.
We can't wait for inspiration, passion, or confidence.
It's time to get moving — to start building a business we own. Let's discuss how.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(02:24) Stuck on the starting line
(03:38) No more long-term choices
(04:37) Analysis paralysis
(05:26) Don't follow passion
(08:18) The point of the game
(08:35) Tactics for building
(11:29) Commitment → confidence
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn

Nov 22, 2023 • 21min
104: Design Your Personal Category
Don’t craft a personal brand. Don’t “find your niche.”
Instead, design your personal category (hint: this is a psychology game).
This is the place where you build your future. It’s where you build a “1 of 1” business where you’re authentic and bold.
Here, you offer a unique transformation for those you aim to serve. In turn, you unlock massive freedom, income, and impact.
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👉 Build entrepreneurial freedom (training)
🗓️ Book your breakthrough call
🌐 Show site: UncageYourself.FM
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Intro
(02:45) The modern factory life
(04:17) No one cares about you
(05:52) The anti-personal brand
(08:17) Frame, name, & claim
(09:20) Matt's personal category
(11:54) Problems w/ brands & niches
(14:00) Personal category components
(15:09) Category = personal freedom
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RESOURCES
Newsletter: Uncaged Secrets
Connect w/ Matt on LinkedIn


