- 7 minutes 4 secondsGood Shift – The World We Made Up – E233
Dr. JC Doornick spent some time watching the birds at his feeder and noticed something that kept him curious: no opinions about themselves, no ranking, no unfinished business. In this Wednesday episode, pulled from the best of the Makes Sense Substack, he explores the second world we quietly built on top of the first, the one made of meaning, rank and invisible scorecards, and how we forgot we ever made it. You’ll hear why imposter syndrome and constant comparison only exist inside that world, what happens when the scoring stops, and a simple practice for catching yourself in the middle of it. Stay with me.
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MAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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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Timestamps 0:00 - 1:07: Welcome and the Makes Sense Opening 1:08 - 1:57: Watching the Birds at the Feeder 1:57 - 3:16: The Second World We Built on Top of the First 3:16 - 4:24: What Living Inside a World of Meaning Costs Us 4:24 - 6:19: Catching Yourself in the Second World 6:19 - 7:01: Wrap Up and Sign Off
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11 November 2026, 12:00 pm - 18 minutes 15 secondsGarry Lineham - The Missing Piece in Our Understanding of the Body - E232
Garry Lineham is a cofounder of Human Garage, the movement behind Fascial Maneuvers, a practice built on pressure, counter rotation, breath and intention. In this conversation, Garry walks me through how he believes fascia senses and sends signals through the body, why he sees the body as a language most of us were never taught, and why he has committed to keeping the core of this work free. He also takes my rapid fire questions on cold plunging, the worst health advice he has ever received, and the weirdest place he has ever done a maneuver. If you have ever felt stuck in your own body, you will want to hear where he says to begin. Stay with me.
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► Instagram: @garrylineham
► Human Garage Instagram: @humangarage
► Human Garage app (free): https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/human-garage/id6479702708
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MAKES SENSE PODCAST
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 subjective and an 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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Timestamps
0:00 - 1:06: Cold Open and Welcome to Makes Sense
1:07 - 3:47: Fascia, Sensing and the Body's Electrical Field
3:48 - 7:07: How Fascial Maneuvers Work Through Counter Rotation, Breath and Intention
7:08 - 9:51: Why It Feels Embarrassingly Simple and Garry's View on the Science
9:52 - 12:05: Why the Core Work Is Free and the Push for More Coaches
12:06 - 14:46: Rapid Fire Round and the One Thing to Remember
14:47 - 18:12: Where to Start, the One Day Reset, the Autoimmune Program and Sign Off
Sources
- Garry Lineham, Omega Institute: cofounder of Human Garage, spelling of his name
- LeAnn Rimes jaw release, Fox News: March 2026 video with Human Garage, and the @garrylineham and @humangarage handles
- Human Garage app, App Store: free app listing by Human Garage Inc
- Human Garage community page: its own claim of over a billion users
- Human Garage and unlocking trauma, Dazed: critical coverage
- Meet Human Garage, The Nod: critical coverage
- Ghost Murmur report, Business Today: the heartbeat tracking reports
- Experts question Ghost Murmur, Calcalist: scientists challenge the claims
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9 November 2026, 12:00 pm - 19 minutes 38 secondsStop Feeling Like a Failure - E231
Dr. JC Doornick takes on one of the heaviest labels people carry: failure. Why do we feel like failures in a world that never promised us success? Dr. JC makes the case that much of what we call failure is a story we tell about an event, not the event itself. Along the way he draws on Carol Dweck’s power of “yet,” J.K. Rowling’s Harvard address on the fringe benefits of failure, the illusion of control, the Buddhist parable of the two arrows, and Epictetus on what is and is not in our control. Then he walks you through the pause step of his Interface Response System, one small “hmm” that creates space between what happened and what you decide it means. You also get a practice to try this week. Stay with me.
Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy: ► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: /drjcdoornick ► Substack: /drjcdoornick ► Facebook: /makessensepodcast ► YouTube: /drjcdoornick
MAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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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Podcast Affiliates Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with 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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Timestamps 0:00 - 2:50: Cold Open and Rapid Fire: Is Failure Something We Invented? 2:50 - 7:07: Nature Doesn’t Keep Score: Rules, Shoulds, and Mistaking the Map for the Territory 7:07 - 9:31: Failure as an Event vs. Failure as Identity: Carol Dweck, J.K. Rowling, and Steve Jobs 9:31 - 12:28: The Illusion of Control, the Two Arrows, and the Dichotomy of Control 12:28 - 15:27: The Interface Response System: Pause, Say Hmm, and Question the Story 15:27 - 17:58: Non-Attached Care, the River, and Responsibility for Your Own Participation 17:58 - 19:35: Your Practice for This Week and Closing
Sources: Harvard Gazette, Rowling speech, Langer 1975, Dweck’s TED talk, Sallatha Sutta
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6 November 2026, 12:00 pm - 4 minutes 44 secondsGood Shift - In Consideration - E230
In this Good Shift episode, Dr. JC Doornick brings the best of the Makes Sense Substack to the podcast with a short, sharp look at consideration. We are taught to be considerate, and rightly so. But he asks whether we have become so considerate of every headline, imagined judgment, and passing worry that we have gone inconsiderate toward our own well-being and the people sitting right across from us. He introduces the careless model, where caring less does not mean going cold. It means becoming less available to whatever keeps renting space in your attention. Stay with me. By the end you will be asking what deserves more of you, and what you can finally put down.
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MAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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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4 November 2026, 12:00 pm - 28 minutes 32 secondsHal Elrod - The 5 Minute Rule That Beat the Odds - E229
Hal Elrod was hit head-on by a drunk driver, found dead at the scene, and told he would never walk again. Years later, by his own account, he lost more than half of his income and his house went into foreclosure. Then he was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive cancer. Each time he reached for the same tools: the Five Minute Rule and the six practices behind The Miracle Morning, the book, series and documentary that has reached millions. In this conversation Hal breaks down where his mindset came from, why acceptance is the real engine, and how he reframed a 30 percent survival rate into a commitment to be among the survivors. If you have ever wanted a practical way to stop resisting what you cannot change, stay with me. Do not go anywhere.
Connect With Hal Elrod:
Website: https://halelrod.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hal_elrod The Miracle Morning (book and series): https://miraclemorning.com/books/ The Miracle Morning Movie (free): https://miraclemorning.com/movie/
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MAKES SENSE PODCAST
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 subjective and an 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, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with 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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Timestamps
- 0:00 - 1:05: Cold open and show intro
- 1:05 - 5:26: Cutco, the car accident, the 2007 collapse, and the birth of SAVERS
- 5:26 - 11:01: Where the positive mindset came from: the Five Minute Rule and acceptance
- 11:01 - 15:48: Asking better questions, self-publishing, and the one million lives goal
- 15:48 - 19:54: The cancer diagnosis and reframing the 30 percent survival rate
- 19:54 - 24:02: Protecting your mind with SAVERS and resetting every morning
- 24:02 - 26:57: Where to start: 10 minutes, one practice, and the movie
- 26:57 - 28:30: What is next for Hal and closing
Sources:
- SUCCESS: Hal Elrod and The Miracle Morning Ecosystem
- SUCCESS: Technically Hal Elrod has died 3 times
- Miracle Morning movie page
- Apple TV: The Miracle Morning cast and crew
- Hal Elrod, episode 211 on his cancer diagnosis
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2 November 2026, 12:00 pm - 24 minutes 14 secondsWhy Successful People Feel Like Frauds - E228
Dr. JC Doornick has lived extreme success and extreme failure, and he still catches imposter syndrome showing up in his own head. In this episode he opens with a rapid round of “makes sense or not” questions that expose the beliefs quietly running your decisions. Then he breaks down why your brain can generate a feeling of inadequacy without producing a single piece of evidence, how negativity bias and social comparison feed it, and how the four step Interface Response System from his book helps you investigate the story instead of defending it. Along the way he hands you four words to tuck in your pocket like a hammer in a tool belt. Stay with me.
Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy: ► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: /drjcdoornick ► Substack: /drjcdoornick ► Facebook: /makessensepodcast ► YouTube: /drjcdoornick
MAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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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Podcast Affiliates Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon
OUR SPONSORS Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - https://www.blueblindsbakery.com
Timestamps 0:00 - 0:57: Cold open and show intro 0:57 - 2:35: Rapid round: four beliefs to test, and why confidence comes from action 2:35 - 4:02: Even Maya Angelou and Albert Einstein felt like frauds 4:02 - 6:25: Dr. JC’s own triggers: other people’s results, comparison, and age 6:25 - 8:09: The science of imposter syndrome: Clance and Imes, burnout, and why success does not end self doubt 8:09 - 10:06: Feeling like a fraud is not the same as being a fraud 10:06 - 13:35: The Interface Response System: perceive, pause, and process 13:35 - 17:40: Arthur Brooks, curiosity, and the four magic words “All I know is” 17:40 - 21:10: Gratitude, mental time travel, and step four: proceed 21:10 - 23:26: The takeaway and the closing four words 23:26 - 24:12: Sign off and outro
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30 October 2026, 11:00 am - 7 minutes 5 secondsGood Shift - Nature Doesn't Hurry - E227
In this good shift episode, Dr. JC Doornick brings you the best of the Makes Sense Substack live in his Wednesday series. He begins with a line attributed to Lao Tzu: nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. From there he asks a simple, funny question: do trees worry? Drawing on his own healing journey while contending with cancer, he explores why the present moment may be the only place life actually happens. Then he takes on the hard part: what do we do with goals, hopes, and dreams, which all live in the future? You may find a different way to hold a dream without letting it hold you.
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28 October 2026, 11:00 am - 57 minutes 24 secondsSteven Kotler - We Have Godlike Power and Stone Age Brains - E226
Meet Steven Kotler, founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective, a Distinguished Research Fellow at Florida Atlantic University, and co-author with Peter Diamandis of We Are as Gods: A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance. In this conversation, Steven breaks down what flow is, where it came from, and why it shows up in our best memories. He tells the story of the day a single surf session pulled him out of years of illness and a place of deep despair. I share my own stage 4 renal cell carcinoma diagnosis and what flow and gratitude mean to me right now. We also get into healing, group flow, and what information overload does to our attention. Then Steven gives one simple, specific practice you can start this week. Stay with me.
Content note: This episode includes a discussion of suicidal thoughts and serious illness. If you are struggling, please reach out to someone you trust or a local crisis line. In the US you can call or text 988. Outside the US, findahelpline.com lists services by country.
Connect With Steven Kotler: Website: https://www.stevenkotler.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kotler.steven/ Flow Research Collective: https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/ Book, We Are As Gods (Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler): https://www.porchlightbooks.com/products/we-are-as-gods-peter-h-diamandis-9781668099544
Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy: ► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: /drjcdoornick ► Substack: /drjcdoornick ► Facebook: /makessensepodcast ► YouTube: /drjcdoornick
MAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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.
SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a “Follow” button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec
Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon
OUR SPONSORS: Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - https://www.blueblindsbakery.com
Timestamps
- 0:00 - 1:07: Cold Open and Welcome to Makes Sense
- 1:08 - 4:21: Gratitude as an Acute Intervention
- 4:22 - 8:43: What Flow Is and Where It Came From
- 8:44 - 13:57: What Flow Does: Performance, Burnout, and Why It Is Addictive
- 13:58 - 18:02: Flow Triggers, Group Flow, and Authenticity
- 18:03 - 21:19: First Flow Memories: Skiing and Magic
- 21:20 - 24:28: Three Years in Bed, Suicidal Thoughts, and One Wave
- 24:29 - 28:48: From Neurotheology to the Biology of Healing
- 28:49 - 33:20: Acceptance, Authenticity, and Healing
- 33:21 - 36:46: Mindset, JC’s Stage 4 Diagnosis, and Peter Diamandis’s Timeline
- 36:47 - 40:51: Staying Open and Curious, and the Shane McConkey Story
- 40:52 - 45:21: When Soft Skills Become Hard Skills: AI, Overload, and Burnout
- 45:22 - 50:23: Cooperation at Scale and Group Flow Technology
- 50:24 - 53:50: Where to Start: Books, Instagram, and Your Primary Flow Activity
- 53:51 - 56:00: Why Adults Stop Playing and the Four Hour Weekly Dose
- 56:01 - 57:22: Closing Thoughts and Outro
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26 October 2026, 11:00 am - 22 minutes 13 secondsFor People Feeling Behind In Life - E225
On this Makes Sense episode, Dr. JC Doornick takes on the quiet questions most of us avoid: Am I doing enough? Am I behind? Do I matter? Drawing on ideas explored by Alan Watts and on his own experience living with stage 4 cancer, he asks whether we have turned purpose, achievement and legacy into evidence we collect to prove our existence has value. He walks through how ordinary moments become extraordinary when you stop treating them as the space between you and something important. He also shows how to tell the difference between creating from expression and creating from deficiency. If you have ever felt behind, or wondered whether your life has to earn its meaning, do not go anywhere.
Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy: ► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: /drjcdoornick ► Substack: /drjcdoornick ► Facebook: /makessensepodcast ► YouTube: /drjcdoornickMAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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.
SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a “Follow” button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec
Podcast Affiliates Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon
OUR SPONSORS Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - https://www.blueblindsbakery.com
TIMESTAMPS- 0:00 - 0:59: Cold open and show intro
- 1:00 - 3:35: The need to matter, feeling behind, and why we question things on Mondays
- 3:36 - 5:45: Collecting evidence that your life has value
- 5:46 - 8:26: The fear of insignificance: Alan Watts, a tree, and the shadow of consciousness
- 8:27 - 12:15: How stage 4 cancer reordered what matters, and the power of the present moment
- 12:16 - 14:55: Creating from love versus creating to prove your worth
- 14:56 - 17:57: Rethinking purpose, legacy, and what you are really chasing
- 17:58 - 21:23: Watching your consumption, making ambition fun again, and noticing your life already matters
- 21:24 - 22:10: Sign-off and call to action
Sources: Makes Sense Substack, Makes Sense Quotes on Goodreads, Mindvalley email on the Unfuckwithable book
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23 October 2026, 11:00 am - 4 minutes 50 secondsGood Shift - What Are You Waiting For? - E224
In this Good Shift episode, Dr. JC Doornick, the Dragon, hears a David Guetta and OneRepublic song and finds it lands differently than ever before. Navigating cancer, he asks one question: what are you waiting for? He walks through the quiet assumption that there will always be time to call the friend, hold his wife longer, or follow the desire knocking at his door. He then connects it to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “fierce urgency of now.” This is not about hustling harder or living at full volume. It is about noticing what deserves your life while you are living it. Stay with me.
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MAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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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Timestamps 0:00 - 0:52: Welcome to Good Shift 0:52 - 1:40: A Song That Lands Differently 1:40 - 2:21: Tomorrow Is Not in Your Pocket 2:21 - 2:54: The Fierce Urgency of Now 2:54 - 3:22: Noticing What Deserves Your Life 3:22 - 3:53: Patience Versus Postponement 3:53 - 4:14: Urgency That Feels Tender 4:14 - 4:48: Where to Catch Dr. JC Live and Sign-Off
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21 October 2026, 11:00 am - 41 minutes 35 secondsJack Daly - The Plan He Wrote at 13 Still Runs His Life Today - E223
My guest today is Jack Daly, a serial entrepreneur, sales leader, author, and endurance athlete. He built six companies into national firms, sold two of them to Wall Street firms, led sales organizations numbering in the thousands, and is a former US Army captain. He has also finished 15 Ironmans and run a marathon in all 50 states. What matters most is what life taught him along the way, including his own battle with cancer and the loss of his wife, Bonnie. Jack explains why a clear picture of your destination beats a mission statement on a wall, why the best salespeople stop selling, and how a goal written down at 13 still guides his week. We also go to the hard place: what he chose to do with the time he had left with Bonnie, and the permission she gave him to build a bigger life. Stay with me.
Connect With Jack Daly: Website: https://jackdalysales.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackdaly/ X: https://twitter.com/Ironmanjack Book: Jack Daly’s Life by Design (author page): https://advantagebooks.com/authors/jack-daly Instagram: not verified, no link included Facebook: not verified, no link included
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MAKES SENSE PODCAST 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 subjective and an 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.
SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a “Follow” button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec
Podcast Affiliates Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I’ve been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with 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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TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - 0:49: Cold open and show intro 0:50 - 1:50: Meet Jack Daly 1:51 - 6:08: What it is like to be Jack Daly: gratitude, potential, and planning to live to 125 6:09 - 8:37: The three fundamentals of building a company: vision, key people, winning culture 8:38 - 12:07: The 13-year-old caddy who asked successful golfers how they did it 12:08 - 14:23: Curiosity and the 168 hours everyone gets each week 14:24 - 16:56: The best sales lesson: be a listener and help people buy 16:57 - 20:59: Life by design vs. life by default: the four goals set at 13 and the yearly goal book 21:00 - 23:29: Choosing your people, the figure-it-out mindset, and learning to swim at 58 for Ironman 23:30 - 26:27: Nine months with Bonnie and her permission to live a bigger life 26:28 - 28:47: A year and a half of struggle, meeting Karen, and the host’s own conversation with his wife 28:48 - 34:09: The first baby step: from a 5K to 100 marathons 34:10 - 37:15: What drives Jack at 77: impact, contribution, and the bucket list 37:16 - 38:34: The paper napkin: “Paint your picture and all else will follow” 38:35 - 40:03: Where to find Jack, which book to start with, and a note from Simon Sinek 40:04 - 40:58: Dr. JC’s closing takeaways 40:59 - 41:32: Outro
Sources:
- Jack Daly bio, Scaling Up
- Jack Daly author page, Simon & Schuster UK
- Jack Daly author page, Advantage Books
- Chief Endurance Officer, Episode 003 (guest links)
- Books by Jack Daly, BookScouter
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