The Moment I Stopped Playing Small
Why I’m done waiting, what I’ve been building behind the scenes, and how to find your place in the system I’m redesigning.
Read time: 5–6 minutes.
The Opening Declaration
Over the last five days, I moved between two stages—one physical, one internal.
I co-facilitated the Uncaged Retreat with my brother Matt Doan and his powerful community. I stepped into the room as a guest speaker. I walked out having declared my category.
Days later, I stood on stage at the Win-Win Workplace Summit, sharing my vision for how trust, systems, and skills intelligence will define the future of work.
And somewhere between those two moments, I stopped playing small.
What I Said at Uncaged Wasn’t a Talk. It Was a Declaration.
“Success isn’t security. It’s survival.”
“My work is no longer my worth—my life is.”
That wasn’t performance. It was presence.
Category Claim + Blueprint
Life-Work Design Is the System I Was Looking For
It’s not a brand. It’s not a framework. It’s a category—and I’ve been building the full ecosystem.
That includes:
- The Future-Proof Career Blueprint course
- Strategic advisory for org transformation
- 1:1 and group transformation containers
- And now… the Life-Work Index
Introducing: The Life-Work Navigator
Find your phase. Design your next move.
The Life-Work Navigator Index is a self-assessment to help you locate where you are in your career evolution.
Are you in:
- Recognize — seeing that the system no longer serves you?
- Reclaim — ready to align your career with your life?
- Rebuild — designing your next chapter on purpose?
Take the Index. Get your score. And start designing forward.
Why I’ve Been Quiet… and Why I’m Loud Now
I haven’t been gone. I’ve been delivering.
- Launched a major talent intelligence product inside my org
- Built the Life-Work Index
- Created the Future-Proof Career Blueprint
- Mapped the full Life-Work Design ecosystem
I’ve been building the thing I believe in. Now it’s time to evangelize it.
You’re Not Late. You’re Just on the Edge of Your Redesign.
This next season? It’s not about content.
It’s about category.
It’s about calling.
It’s about claiming the system I’ve been living, testing, building—and now offering.
I’m done waiting.
I’m done hiding.
And I’m done playing small.
Let’s design.
When You’re Ready, Here’s How I Can Help:
🧭 Take the Life-Work Index
Your roadmap starts with awareness.
🎯 Future-Proof Career Blueprint
Design your next move with clarity, systems, and skills that scale.
→ [Join the waitlist]
📚 The Life-Work Revolution (Book)
Stories, frameworks, and tools to build on purpose.
🧩 Advisory & 1:1 Coaching
Fractional strategy, transformation sprints, or personal design containers.
→ [Book a call]
Next Issue Teaser :
“What the Future of Work Misses (That Life-Work Design Gets Right)”