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No one is coming to save you. Not your company. Not HR. Not the next reorg, promotion, or administration. That's not doom and gloom. That's actually the good news. Because once you accept it, you stop waiting. You stop hoping. And you start doing somet...
The Setup Six-plus years ago, when corporate quit on Brett, the goal was simple: make more money than corporate was paying him. That was it. Money, money, money. It took two years to realize money was never the real prize. What he was actually chasing ...
This one is personal. Brett flies solo to deliver the one thing he wishes someone had told him when he was still inside corporate grinding it out and telling himself it was the responsible thing to do. You already have permission. Permission to want so...
Most people leave corporate and immediately chase the familiar paths — consulting, coaching, fractional work. Those are valid. But they take time, runway, and a warm network. In this episode Brett breaks down three unexpected ways GenXers are generatin...
Kristen Hamborg is six weeks out of a 25-year corporate interior design career — and she's never looked back. In this episode Kristen shares how burnout, a pandemic pivot, and a coaching certification she pursued on the side slowly shifted everything. ...
Danielle Burken escaped corporate in September 2023 — but her journey started six years before that. In this episode Danielle shares how she went from a full-time agency job with two kids under two, to building a six-figure solopreneur business in unde...
Corporate is using AI to eliminate jobs. Escapees get to use it to multiply themselves. In this solo episode Brett pulls back the curtain on exactly how he runs his entire business with AI — the tools, the use cases, and the honest truth about what it ...
The 4 Real Paths to Replace Your Corporate Income Most corporate escapees think they only have two options: find another job or figure out how to start a business from scratch. But there are actually four legitimate paths to replacing your corporate in...
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You're not stuck in a bad job. You're stuck in an unhealthy reliance on corporate.And when it no longer works for you, that reliance becomes a trap.70% of corporate workers are burned out. Not from the work itself, but from what comes with it: the politics, the layoff threats, the commute, the stress of playing games you don't believe in.Here's the truth:Corporate optimizes for one thing: Financial (your paycheck).But what about the other four areas of your life?Friends & Family (time with people who matter)Fitness (mental and physical health)Fulfillment (work that actually means something)Fun (remember that?)You're probably scoring high on Financial—and failing at the other four.That's not sustainable. And deep down, you know it.I'm Brett Trainor—corporate escapee after 25+ years. This show is about breaking your unhealthy reliance on corporate and building a life-first future where all 5Fs matter.Every week, I talk to people who've done it—not just to make money, but to
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