What’s Up Next?
What’s Up Next?
I am excited to announce my episode on the White Coat Investor Podcast that was just published today (yesterday by the time you read this). This interview is the beginning of a series of podcast appearances coming out over the next few months. Although I am a lover of written content, part of this transition out of medicine has also helped me realize my joy of oral communication. Not a surprise to anyone who knows me, but I love to talk. I love to tell stories. As I evolve my purpose and identity away from medicine and towards communication, I am going to try to expand outside of just the blogging space. What’s up next for Doc G?
Hopefully, you are going to hear my voice much more as well as continue to read my words.
Public Speaking
I have a love of the written word. To paint a thousand pictures with a few hundred words has always been my goal. Yet, I have found that there is something even better than a masterful blog post.
A well given speech.
When I get up in front of an audience and tell my stories, I truly feel alive. Although I still get butterflies and preparation is definitely difficult, seeing a thousand eyes staring up at me enraptured makes it all worthwhile. With a blog post I can deliver one or two succinct ideas.
With a forty-five minute talk, I can tie together many of my ideas and stories into a narrative that is much more inclusive. I can expound on medicine or personal finance and give a much fuller picture of my philosophy. I can tell a better story.
Guesting
What’s up next? I have been sitting for a series of guest appearances on podcasts to help further develop my voice. You all have heard me expound on front loading, and down sizing to early retirement, and lazy side hustles. It is easy to throw a bunch of ideas together on a blog.
But in a personal interview (podcast), you have to defend yourself. You have to go further than just writing a few pretty words, and build a cogent and persuasive argument.
Having the chance to add voice, emotion, and passion to my ideas in front of a microphone has added greater depth and weight. I feel my ability to reach people and engage with the emotion I feel for these topics is expanded.
New Adventures
I am currently working on a number of new ventures to further develop my voice outside of writing. While I am not ready to speak of them yet, I continue to look for ways to develop myself as a communicator. I see this as my next level. I started the journey by speaking at CampFI South this year and I will be speaking at CampFI Midwest and CampFI Southwest next year.
Final Thoughts
I continue to try evolve. I started my life and career with an identity intimately tied to medicine and being a doctor. As I move away from medicine, I have transitioned to become a blogger, podcast guest, and a communicator. The future will hopefully bring public speaking engagements, more guest appearances, and maybe a few other ventures to develop my voice.
What’s up next?
You can still find my writing here.
But stay tuned for more. Much, much more.
BTW, thanks Accidental FIRE for the front page graphic.
I have done one podcast myself and it definitely is challenging. More on the spot type responses and definitely more raw.
It is a great next step from blogging and having given a speech to a smaller crowd I know the butterfly feeling well.
For now blogging takes up a good bit of my free time so don’t need another ball in the air to juggle.
Good luck with your next step. Sounds exciting and challenging which is a great combination to keep you on your toes
Thanks. I bet you’re great on podcasts.
Very exciting news!
Love that the medical foundation that you pursued has been morphing
Through written words and now into your unique voice!
Self expression at its best!
Thanks for your encouragement.
I very much enjoyed the podcast. Dahl has a narrative he pushes and you have a different narrative. The learning comes from the contrast. One thing I found fascinating was the granularity of your story and the color of it’s development. The notion your father raised you from his grave because he entrusted a big chunk of wealth to your mom signifying his desire for your success (and your sibs). That bequeathed wealth and an acute sense of his desire virtually assured your success. That is the nature of fatherhood, to bestow success on your children. It removed virtually all the energy barriers that would cause you to fail. His love greased your skids.
It caused me to write down my own narrative yesterday and examine the nexus of co-incidence in my own life and understand the depth to which my people greased my skids. ” you may find yourself living in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife and you may ask yourself how did I get here?”. The answer is the answer to the question what about the children? What about growing up in the face of affluence? As you trace back you come to realize each of those ancestors were once sons and daughters, before they became parents and grandparents, and all of their sibs have a story and all of their children have a story and your grandparents have sibs who have a story, a story you know intimately and probably at some level lived, and it’s the same history your kids lived if you shared it with them. Each generation had it’s ascending affluence but it had so much more wealth of experience in being family. That “familiar” wealth can inform how you spend your human capital, either overtly or covertly.
I had uncles with real estate. I had uncles that FIRED at 40 in the late 50’s. I was intimately involved with their aging and eventual demise. I knew their finances because my Dad was responsible for disposition of their property. I saw how FIRE worked and how real estate worked and pensions worked and what they provided and didn’t provide. I had 3 dozen examples that weren’t just 4 x25 agenda. Somehow they managed to retire and survive comfortably and not a one of them ever heard of 4 x25. There is a thread of gold here. 4 x25 in some respects is like Benny Hinn’s prosperity gospel. An pious empty suit. It’s like a fan dance. The study of actual success and failure, that’s the ticket. Fare well in your future.
I agree that many never heard of 4×25. My parents certainly didn’t. Interesting thoughts. The study of success and failure will hopefully be part of the fodder of this FIRE movement.
This is exciting, a star is born!
We’ll see.
Hey DocG,
Cheering for you from up North dude! Good luck with the new endeavours.
I enjoy checking in to see what you are up to.
Thanks, I appreciate the cheers!
Stoked to see how this turns out!! I’ve heard several podcast guest appearances and a speech given by you. I think this is only going to be good!
Let us know how we can best support you, too!
TPP
Thanks. It should be a wild ride.
Congrats. I enjoyed your interview on WCI. I’ll be following you on your journey.
thanks man, and I yours.