Uncage Yourself

Uncage Yourself

Uncage Yourself is about building a career and life on your terms.

Most high-achievers are stuck in the Corporate Cage — where work drains their energy and crowds out real life.

The smart path out? Corporate Graduation™: turn your job into a tool, reclaim your time, and build a premium business that sets you free.
This show guides you from Caged to Uncaged.

As your host, Matt Doan shares raw stories and bold strategies to help you create income, freedom, and impact—without blowing up your life.

Recent Episodes

Oct. 21, 2025

166: Don’t Build a Job That’s Worse Than Your Corporate One

Don't leave corporate just to build a worse job for yourself. Yet that’s exactly what happens when you default to freelancing—trading time-for-money all over again. In this episode, we unpack the crucial difference between fr...
Oct. 14, 2025

165: Breaking the Pattern of Deferred Freedom

Most people don’t leave corporate — they just delay their escape and call it a plan. Promotions, stock grants, side gigs, “one more year”… it’s all Deferred Freedom dressed up as strategy. In this episode, I break down why wa...
Sept. 30, 2025

164: Futureproof Yourself

AI is rewriting the rules. Titles are losing meaning. And the career paths that once felt solid are crumbling. In this episode, I share what it really takes to thrive in the future: not more credentials, but the courage and s...
Sept. 16, 2025

163: Love Your Work. Or Pay the Price.

You can be great at your job, well-paid, and still feel dead inside. In this episode, Matt Doan unpacks the hidden cost of misaligned work—the Energy Tax—and how it quietly drains your health, home life, and sense of self. Th...
Sept. 9, 2025

162: It Gets Late Fast

You think you have time. But one day, you wake up tired, your title feels hollow, and the window to build something of your own keeps shrinking. In this episode, we unpack the quiet ways time closes in — and why compounding b...
Sept. 2, 2025

161: The Onlyness Edge (You Weren't Meant to Blend In)

You weren’t meant to blend in — and doing so is slowly eroding your edge. In this episode, Matt unpacks the moment he broke from the system that punished his genius, and how the idea of Onlyness became his compass. You'll lea...