Tag: Storyline by Kingswood
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109: Leaving Corporate Healthcare to Finally Be Authentic – Geoffrey Roche
Listen nowGeoffrey Roche joins Why I Left to discuss leaving corporate healthcare, coming out later in life, building a personal brand, and choosing a leadership path rooted in authenticity, courage, and alignment.
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108: How Gretchen Andrew Hacked Her Way Into the Whitney – Gretchen Andrew
Listen nowArtist Gretchen Andrew shares how she left Google with $5,000, taught herself art online, hacked search engines as artistic expression, and eventually landed in the Whitney Museum collection.
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107: He Walked Away From Hollywood At His Peak – Steven Puri
Listen nowA conversation about success, misalignment, and reclaiming your attention in a distracted world.
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104: Why High Achievers Choose Alignment Over Status – Aundrea Cline-Thomas
Listen nowAundrea Cline-Thomas shares why she left a successful journalism career to pursue alignment, identity, and purpose on her own terms.
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101: Don’t Leave Your Job Until You Build This First – Nicaila Matthews Okome
Listen nowNicaila Matthews Okome did not leave her corporate job on a whim. She built her exit one calculated move at a time. In this conversation,…
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98: The Jolts That Reshape Work and Identity – Anthony Klotz
Listen nowMost people think quitting is the story. It isn’t.
In this Season 5 premiere of Why I Left, organizational psychologist Anthony Klotz returns to explain what really drives career change. Five years after coining “The Great Resignation,” Klotz introduces the concept of jolts. Sudden moments that disrupt how we see our work, our identity, and our willingness to stay the same. This episode explores why people leave stability, why many stay when they want to go, and how these jolts are shaping the future of work.