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Are you fed up with the corporate bullshit holding you back? Welcome to Invest in Yourself, the Digital Entrepreneur Podcast. The ultimate launchpad for entrepreneurs ready to seize control and unleash their creative genius. Hosted by Phil Better, the podcast mogul, each week he's breaking the chains of conventional work with bold strategies, raw insights, and inspiring success stories from the entrepreneurs who took the risk and invested in themselves. This is your call to arms. Invest in yourself, break free from someone else's rules, and build the empire you deserve. Now, let's dive head first into today's explosive episode.

Welcome back to another transformative episode of Investing Yourself, the Digital Entrepreneur Podcast. I am your host, Phil Bed at the Podcast Mogul. And if you're looking to launch, monetize, or grow a podcast in less time than it takes to order coffee, make sure you stay to the end of the episode to hear more about that. But today, we're going to dive into the world of productivity, leadership, and achieving your most ambitious goals with an expert who's dedicated to helping high achievers thrive, not just survive. Our guest is a powerhouse in goal setting, systems, creations, and, of course, leadership development. With a strong foundation in the STEM world, he understands the pressures of tight deadlines, limited resources, and high stake demands. Whether you're managing a team, leading complex projects, or simply trying to reduce overwhelm, our guest specializes in creating tailored systems that free up your time, reduce the stress, and allow you to focus what really matters in life. His mission is also to help you not just survive, but thrive in your career.

With his guidance, you'll tackle obstacles head on, set actionable goals, and build a personalized roadmap to lasting success. So if you ever felt like you needed more clarity, focus, or balance, you know this episode is the one for you. So let's get ready to unlock our leadership potential and elevate our performance. And give a warm welcome to my good friend, Dr. Mike O'. Grady. Dr. Mike, thank you so much for being here.

Thanks so much, Phil. It's great to be here.

All right, Dr. Mike or Mike? I'm just going to go with Mike. We're going to jump straight into it. What made you decide to go from the fun world of stem, you know, there's no stress in that world at all. Into the unshackled Briley tea that is the world of entrepreneurship. What made you decide to do that shift?

I think a large portion of it was to be honest, to. To have more control of my own time and to be able to bring my own skills that I've developed over the years to, to imp. To make a bigger impact. And my career up to now has been, has been fantastic. But I feel like there's so much more I can offer to the world. And the path of entrepreneurship is, I believe, the best way to do that.

So when you're working in the world of stem, which of course is known to be a little high pressured and there's some stress because you got all that fancy stuff you have to do with, you obviously had to figure out how to free up your time, which is obviously the basis of what you're going into, what your business is about. You obviously practice what you preach. When did the development of this system to use systems, you know, set achievable goals, you know, create a, in essence create machines to free up your time or systems to free up your time. How did that come about? And when did you start, you know, noticing it was a powerful tool?