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Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick
Hosted by Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon" · EN
Hello and welcome to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick. We discuss the things that make you go "Hmm?" — the most pressing topics of contemplation in your mind as you interface with the reality of your day-to-day life. Are you open, curious, and ready to solve the mysteries of why stuff happens? Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses.
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Why Most People Fail at Change (and How Jason Feifer Fixes It) - Episode 145
Feb 1701:01:17Summary readyHow do great leaders adapt when everything is changing? In this episode of Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick, JC sits down with Jason Feifer, Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur, author of Build for Tomorrow, and host of Help Wanted, to explore adaptive leadership, cognitive flexibility, and future-proofing your career in the age of AI and automation. Together, they unpack the Panic Phase, the Bridge of Familiarity, operational resilience, and the human advantage that separates thriving leaders from those stuck in fear. This conversation is about navigating change without losing yourself—and building for tomorrow with clarity and courage. Connect with Jason Feifer: Newsletter: https://www.jasonfeifer.com/newsletter Podcast / @helpwanted IG - / @heyfeifer Dr. JC Doornick Links: Website - www.makessensebook.com YT - / @drjcdoornick IG - / @drjcdoornick FB - / @makessensepodcast Makes Sense Book - https://tinyurl.com/makessensepurchase MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Makes Sense Academy: A private mastermind and psychologically safe environment full of the Mindset and Action steps that will help you begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about The Sati Experience: A retreat designed for the married couple that truly loves one another, yet wants to take their love to that higher magical level. Relax, reestablish, and renew your love at the Sati Experience. https://www.satiexperience.com 0:00 - Intro 1:03 - What I like about Jason Feifer? 3:53 - What's it like to be Jason Feifer these days? 5:28 - How did you become the Editor and Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine 10:53 - Is Society facing more of a change problem or a perception problem? 11:25 - Is society's problem one of change or Perception? Jason Feifer’s Take on AI? 17:32 - What is the number one adaptability trait in leaders who are thriving? 22:49 - How does someone help people follow through like a leader? 29:22 - The Secret and added value to engaging an audience. 32:34 - What can we do in every situation to make it feel unique? 34:30 - The Panic Phase - What do leaders understand about Panic that others do not? 38:21 - Two kinds of fear 44:33 - Just Say Fuckit 47:47 - Unwrapping the Generous Present moment - You already have everything. 53:41 - Is Optimism a strategic advantage? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Is your brain lying to you? The neuroscience of reality and perception - Episode 144
Feb 1300:36:04Summary readyBeyond Belief: The Neuroscience of Reality, Perception, and the Biology of Belief Belief feels like truth. It feels earned. It feels safe. But what if your brain isn’t revealing reality… it’s predicting it? In this episode of Makes Sense, Dr. JC Doornick explores the neuroscience of belief and perception, revealing how the brain constructs reality inside a “dark box” using prediction, familiarity, and past experience. Drawing from modern brain science, epigenetics, the Biology of Belief, placebo research, and the work of thinkers like Lisa Feldman Barrett and Bruce Lipton, this conversation exposes how beliefs stabilize identity and calm the nervous system—while quietly limiting cognitive flexibility, curiosity, and long-term brain health. If belief is a shortcut the brain uses to reduce uncertainty, what happens when certainty becomes a prison? You’ll learn how rigid beliefs shape physiology, influence gene expression, and impact longevity—and how the Interface Response System (IRS) restores choice by transforming belief from identity into hypothesis. This episode isn’t about telling you what to believe.It’s about helping you pause long enough to ask: Hmmm… what else might be possible? ️ MAKES SENSE with Dr. JC Doornick Welcome to Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick — the podcast where neuroscience, philosophy, performance, and perception converge. This show is built on a simple but disruptive truth: It’s not what you do that determines your results — it’s who you are while you’re doing it. Each episode explores the psychology of belief, the mechanics of perception, and the power of conscious awareness through Dr. JC’s Interface Response System (IRS). When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. If you’re ready to reclaim authorship of your life, sharpen your awareness, and awaken from autopilot…Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Resources: Article on Open and Curious correlation to longevity - https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/curiosity-can-help-brain-stay-sharp-as-they-age#:~:text=If%20you're%20curious%20about,even%20other%20forms%20of%20trivia.%E2%80%9D Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: / drjcdoornick ►Facebook: / makessensepodcast ►YouTube: / drjcdoornick MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Makes Sense Academy: A private mastermind and psychologically safe environment full of the Mindset and Action steps that will help you begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about The Sati Experience: A retreat designed for the married couple that truly loves one another, yet wants to take their love to that higher magical level. Relax, reestablish, and renew your love at the Sati Experience. https://www.satiexperience.com 0:00 - Intro 3:10 - Live Audience Attacks as Opportunities to Run the IRS 6:05 - Beyond Belief 7:18 - Live Audience Attack #2 - This guy isn;t a doctor of anything 9:32 - When we have a belief, it feels true and earned and worthy of protection. 12:31 - The Core Signal of the Day: Belief is shortcut to reduce uncertainty 13:49 - Why does the brain cling to belief? 16:48 - We don’t cling to beliefs cause they are true, we cling cause they make us feel safe. 18:40 - Cognitive Flexibility 23:44 - The Reverse Inference Problem 24:42 - The Biology of Belief and Bruce Lipton 27:45 - The Placebo, nocebo, and flow burglars 30:18 - Belief and Longevity and Mental Health 32:11 - Run Belief through the IRS (Interface Response System) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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The MacGyver Secret: How to Unlock Your Subconscious Mind and Solve Anything with Lee Zlotoff - Episode 143
Feb 1001:05:05Summary readyIn this interview with Lee David Zlotoff, Dr. JC Doornick sits down with the creator of MacGyver to uncover The MacGyver Secret, a powerful approach to problem-solving that taps the subconscious mind, breaks functional fixedness, and turns constraints into creative fuel. Together, they explore why intuitive intelligence often outperforms brute force, how the MacGyver mindset builds anti-fragility in leadership, and why, especially in the age of AI, resourcefulness may be the ultimate competitive advantage. If you’ve ever felt stuck in a “copy-paste” way of thinking, this conversation offers a new vantage point on how to solve what feels unsolvable. Connect with Lee Zlotoff: ► Instagram:: @macgyverglobal ► Website: www.macgyver.com ► Twitter: @macgyver Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: / drjcdoornick ►Facebook: / makessensepodcast ►YouTube: / drjcdoornick MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Makes Sense Academy: A private mastermind and psychologically safe environment full of the Mindset and Action steps that will help you begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about The Sati Experience: A retreat designed for the married couple that truly loves one another, yet wants to take their love to that higher magical level. Relax, reestablish, and renew your love at the Sati Experience. https://www.satiexperience.com 0:00 - Intro 1:59 - My personal exposure to MacGyver as a kid. 3:05 - How MacGyver fell in my lap 6:43 - The MacGyver Secret - Problem Solving Technique 10:19 - There are two parts to our minds 24:53 - Was Covid a necessary Reality Check? 31:22 - The MacGyver Secret (Three Steps) 37:29 - The new generation and their ability to problem solve. 40:26 - The things we’re looking for are not outside of us, their inside. 53:20 - If someone is overwhelmed with uncertainty, what are the three questions they must ask to free themselves up? 58:35 - Final Question Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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They Didn’t Leave. They Disappeared - The Quiet Psychology of Ghosting - Episode 142
Feb 600:35:00Summary readyThey didn’t leave. They just… disappeared. No goodbye. No explanation. Just silence. If you’ve ever been ghosted by a close friend or someone you loved, your brain probably didn’t register a breakup. It got stuck. Stuck in a loop of ambiguous loss, searching for closure that never came. Today, we’re breaking down the Psychology of Ghosting, why it hurts more than a normal breakup, why friendship breakups can cut even deeper, and why their silence is not a verdict on your worth. By the end of this episode, I want you to see something clearly: Their disappearance is not rejection. It’s incapacity. Make Sense? Let’s get into it. Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: / drjcdoornick ►Facebook: / makessensepodcast ►YouTube: / drjcdoornick MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Makes Sense Academy: A private mastermind and psychologically safe environment full of the Mindset and Action steps that will help you begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about The Sati Experience: A retreat designed for the married couple that truly loves one another, yet wants to take their love to that higher magical level. Relax, reestablish, and renew your love at the Sati Experience. https://www.satiexperience.com 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - They didn’t leave, they disappeared. 3:42 - My personal experience and the inspiration for this episode 6:35 - Ghosting is one of the strangest behaviors we’ve ever normalized 9:00 - Self Blame 10:39 - Ambiguous Loss. 12:33 - Attachment theory Comes in 14:17 - The Capacity Issue 16:14 - When the ghost reappears and returns? 24:00 - Closure is not obtained by them, it comes from you. 25:03 - Let’s Run Ghosting through the IRS (Interface Response System) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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The Architecture of Proximity Power: Opening Elite Doors and Strategic Advisory with Richard Dolan - Episode 141
Feb 300:57:49Summary readyIn this episode, we break down The Architecture of Proximity Power and the Hyper-Curated Access Strategies required to enter Ultra-High-Net-Worth circles. Join Dr. JC Doornick and Richard Dolan as we explore Mastering the Invisible Gates of elite networking and Solving for the Value Gap to build High-Value Connections. What you will learn in this session: How Relationship Return on Investment and Economic Happiness redefine professional success. Building a 100-Year Legacy through the lens of Strategic Advisory. Leveraging Ferocious Curiosity to secure Proximity Influence. Transmuting Insight into Action for significant multi-generational impact. Connect with Richard Dolan: ► Instagram:: @richard.dolan ► Website: www.richarddolan.com ► Ink Bio: https://lnk.bio/richdolan Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: / drjcdoornick ►Facebook: / makessensepodcast ►YouTube: / drjcdoornick MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Makes Sense Academy: A private mastermind and psychologically safe environment full of the Mindset and Action steps that will help you begin to thrive. The Makes Sense Academy. https://www.skool.com/makes-sense-academy/about The Sati Experience: A retreat designed for the married couple that truly loves one another, yet wants to take their love to that higher magical level. Relax, reestablish, and renew your love at the Sati Experience. https://www.satiexperience.com 0:00 - Intro 4:23 - Proximity Influence 10:23 - Being the Architect of Access 16:15 - We’re all seekers of the “Er” 18:46 - Mastering the Invisible Gates 21:15 - How I got to work with President Bill Clinton 25:34 - Solving the Value Gap 28:05 - What three irrefutable laws can solve the value gap? 31:13 - Juwan Howard Story 37: 55 - Wealth Psychology and Relationship Equity 48:46 - !00 Year Legacy Relationship Idea - Jim Kwik #RichardDolan #ProximityPower #LegacyBuilding #WealthPsychology #UltraHighNetWorth #RelationshipReturnOnInvestment #StrategicAdvisory #EliteNetworking #BusinessLegacy2026 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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