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Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick

Makes Sense - with Dr. JC Doornick

By: Dr. JC Doornick "The Dragon"
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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.Makes Sense Productions Personal Development Personal Success
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  • Hal Elrod - The 5 Minute Rule That Beat the Odds - E229

    Hal Elrod - The 5 Minute Rule That Beat the Odds - E229
    Nov 2 2026
    Hal Elrod was hit head-on by a drunk driver, found dead at the scene, and told he would never walk again. Years later, by his own account, he lost more than half of his income and his house went into foreclosure. Then he was diagnosed with a rare, aggressive cancer. Each time he reached for the same tools: the Five Minute Rule and the six practices behind The Miracle Morning, the book, series and documentary that has reached millions. In this conversation Hal breaks down where his mindset came from, why acceptance is the real engine, and how he reframed a 30 percent survival rate into a commitment to be among the survivors. If you have ever wanted a practical way to stop resisting what you cannot change, stay with me. Do not go anywhere. Connect With Hal Elrod: Website: https://halelrod.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hal_elrod The Miracle Morning (book and series): https://miraclemorning.com/books/ The Miracle Morning Movie (free): https://miraclemorning.com/movie/ Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy: ► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: /drjcdoornick ► Substack: /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 Operly: Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps. Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly: https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery: Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients: https://www.blueblindsbakery.com Timestamps 0:00 - 1:05: Cold open and show intro1:05 - 5:26: Cutco, the car accident, the 2007 collapse, and the birth of SAVERS5:26 - 11:01: Where the positive mindset came from: the Five Minute Rule and acceptance11:01 - 15:48: Asking better questions, self-publishing, and the one million lives goal15:48 - 19:54: The cancer diagnosis and reframing the 30 percent survival rate19:54 - 24:02: Protecting your mind with SAVERS and resetting every morning24:02 - 26:57: Where to start: 10 minutes, one practice, and the movie26:57 - 28:30: What is next for Hal and closing Sources: SUCCESS: Hal Elrod and The Miracle Morning EcosystemSUCCESS: Technically Hal Elrod has died 3 timesMiracle Morning movie pageApple TV: The Miracle Morning cast and crewHal Elrod, episode 211 on his cancer diagnosis 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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    29 mins
  • Why Successful People Feel Like Frauds - E228

    Why Successful People Feel Like Frauds - E228
    Oct 30 2026

    Dr. JC Doornick has lived extreme success and extreme failure, and he still catches imposter syndrome showing up in his own head. In this episode he opens with a rapid round of “makes sense or not” questions that expose the beliefs quietly running your decisions. Then he breaks down why your brain can generate a feeling of inadequacy without producing a single piece of evidence, how negativity bias and social comparison feed it, and how the four step Interface Response System from his book helps you investigate the story instead of defending it. Along the way he hands you four words to tuck in your pocket like a hammer in a tool belt. Stay with me.

    Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy: ► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: /drjcdoornick ► Substack: /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 Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - https://www.blueblindsbakery.com

    Timestamps 0:00 - 0:57: Cold open and show intro 0:57 - 2:35: Rapid round: four beliefs to test, and why confidence comes from action 2:35 - 4:02: Even Maya Angelou and Albert Einstein felt like frauds 4:02 - 6:25: Dr. JC’s own triggers: other people’s results, comparison, and age 6:25 - 8:09: The science of imposter syndrome: Clance and Imes, burnout, and why success does not end self doubt 8:09 - 10:06: Feeling like a fraud is not the same as being a fraud 10:06 - 13:35: The Interface Response System: perceive, pause, and process 13:35 - 17:40: Arthur Brooks, curiosity, and the four magic words “All I know is” 17:40 - 21:10: Gratitude, mental time travel, and step four: proceed 21:10 - 23:26: The takeaway and the closing four words 23:26 - 24:12: Sign off and outro


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    24 mins
  • Good Shift - Nature Doesn't Hurry - E227

    Good Shift - Nature Doesn't Hurry - E227
    Oct 28 2026

    In this good shift episode, Dr. JC Doornick brings you the best of the Makes Sense Substack live in his Wednesday series. He begins with a line attributed to Lao Tzu: nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. From there he asks a simple, funny question: do trees worry? Drawing on his own healing journey while contending with cancer, he explores why the present moment may be the only place life actually happens. Then he takes on the hard part: what do we do with goals, hopes, and dreams, which all live in the future? You may find a different way to hold a dream without letting it hold you.

    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: Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly - https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95

    Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - https://www.blueblindsbakery.com


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    7 mins
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