Doctors Making A Difference

Doctors Making A Difference


Dr. Jordan Grumet on Reinventing a Life That Lights You Up

August 04, 2025

When medicine stops feeling like your calling, what’s next? In this candid conversation, Dr. Peter Crane and Dr. Jordan Grumet (Doc G) unpack: 1. The childhood tragedy that set him on the path to medicine 2. Why success as a doctor felt empty 3. How personal finance gave him options—but not happiness 4. The shift from “Big P Purpose” to “little p purpose” 5. Why hospice care became his unexpected source of joy 6. How podcasting, writing, and teaching helped him impact millions Learn more: jordangrumet.com Listen to Earn & Invest: earnandinvest.com Contact: admin@doctorsmakingadifference.com More episodes: doctorsmakingadifference.com/podcasts Timestamps [00:01:00] Jordan’s origin story: loss, legacy, and the pressure to “fix” what couldn’t be fixed [00:03:00] How burnout snuck up—and what broke the dam wide open [00:05:00] Discovering personal finance as an escape route [00:07:00] Panic, purpose, and the identity crisis behind walking away from medicine [00:08:00] Why hospice care became the unexpected “jackpot” of meaning [00:10:00] The myth of Big P Purpose—and why it’s often harmful [00:14:00] Millions impacted: how chasing joy multiplied his reach [00:20:00] The real goal: doing more of what you love and less of what you loathe [00:23:00] Tough love: why “I don’t have time” is often fear in disguise [00:26:00] A roadmap for young physicians stuck in the grind [00:30:00] Purpose is hard—but worth it [00:34:00] How Jordan became a writer by writing (no fancy MFA needed) [00:38:00] A simple way to leave medicine better than you found it