Doctors Making A Difference

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