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Have you been thinking about starting a business, consulting, changing jobs, or creating another source of income—but never quite getting started? Sometimes the problem isn’t a lack of ideas. It’s a lack of urgency. Think about shopping for a car. When your car works, you can research forever. But when your car gets totaled, suddenly you need answers and decisions. What if you created that same urgency around your professional future? In this episode of Company of One, Dale Callahan introduces a practical 60-day transition exercise. You’ll learn how to calculate your income requirements, identify possible income paths, turn conversations into genuine opportunities, and run a small test before making a major commitment. You don’t have to leave your job. You just need to discover what your options really are. THE CHALLENGE: What would you do this week if you knew your current paycheck would end in 60 days? ➡️Get the free Calling Exercise: https://dalecallahan.com/op/find-your-calling/ Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/GLAzXhU-KEo Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/What If Your Job Ended in 60 Days? Build Your Transition Plan/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

You want out of corporate. But what would you actually do instead? Dale Callahan walks you through three questions to identify what you want to change, find work you might enjoy, and arrange a conversation with someone already doing it. With examples from teaching, software work, and real estate, this episode helps you choose one possibility worth exploring while you keep your job. Bring a piece of paper and leave with a next step for this week.  ➡️ Get the free Calling Exercise at https://dalecallahan.com/calling 🎥 Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rZceLqYvZ1E Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/want-to-quit-job-what-to-do-instead/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

You don't need to quit your job to create another source of income. Start smaller: find one problem you already know how to solve and see if someone will pay you $100 to solve it. Here's a practical way to turn years of experience into the beginning of Income #2. watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/50djnBvqRJ4 Company of One is about taking ownership of your work and finding a path toward something you’d love to get paid to do. 🔥 Get the free calling exercise: https://dalecallahan.com/calling Reddit discussion referenced: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/1n86l6t/dont_do_like_me_save_10_years/ Alex Hormozi, “Make Your First Dollar In Business”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pezYn5doSIA Show Notes: https://dalecallahan.com/how-to-make-your-first-100-outside-your-job/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

You can appreciate your job and still want to explore work that means more to you. In this episode of Company of One, Dale Callahan talks about how to find work you love while keeping your job. Trent went to work at Disney. Brian opened his own company. Their stories show two different paths toward work they wanted to do. Dale shares questions to help you notice what interests you and practical ways to explore a possibility before making a big decision. Start with a conversation, observe someone doing the work, or try a small project. You can learn more about your calling without having the whole path figured out. Download the free calling exercise: https://dalecallahan.com/calling This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

The traditional career ladder rewarded professionals for moving farther away from the work. Now organizations are flattening, management layers are shrinking, and leaders are expected to produce again. Dale explains why your title may offer less protection than you think and why a small second income can provide something more important than money: evidence that your value exists outside your employer. This is not about quitting your job. It is about testing one clear offer, earning the first $500, and building options before you need them. Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/9zaz5PAYd-Y This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

AI was supposed to save us time. Instead, many people are producing more, responding faster, managing more information, and ending the day more exhausted. In this episode, Dale Callahan explains why better technology rarely leads automatically to less work. When every competitor gains the same productive capacity, faster output becomes the new baseline. Deadlines shrink, expectations rise, and the time saved by AI is quickly filled with more work. You will learn why AI can make the workday mentally heavier, who usually captures the time AI saves, and how to turn some of your increased capacity into judgment, assets, reputation, and options you control. Subscribe to Company of One wherever you listen, or watch on YouTube. Then share this episode with one experienced person who is producing more than ever but wondering why work keeps getting heavier. This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

For years, career success meant moving farther away from the actual work and deeper into management. That model is changing. Organizations are removing layers, teams are getting smaller, and AI is increasing what one person can produce. In this episode, Dale Callahan explains why the leader of the future will increasingly be a player-coach: someone who can develop people, set direction, use new technology, and still contribute directly to meaningful results. You will learn why experienced professionals can become vulnerable when their value depends too heavily on title and hierarchy, how to reconnect leadership with value creation, and three questions that reveal whether your experience remains portable. Subscribe to Company of One wherever you listen, or watch on YouTube. Then share this episode with one experienced leader thinking about the next stage of work. Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/the-middle-manager-is-disappearing-are-you-ready-to-become-a-player-coach/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

You've built 25 years of experience. But could you sell one hour of it outside your job? Dale Callahan explains why a job hides the product, why experience alone isn't an offer, and the small test that turns "I have experience" into "I have proof." No quitting required — just one problem, one conversation, one small result.  Video: https://youtu.be/NqieH1MLNwQ Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/you-have-25-years-of-experience-why-cant-you-sell-it/ Free resource — Moving Past Obstacles:  https://dalecallahan.com/op/moving-past-obstacles/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

One customer controls 100% of your income — your employer. Dale breaks down why that's riskier than it feels, and gives you a three-step way to land your first $500 from someone else, without quitting your job or starting a business. Full video and show notes on YouTube. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3H5JXE4GtTQ Free resource — Moving Past Obstacles:  https://dalecallahan.com/op/moving-past-obstacles/ Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/your-employer-is-your-only-customer-thats-the-problem/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

You make too much money to quit — and starting over doesn't sound any better. I lay out why success can quietly turn into a trap, and introduce a fourth option most professionals never consider: building income and options around what you already know, without walking away from your job. Includes four questions to find your own hidden assets. This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

Most of us were taught the job is the safe part. I challenge that with one question: if your employer disappeared tomorrow, could you make $1,000 from what you already know? This episode isn't about quitting or starting a business — it's about proving your skills have value beyond one paycheck. I share the story behind the question, why most professionals can't answer it, and a simple 90-day way to find out where you stand. 📋 Full show notes:  https://dalecallahan.com/could-you-make-1000-without-your-employer/ 🆓 Free resource — Moving Past Obstacles: https://dalecallahan.com https://dalecallahan.com/op/moving-past-obstacles/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

I just found out I'm losing $50,000 a year in income — and I felt relieved. In this episode, I explain why that meeting wasn't a leadership failure, how the conversation flipped from bad news to real opportunity in twenty minutes, and why one question — "What does this make possible?" — changes how you face hard news, whether it's a career setback or a legal fight with the power company. 📋 Full show notes:  https://dalecallahan.com/the-best-career-decisions-often-start-as-bad-news/ 🆓 Free resource — Moving Past Obstacles: https://dalecallahan.com https://dalecallahan.com/op/moving-past-obstacles/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

Most people ask "what job do I want" and stay stuck for years. This episode argues for a different starting question — "who am I trying to become" — using the story of Nehemiah, three distinctions on waiting well, and the idea that purpose, not certainty, is what actually moves people.  Watch the full episode on YouTube  - https://youtu.be/JwsIwOFJA-A Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/why-most-people-wait-until-they-have-no-choice/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

David had 22 years of experience, strong reviews, and a good salary — and still felt like he had to prove himself to his fourth boss in three years. Dale unpacks what actually changed when David took on a small outside project and felt something shift, plus a second story about a skill that turned into paid advisory work nobody saw coming. Three questions to find the assets you've stopped noticing in your own career. Full episode on YouTube. Free resource: Moving Past Obstacles at https://dalecallahan.com/op/moving-past-obstacles/ Full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VIREnw7yMaU Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/the-biggest-career-mistake-successful-people-make/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB

A listener named Denise wrote in after being passed over for promotion for the third time in five years — despite being the most dependable person on her team. Dale reads her email and breaks down why good, reliable employees get stuck while others move past them. Then he gives four concrete actions to take this month, including how to get real answers from people who already have what you want and what signals to watch for in the first 60 days.  Free resource: Moving Past Obstacles at https://dalecallahan.com/op/moving-past-obstacles/ Full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8-Vz448oPBE Show notes: https://dalecallahan.com/why-good-employees-get-passed-over-for-promotion-and-what-to-do-about-it/ This is Company of One. Helping professionals stop drifting and take ownership of their work, income, and future. If something in this episode connected with you, send me a message on LinkedIn and tell me what hit home. 🌐 dalecallahan.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dalecallahan 🎙 Company of One Podcast on YouTube Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Director of Engineering Management @ UAB