Goals DO Come True with Doug Bennett

Goals DO Come True with Doug Bennett

Welcome to Goals Do Come True with Doug Bennett, bestselling author, lifestyle financial planner, and international speaker. Each week, Doug will share insights with you from inspiring guests who have already achieved their work-optional dreams. You’ll get a ringside seat into real stories of people who have overcome bankruptcy, built and sold successful businesses, and are now living life on their own terms WITHOUT ever worrying about their finances. By the end of this journey, you’ll be one step closer to unlocking The Work Optional Lifestyle Financial Plan® – a toolkit of all the unique systems and processes you need to craft a lifestyle where work is truly optional. So, if you’re ready to embrace financial freedom, retire early, and do it without constantly pinching pennies, stay tuned for exciting new episodes released every Wednesday.

Episodes

Borrowing Dopamine: How Multi-Area Goal Setting Creates Motivation with Gifty Enright

July 15, 2025 • 43 mins
Doug interviews Gifty Enright, a keynote speaker, coach and author. Gifty shares her approach to goal setting, starting small and building up gradually. She explains why setting goals across multiple life areas allows you to borrow motivation when one area struggles. The conversation covers breaking down large goals into manageable steps, the role of male allies in closing gender gaps and tips for delegation and boundary setting. ...
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Why intention Is More Effective Than Traditional Goal Setting with Paul Davis

July 8, 2025 • 49 mins
Doug interviews Paul Davis, a business growth consultant and author of "Genius Unlocked." Paul shares his methodology for finding life purpose, challenging popular concepts like ‘start with why’ and passion based approaches. He explains his four-element framework and advocates using intentions instead of goals and shares stories about achieving targets through rewards like biplane wing walks. The conversation covers why conventiona...
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Why Achieving Big Goals Requires Grieving Your Old Self Caroline Antonia of Rebellious Business

July 1, 2025 • 69 mins
Caroline Antonia from Rebellious Business joins Doug in this episode. Caroline talks about the painful reality of personal growth, comparing goal achievement to the grieving process. From her entrepreneurial journey that started with selling CDs at age 9 to building a thriving business network, Caroline shares why she believes goals require emotional sacrifice and identity shifts. Discover her unique perspective on personality test...
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Creating Your Own Luck and Building Wealth with Dan Leonardi

June 25, 2025 • 47 mins
Doug talks with Dan Leonardi, who went from Pepsi truck driver to corporate executive after quitting college. The career strategist and founder of Leonardi Personal Development worked at companies like Pepsi, Kellogg's, and ConAgra. He built a 35-unit condo complex to pay for his sons' college education and shares his approach to creating your own luck. At 68, Dan has released his book "Be the CEO of Your Life" and teaches students...
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Why Only 8% Set Goals & How to Join the Elite Who Actually Achieve Them with Jonno White

June 22, 2025 • 46 mins
Join Doug as he speaks with Australian leadership expert Jonno White, author of "Step Up or Step Out,". Discover why only 8% of people actually write down their goals, learn the zone of genius approach to goal setting and uncover the secret to creating workplace cultures so compelling that employees would move cities to work there. With honesty about his own goal setting struggles and his experiences from building a 10k copy bestse...
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Managing Chronic Illness & Pain with Goal Setting with Athena Brownson

June 10, 2025 • 47 mins
Athena Brownson, a former professional skier who competed for 14 years before becoming a top Denver realtor speaks to Doug in this episode. Athena talks about the challenges she faced after multiple surgeries and becoming chronically ill from lyme disease. She shares why the goal-setting techniques that made her an elite athlete became her lifeline through chronic illness and her approach in real estate. Doug and Athena also explor...
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Why Your Mind is Like a Puppy (And How to Train It for Success) with Nikola Howard

June 3, 2025 • 45 mins
Doug has an inspiring conversation with Life Alchemist Nikola Howard, about turning personal struggles into business success. After dealing with her mother's death, chronic health conditions including polycystic ovaries and endometriosis, and years of business uncertainty, Nikola has created her mission: helping women with chronic conditions build sustainable businesses without burnout. From her award-winning HOPE protocol for nutr...
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The Two Simple Habits for Success with Neil Harvey of Airbnb Superhost

May 27, 2025 • 67 mins
Doug is joined by Neil Harvey, a compulsive creator who went from being a naval officer to Airbnb superhost, earning hundreds of thousands! Neil reveals the two simple habits that have created his success. From accidentally becoming a concert pianist to hosting 2,000+ strangers without incident, Neil's stories prove that adding value to others creates incredible opportunities. Doug and Neil also explore the universe's mysterious wa...
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Write It Down, See It Daily: Tyler Dunagin's Three Horizon Goal System

May 20, 2025 • 35 mins
Doug interviews Tyler Dunagin, an entrepreneur and CEO and founder of Turnserv LLC. Tyler shares how he founded one of America's fastest growing companies and talks about his goal setting framework, business psychology and personal growth. Tyler also reveals how he maintains laser focus through daily journaling, whiteboard visualisation and how this helps him achieve success.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Tyler believes in deeply understanding...
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Why Choosing Hard Makes Life Easier with Christopher Long of Longyards Storage

May 13, 2025 • 33 mins
Join Doug as he interviews Christopher Long, an entrepreneur who used a personal challenge to create an international powerhouse for secure, large-scale storage solutions. Chris shares his story of grit and vision, from carpenter to multimillionaire, revealing how he built Longyards Storage. He gives his old school advice on hard work, goal setting and persistence, explaining how he found financial freedom and is now expanding his ...
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Making SME'S 1% Better with Rohit Maini

May 6, 2025 • 60 mins
Doug Bennett interviews Rohit Maini, an award-winning business leader and fellow podcast host. Rohit shares his approach to business, combining compliance work with consultancy that truly helps clients grow. He talks about how he creates a trust based environment for his clients, why holistic goal setting is important and why self-care is a necessity for entrepreneurs and business leaders.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Rohit focuses on being a...
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Are You Setting Your Own Goals or Somebody Elses? With Julie Hogbin

April 29, 2025 • 61 mins
Julie Hogbin joins Doug in this episode. Julie is a multi-published author and founder of SuccessSuite.io and shares her story towards entrepreneurship, revealing personal setbacks that changed her perspective on success. From challenging limiting beliefs about writing books to creating an all-in-one AI platform for authors, Julie demonstrates how reinvention is possible at any stage in life. Their conversation on goal-setting fund...
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Say Your Audacious Goals Out Loud | Holly Budge

April 22, 2025 • 53 mins
Doug is joined by Holly Budge, one of the UK's most accomplished female adventurers. From becoming a professional skydiver to being the first woman to skydive Mount Everest, racing horses across Mongolia and summiting Everest, Holly shares how setting audacious goals transformed her life. But her most meaningful adventure came when she founded "How Many Elephants," working with female anti-poaching rangers in Africa. Holly's enthus...
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The Psychology of Sudden Wealth with Melissa Hoyer

April 15, 2025 • 34 mins
Doug talks about the complex world of inherited wealth with financial planner and life coach Melissa Hoyer. Melissa brings 20 years of expertise working with significant inheritances at The Wealth Conservancy. They explore the psychological challenges of sudden wealth, the importance of balance and setting meaningful intentions versus rigid goals. Melissa shares what she has learnt about the emotional integration of inherited wealt...
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Preventing Decision Fatigue and Creating Achievable Goals with Trader Anmol Singh

April 8, 2025 • 40 mins
Doug interviews Anmol Singh, trader and investor and author of Prepping for Success. Singh talks about goal setting including breaking down big goals into actionable steps and maintaining integrity with yourself. From visualising success on his university vision board to now living that reality in New York City, Singh reveals how proper goal setting transformed his life. He also shares how to eliminate decision fatigue, outsource t...
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Goal Setting Success from Publishing Expert Michael Drew

April 1, 2025 • 50 mins
Doug speaks with Michael Drew, a marketing expert who has helped publish thousands of books and put 132 titles on bestseller lists. Drew talks about the true purpose of publishing books, explaining why becoming a bestseller should be a strategy, not a goal. He also reveals the secrets of effective goal setting, customer relationship building, and the fascinating "12 steps of intimacy" framework that transforms how businesses connec...
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200th Episode Special

March 25, 2025 • 8 mins
Join Doug as he celebrates 200 episodes of the Goals Do Come True podcast. In this special solo episode, he talks about resilience, reinvention and the rewards of setting goals that truly matter. He also talks about his own journey to success and how overcoming difficulties has been key to his own and others' success. KEY TAKEAWAYS Anyone who has achieved something great has had to deal with difficulties or adversity. Imposter ...
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Setting Ridiculous Goals with 'Lord Zoom' John Drinkwater

March 18, 2025 • 68 mins
Doug is joined by John Drinkwater, known as toastmasters Lord Zoom. John talks to Doug about how he became a Zoom expert during the pandemic, creating virtual Toastmasters events including TV productions that drew global audiences. He shares Zoom's AI capabilities, content creation strategies and his unconventional approach to goal setting. KEY TAKEAWAYS John describes himself as either fully committed or completely disengaged, ...
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Make Big Hairy Audacious Goals! Doug and Tanja Bogataj's Guide to Intentional Achievement

March 13, 2025 • 53 mins
Doug interviews Tanja Bogataj, a visionary leadership coach who made a bold transition from a government career to entrepreneurship. Tanja shares the challenges of reinventing herself and how she helps other leaders launch their big dreams. The conversation explores goal setting strategies, work/life balance and the importance of support systems. Doug also shares his expert goal setting framework! KEY TAKEAWAYS When setting goal...
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Why Your Face Holds the Key to Achieving Your Goals with Tammy Cho

March 4, 2025 • 42 mins
Doug speaks with Tammy Cho, a former healthcare leader who became an international bestselling author and self-love and energy leadership mentor. Tammy reveals how face and body analysis can identify the invisible blocks preventing goal achievement and personal fulfilment. She shares her journey from burnout and disconnection to energy alignment, explaining how our physical features mirror our emotional states and impact our goal a...
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