What happens when the dream you’ve chased since childhood stops feeling like your dream?

For Dr. Jordan Grumet, medicine started as a mission—a way to honor his father, who died suddenly when Jordan was just seven years old. Becoming a doctor was supposed to fix everything. But instead, years of stress, endless charts, and emotional exhaustion left him wondering if this was all there was.

On this episode of Doctors Making a Difference, Dr. Peter Crane sits down with Dr. Grumet to talk about:

• Burnout and the hidden grief that fuels it
• How personal finance became his “lifeboat” out of misery
• Why chasing “Big P Purpose” can trap you—and how “little p purpose” can set you free
• The surprising way hospice care helped him fall in love with medicine again
• How a blog, a podcast, and a few books ended up impacting millions

This is more than a conversation about burnout. It’s about reclaiming your agency, finding joy in the process—not just the goal—and building a life that truly lights you up.

About the Guest

Dr. Jordan Grumet is an internal medicine physician, hospice doctor, and the voice behind the popular Earn & Invest podcast. Known to many as Doc G, Jordan blends personal finance, purpose, and medicine into powerful lessons on living fully and intentionally.

After nearly burning out early in his career, he discovered financial independence—and eventually realized that money was just one tool for designing a meaningful life. Today, he shares that message through his writing (Taking Stock, The Purpose Code), podcasting, and speaking engagements, helping thousands of professionals rethink success, purpose, and impact.

📘 Learn more at: https://jordangrumet.com

📖 Books: Taking Stock, The Purpose Code

🎧 Podcast: Earn & Invest

Key Takeaways

• Burnout isn’t just about long hours—it’s about losing sight of what lights you up.
• Financial independence is powerful, but purpose—not money—is the real endgame.
• Agency is what most physicians crave—not escape from medicine.
• “Little p purpose” can multiply your impact far more than chasing big audacious goals
• True success feels like joy in the process, not pressure to perform.

About the Host

Dr. Peter Crane is a board-certified physician, educator, and storyteller with a heart for service and a calling to spotlight doctors who make a difference—in their communities, in medicine, and in the lives they touch.

Through Doctors Making a Difference, he brings you into intimate conversations with physicians who have overcome challenges, redefined success, and found purpose in and beyond the clinic. His goal is simple: to help more doctors stay in medicine by showing them what's possible.

About the Show

Doctors Making a Difference is more than a podcast—it’s a movement to highlight the good, the gritty, and the deeply human side of medicine.

In every episode, Dr. Peter Crane interviews physicians whose stories defy the script. From burnout recovery to bold career pivots, health challenges to quiet leadership, this show honors the truth that healing begins with connection—and doctors, too, deserve to be whole.

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