
Lessons from a Quitter
Hosted by host and The host · Goli Kalkhoran
4.9from 398 ratings
- 395
- Episodes
- 100
- Transcribed
- 398
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 48K
- YouTube views
About Lessons from a Quitter
It is never too late to start over. No matter how much time or money you've spent chasing degrees and jobs to get to your current position, if ultimately you're unhappy, then it is time to quit. Each week, Goli Kalkhoran, a fellow quitter, will interview inspiring guests who have quit lucrative careers to forge their own path and create a life they love. Get insight, inspiration, tools, and resources to help you quit what you hate and figure out what it is that you love.
- Publisher
- Goli Kalkhoran
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jul 2018
- Latest episode
- 4 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
100 of 395 episodes have a transcript.

4 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
An Update On My Sabbatical

30 Dec 2025
Reflection on 7 years of podcasting

23 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT
Top 10 Lessons From a Quitter
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An Update On My Sabbatical
Published 4 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I really tried to give myself freedom to not have to do anything. And I think for the most part, I was able to slow down to a place where it was good enough for me. Like it was like I was getting a lot of like physical actual rest, like being able to lay around. I had a lot more mental rest. I didn't, it wasn't juggling as many things. And so it did feel slower. I had a ton of, time to do creative things which I really loved which I don't normally have I got into crocheting if you follow me on Instagram you might have seen in January I posted I'd started like I'd learned over Christmas break and then I became obsessed I was like crocheting purses and coasters and bags and anything you could crochet I became obsessed I started doing that I started going to a dance class I've always loved dance and I had sort of bought the BS belief that, you know, you do that when you're younger and that ship sailed. […]
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- Dinesh Melwani
- Laverne McKinnon
- Beatriz Victoria Albina
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- YouTube views
- 48,016
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 324 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 74 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 95
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