12 Steps to Success

Conversations about purpose, identity, and the messy middle for people navigating change or burnout.

12 Steps to Success is a reflective podcast, a growing body of writing, and an ongoing inquiry into what happens when old definitions of success stop working. This work lives in the space between certainty and change, where clarity is still forming and identity is being reconsidered.

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The Podcast

Long-form conversations about the messy, uncertain middle of building a life, a career, and a sense of purpose.

The 12 Steps to Success podcast is built around long form conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and builders who have had to rethink who they are and how they live their lives. These are not success stories or highlight reels. They are conversations about uncertainty, pressure, recovery, and the moments where things stop making sense but movement is still required.

Each episode explores the lived experience of transition. Burnout that went unnoticed. Identities that no longer fit. Success that arrived but did not deliver what was promised. The show does not rush toward answers or frameworks. It stays with the questions long enough for something honest to emerge.

This podcast is for people who feel stuck, unsettled, or quietly reassessing where they are and what comes next.

New episodes: Released weekly during each season, with breaks between seasons.

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What This Work Explores

Across the podcast and related writing, this work returns to a set of recurring themes:

Identity and the roles we attach our worth to
Purpose beyond achievement or external validation
Burnout, recovery, and recalibration
Leadership as a lived experience rather than a performance
The tension between who we have been and who we are becoming

These conversations are slow by design. They are intended to be sat with, not consumed quickly.

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Books and Writing

The books connected to 12 Steps to Success are slower, deeper explorations of the same questions raised in the podcast. They are not manuals or motivational shortcuts. They are written reflections on leadership, identity, purpose, and the cost of pursuing success without self awareness.

Each book stands on its own, but together they form a broader inquiry into how people navigate change, responsibility, and meaning over time.

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12 Steps to Successful Leadership

How to Be the Best Version of Yourself and Inspire Excellence in everyone Around You

A comprehensive guide to personal and professional success, drawing from real-world experience in the music industry and business leadership.

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12 Steps to Successful Leadership

The Workbook

A companion guide to the original book

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Finding Your Purpose

from the 12 Steps to Success Series

The follow up to the original 12 Steps to Succesful Leadership

5 Habits for Real Resilience

A free guide for navigating setbacks and finding your way forward.

One to One Work

Eric works one to one with people navigating periods of transition, uncertainty, or recalibration. This work is reflective and conversational rather than prescriptive, and is shaped by the same themes explored throughout the podcast and writing.

The focus is on presence, self understanding, and clarity over time, particularly when familiar identities or definitions of success no longer fit. This work exists as a place where questions can be held without urgency, and where insight emerges through attention rather than pressure.

Speaking and Public Conversations

Eric also speaks publicly at conferences, events, panels, and festivals, contributing to live conversations around identity, purpose, leadership, and change. This includes keynote talks, panel participation, and moderating discussions in public forums.

These appearances draw from the same body of work as the podcast and books, translated into shared spaces where ideas are explored in real time. The emphasis is on thoughtful contribution rather than performance, and on helping audiences think more clearly about the stories shaping how they work and live.

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