12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next

Eric Mackay

What happens when the old definitions of success stop working? 12 Steps to Success is a long-form podcast about identity, purpose, burnout, and the messy, uncertain middle of building a life and career. It explores moments of transition, pressure, reinvention, and recovery, especially when clarity disappears and familiar paths no longer fit. Hosted by Eric Mackay, a senior music industry executive, founder, author, and recovering perfectionist, the show sits between success stories and self-help. These are not highlight reels or tidy frameworks. They are honest conversations with artists, founders, executives, creatives, and operators who have built things, lost things, walked away...

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12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next

Episodes (8)

Feb 24th Leaders Worth Believing In: Agency, Accountability, and the Mindset Economy (ft. Jean Gomes)
Feb 17th When the Pack Disappears: Community and Building Something That Lasts (ft. Lauren Blitzer-Wright)
Feb 10th When Your Belief System Breaks: Identity, Fear, and the Way Back to Love (ft. Brian Recker)

12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next

Feb 24, 2026
52¼ minutes
48 MB

This conversation with Jean Gomes is about what it means to stay human when leadership, work, and technology keep pushing us toward speed, cynicism, and performance. We start with agency, not “positive thinking,” but the practical kind: choosing how you show up, what you feed, and what you participate in. From there, we get into the stories we’re sold about success (and why so many of them collapse in real life), what “leaders worth believing in” actually means, and why accountability has a physical and emotional foundation, not just an intellectual one. We also talk about...

12 Steps to Success: Navigating change, uncertainty, and what comes next

Leaders Worth Believing In: Agency, Accountability, and the Mindset Economy (ft. Jean Gomes)

Eric Mackay

00:00 -52:11