If you’ve ever set goals you genuinely cared about — and then watched them slowly disappear once life got busy — this episode will feel uncomfortably familiar. James Nutter talks through what actually causes follow-through to break down, especially for physicians, and the small structural shifts that finally made things stick.
Most people don’t quit on their goals all at once.
They don’t wake up one morning and decide, I’m done trying.
They just stop touching them.
A week gets busy.
Then a month goes by.
Then suddenly it’s March and the goal that felt important in January hasn’t crossed your mind in weeks.
In this episode, James Nutter talks honestly about why this happens — not because people lack discipline, but because most goals are built to survive ideal conditions, not real life.
For physicians especially, life is unpredictable by default. Schedules shift. Energy fluctuates. Mental bandwidth gets eaten by work, family, and responsibility. When goals rely on motivation or “finding time,” they quietly lose.
James walks through what finally changed things for him: moving away from goal-setting as an event and toward simple rhythms that create continuity — weekly, monthly, and quarterly check-ins that don’t demand intensity, just presence.
The conversation touches on money, time, relationships, and burnout — not as separate problems, but as signals that something lacks structure. What stood out most wasn’t a tactic or a tool, but the idea that progress doesn’t come from pushing harder. It comes from removing the friction that causes drift.
This isn’t about doing more.
It’s about stopping the slow erosion that happens when nothing is holding your intentions in place.
Power Couple Rx is a 2026 segment focused on helping dual-physician couples stop drifting, reclaim their time, and intentionally build lives that support both career success and personal fulfillment.
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Because true wealth isn’t just about numbers—it’s about freedom.
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