10,000 Tabs

10,000 Tabs is a podcast about how people navigate change when the path forward isn’t obvious. Host Kim Wensel sits down with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people who have taken a non-linear path. Each conversation explores the human experience behind the work: how we make decisions when there’s no clear roadmap, outgrow old identities, and learn to trust ourselves more than the public opinion on our life. From career pivots to identity shifts, and all of the quiet decisions in between, we're sitting in the messy middle with a little more honesty and a little less pressure to have it all figured out.

10,000 Tabs is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 58 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts 10,000 Tabs, a business show with 58 episodes published.

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  Episode #58

  58: The Curse of Capability

  Sep 29, 202617 min

  For the first time, I’m sharing a piece of The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma with you. My book comes out October 13, and rather than spend an episode telling you what it’s about, I wanted you to actually hear some of it. The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma is about the messy middle of career change—the period when you know something no longer fits but you don’t yet know what comes next. It’s also about what makes that question particularly complicated for people who are good at a lot of things. The chapter I chose to read is called “The Curse of Capability.” I chose it because this idea sits at the heart of so much of what I’ve been thinking and writing about for years: being capable can open an enormous number of doors, but it doesn’t necessarily tell you which ones you want to walk through. And when you’ve built an identity around being the person who can figure things out, deciding what deserves your time gets complicated. This is a little preview of the book before it officially enters the world and a chance for me to read you the words exactly as I wrote them. Mentions & Links The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma is available on Amazon , Barnes & Noble , and Bookshop.org RSVP for the Leesburg book launch event (October 13) RSVP for the DC book launch event (October 14)

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  Episode #57

  57: One More Is Never Enough with Austin Rampt

  Sep 13, 202636 min

  How bad does it have to get before someone decides to change? Austin Rampt started using drugs and alcohol at 13, looking for relief from anxiety and shame he didn’t yet know how to name. What followed is a story that almost defies belief—addiction, recovery, extraordinary business success, relapse, and more than one moment that seems like it should have changed everything. In this episode, we talk about why consequences alone aren’t always enough to make someone change, the connection between achievement and escape, and what Austin began to understand about vulnerability after years of believing that if people really saw him, they would leave. We also talk about fatherhood, regret, and the long process of learning how to stay present in a life you actually want to be part of. MENTIONS + LINKS One Last Hit book by Austin Rampt Austin's Instagram CONNECT WITH KIM Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn Subscribe to the 10,000 Tabs Newsletter

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  Episode #56

  56: BOOK TALK - Do You Really Have To Burn The Boats?

  Sep 2, 202637 min

  Do you really have to burn the boats to make a meaningful change? Matt Higgins’ book, Burn the Boats, argues that keeping a Plan B can get in the way of fully committing to what we want. I expected to disagree with a lot of it. I did—and I was surprised by how much I agreed with, too. For the first BOOK TALK episode of 10,000 Tabs, I’m digging into self-trust, instinct, risk, boredom, blank space, and knowing when it’s time to stay with an idea long enough to see what happens. MENTIONS + LINKS Burn the Boats by Matt Higgins Pre-Order The Multi-Hyphenate Dilemma by Kim Wensel CONNECT WITH KIM Website: KimWensel.com Instagram: @kimwensel 10,000 Tabs newsletter

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  Episode #55

  We Can Do Hard Things...But At What Cost? with Cara Chace

  Aug 17, 202632 min

  Cara Chace knows how to do hard things. She spent years as a Special Agent working high-stakes cases, walked away from a stable government career without knowing exactly what would come next, built a successful business, and later faced a period when her health forced her to step away from work altogether. But this conversation isn't really about whether we can do hard things. It's about the questions that can surface when being capable, productive, and good under pressure becomes part of how we understand ourselves—and what happens when the life we've become very good at living starts asking something different from us. In this episode you'll hear: What Cara's years as a Special Agent taught her about who she needed to be at work The decision that disrupted the linear career path she'd spent years building What happened when Cara suddenly couldn't rely on work in the same way she always had The business rule she eventually started questioning after years of following it Why a childhood ambition unexpectedly resurfaces at this point in her career The question Cara is still living inside as she gets ready to launch her first book About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Cara Chace Website and Book Ditch the Chaos Podcast Megadeath Official Website Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn Subscribe to the 10,000 Tabs Newsletter

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  Episode #54

  SOLO: 5 Things I Know After 15 Years of Pivoting

  Aug 10, 202649 min

  I've been changing directions in my career for nearly two decades. And while every pivot has looked different from the outside, I've started to notice some remarkably familiar moments inside them. In this solo episode, I'm looking back at the parts of career change we tend to leave out of the before-and-after story: the strange stretch when the old thing no longer fits, the new thing isn't clear yet, and you're left trying to determine whether you're moving forward at all. Inside this episode you'll hear: What I've noticed about the timing of knowing you're ready for a change The surprising pull that can show up once you've decided to move in a new direction What our obsession with staying busy can obscure during a transition The part of leaving an old career that has very little to do with the actual work A realization I've had recently about where some of our "next" chapters may actually begin About The Show 10,000 Tabs is a podcast about change, reinvention, and what happens when life no longer fits the way it used to. Each episode explores the moments when something shifts—when the version of life or work that once made sense no longer fits, and the next chapter hasn’t fully revealed itself yet. Through candid conversations with founders, creatives, leaders, and everyday people, the show explores how we make meaning, find clarity, and move forward anyway. Mentions & Links Kim Wensel Website | Instagram | LinkedIn Subscribe to the 10,000 Tabs Newsletter Emma Grede's book: Start With Yourself

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