Episode #5
Is It Too Late to Start Over? Reinventing Your Career After 30 | Dr. David White
For Dr. David White, MD, the answer wasn't to start over—it was to take everything he had learned through decades of medicine, leadership, high-stakes decision-making, entrepreneurship, and life experience and use it to build something new.In this episode of Beyond The Deal, Laura Martin and Lacey Labs sit down with Dr. David White to explore a remarkable career journey that spans emergency medicine, military medicine, special operations, entrepreneurship, and a growing vision for helping people live healthier, more purposeful lives.David's path to medicine wasn't conventional. After studying criminology at Penn State and competing as a collegiate wrestler, he returned to school and eventually earned his medical degree in his 30s. His career later took him into the U.S. Air Force, where he helped develop a surgical team supporting special operations forces in the aftermath of 9/11. He went on to practice emergency medicine, help build Aspire Care, and now is entering a new entrepreneurial chapter with Fat Koi, a brand rooted in movement, connection, community, and the outdoors.But this conversation is about much more than medicine. It's about career change, leadership, calling, entrepreneurship, reinvention, family, risk, and what it means to keep growing when you're well into your career.One of the most powerful ideas David shares is simple:"Don't worry so much about the timeline. Be a student of yourself."Whether you're considering a career change, building a business, leading a team, or simply wondering what's next, David's story is a reminder that the years you've already lived aren't wasted—they're part of the experience and wisdom you carry into whatever comes next.And perhaps the most meaningful lesson comes at the end of the conversation, when David reflects that his greatest regrets aren't necessarily about his career choices. Instead, his deepest reflection has been around how he showed up as a husband and father—and how reconciliation, vulnerability, and honest conversations have transformed those relationships over time.Whether you're a physician, entrepreneur, business leader, career changer, or someone simply navigating a new season of life, this is a conversation about reinvention with purpose.
