In this episode of The Personal Success Podcast with Ryan Watts, Ryan sits down with Mirav Ozeri, journalist, storyteller, and host of How Much Can I Make? for a wide ranging conversation about work, success, money, meaning, AI, and the courage it takes to follow what feels true. Mirav shares how a shelved television concept eventually came back to life as a podcast, why she believes every person has a story, and what she has learned from speaking with people across wildly different professions.  

Mirav reflects on her path from Israel to New York, her background in journalism and documentary work, and the deeper mission behind her show. What began as curiosity about jobs and earnings became something more human: a search into how people actually live, what fulfillment means, and why so many of us are trying to separate success from prestige alone. She also shares that her audience has broadened well beyond young adults and now includes many listeners navigating reinvention, change, and the desire for a different kind of life.  

Ryan and Mirav explore some of the biggest tensions people carry around work today. They talk about the lie that success is only about money, how fulfillment often matters more than status, why self trust keeps showing up in the lives of people who build meaningful careers, and how luck and opportunity interact with courage and persistence. They also discuss AI, isolation, community, and the importance of staying human in a rapidly shifting world.  

In This Episode

Ryan and Mirav talk about:

• Mirav’s early life in Jerusalem and the resilience it built in her.  
• How she came to New York for three weeks and never left.  
• Her work in journalism, documentary storytelling, and CBS.  
• Why How Much Can I Make? became a podcast after living first as an unrealized TV concept.  
• Why listeners come for the money question but stay for the human story.  
• What her interviews have revealed about self trust, fulfillment, luck, opportunity, and the real shape of success.  
• Why community may become even more valuable as AI reshapes work and identity.  

Memorable Ideas from the Conversation

“Success” may have less to do with prestige and more to do with whether you actually love what you do.  

Many people are not looking only for a better job. They are looking for a more honest life.  

Self trust matters because the world often tells people not to pursue what feels most true to them.  

Opportunity does not always arrive loudly. Sometimes it whispers.  

Failure is not the end of the story. It is often the doorway to the next version of it.

About Mirav Ozeri

Mirav Ozeri is a journalist and storyteller whose career has included fashion photography, documentary filmmaking for nonprofits and advocacy organizations, and work at CBS, where she helped start CBS MarketWatch. Today she hosts How Much Can I Make?, a podcast focused on real jobs, real stories, and real earnings. According to the show listing, the podcast explores what different careers are actually like, how people break into them, what challenges they face, and what they can earn.    

Links

Listen to How Much Can I Make? on Apple Podcasts: Apple Podcasts   

Visit the How Much Can I Make? website: howmuchcanimake.info   

Learn more about Mirav on the show’s About page: About Mirav Ozeri   

Contact Mirav and the show: [email protected]   

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