My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

In this episode I speak with David Leighton, Co-Founder, President and Chairman of WITI (Women in Technology International) whose wakeup call was being inspired and informed by his mother, Carolyn Leighton, the other Co-Founder of WITI, about how the talent of women was being underutilized and their potential unrealized and wanting to create a community to change that. https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

  In this episode I speak with former "king of the London party scene" turned everyman philosopher and author of, "Hope...And the Hedgehog," Tom Vaughan, whose wakeup call was pondering the meaning of life and coming up with a question we must all answer for ourselves. https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Hedgehog-Death-personal-quest/dp/1789632900/

  In this episode I speak with Michael Slepian, Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia University and author of: "THE SECRET LIFE OF SECRETS: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are" whose wakeup call was learning the secret that he and his brother's father, was not their biological father which coincided with research he was already doing on the top....

In this episode I speak with Andy Norman, public philosopher and author of, "Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think," whose through line and wakeup call was going into philosophy because he was fascinated about the difference between human wisdom and foolishness. https://andynorman.org/mental-immunity

  In this episode I speak with John Bates, Founder of Executive Speaking Success, and author of, "Your Amazing Itty Bitty Guide to Being TED-Worthy," whose wake up call was a life threatening illness and financial disaster that caused him to turn his life into giving value to others. https://executivespeakingsuccess.com/

Marci Glidden Savage In this episode I speak with Marci Glidden Savage, author of "And No One Saw It Coming," whose wakeup call(s) were the suicides of her two husbands and how that has made her a fierce advocate for mental health and breaking the stigma. https://marcisavage.com/

In this episode I speak with Cynthia Johnson, entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Bell+Ivy, personal and employee branding firm and author of: "Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding," whose wakeup up call was being home schooled and developing a laser focus on what is most important and identify trends many years before their time. https://www.bellivy.com/our-team/cynthia-johnson

In this episode I speak with the Founder of the Admired Leadership Institute, Dr. Randall Stutman, whose wakeup call was learning the singular quality of the best leaders is how widely they are admired. https://admiredleadership.com/

In this episode I speak to Ken Sterling, Executive VP at BigSpeak whose wakeup call was to go from being homeless with his mother as a young child and to be appreciative of and practice kindness in the world. https://www.bigspeak.com/team/sterling-ken/

In this episode I speak to former CEO of a billion dollar company, Thomas Vozzos, author of: "The Homeboy Way: A Radical Approach to Business and Life," who became Homeboy Industries first-ever CEO in 2012 whose wakeup call was realizing how little corporate America truly cared about anyone other than shareholders and thinking there must be something more fulfilling and discovering the magic that...

In this episode I speak with Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz, co-authors of, "GOLDEN: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise," whose wakeup calls were discovering the power of mindfulness, meditation and silence to break through logjams and obstacles that pedal to the metal energy never did. https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Power-Silence-World-Noise-ebook/dp/B09CPZZSPS

In this episode I speak with Brian Elliot t, Executive Leader, and Sheela Subramanian, Vice President and Co-founder of Future Forum and co-authors of: "How The Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives," whose wakeup call was realizing how leaders need to adapt to the needs of their people if they want to win the battle for talent and succeed in their future. https:/...

Lara Hodgson is President and CEO of NOW Corp, and has served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and is the co-author with Stacey Abrams of, "LEVEL UP: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back," whose through line and wakeup call was realizing she had a near unicorn blend of being an aeronautical engineer and excellent people skills which she has combined to...

In this episode I speak with Janice Perkins, a leadership warrior, founder of Capacity who liberates infinite capacity for individuals, teams and organizations and whose wakeup call was learning to be strong in overcoming health issues in her children and herself and learning to balance that with connecting with people. https://www.ihavecapacity.com/about-2

In this episode I speak with influencer, Mikhaila Peterson, host of the Mikhaila Peterson Podcast whose through line and wakeup call have been diverging from conventional pure science based remedies for her health challenges to discovering alternative approaches that worked. https://mikhailapeterson.com/

In this episode I speak with Susan Cain, NY Times #1 best selling author of: "Quiet" and her recent book, "Bittersweet," whose wakeup call was being passed over for partner in her law firm and realizing that she always wanted to be a writer and also discovering that some things in life that the world views negatively, can often be the source of creativity AND happiness. https://susancain.net/

In this episode I speak with Brian Bogert who has been helping the world turn pain into strength and commitment and whose wakeup call was having his torn off left arm be reattached at age 7 and his journey to heal physically and psychologically from that. https://brianbogert.com/

In this episode I speak with psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Harvard Medical School Professor, Director of their Study of Adult Development and Zen priest, Robert Waldinger, M.D. whose through line has been a lifelong fascination with the human psyche and what makes for a happy and fulfilling life. https://www.lifespanresearch.org/

In this episode I speak with Whitney Johnson, CEO, Disruption Advisors and author of, "Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company," whose wakeup call was to always progress in life and help others do the same after being born to an unmarried couple. https://whitneyjohnson.com/

In this episode I speak with Scott Keller, Senior Partner at McKinsey, and co-author with Carolyn Dewar and Vikram Malhotra of "CEO Excellence," whose wakeup call was personally, the birth of his second child with severe brain damage and his single minded dedication to his development and professionally, his research and realization that CEO excellence came down to six mindsets. https://www.mckins...

In this episode I speak with Tommie Breedlove, transformational coach, speaker, and best selling author of, "Legendary," whose wakeup calls was going to prison after a violent youth and then again discovering the emptiness of becoming highly successful and almost destroying his life. https://tommybreedlove.com/

n this episode I speak with Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arcelik, parent company of brands including Beko and Grundig, and author of: "A Mountain to Climb - The Climate Crisis: A Summit Beyond Everest" whose wakeup call was climbing Mt. Everest during very dangerous conditions, being close to dying and realizing how important climate change is. https://www.arcelikglobal.com/en/company/about-us/managemen...

In this episode I speak to Karen Hinton, author of "Penis Politics," former press secretary to former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo and former NYC Mayor Bill di Blasio, whose wakeup call was the suicide of a childhood friend and rape survivor at age 50, and how women need to speak out about abuse. https://penis-politics.com/about-karen-hinton/

In this episode I speak to Steven Kotler, Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, multi-NY Times best selling author and journalist and author of the new book, "The Devil's Dictionary," whose wakeup call was starting out as a poet before transitioning to science based journalism and now combining his research with his love for fiction in creating series of sci-fi books and thrillers. h...

  In this episode I speak with Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen, authors of "Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams from Isolated to All In," whose wakeup call was discovering through their research how pervasive loneliness is in the workplace especially among Gen Z. https://lesslonely.com/