My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston

In this episode I speak with Michael Schein, the Head Hype Man at MicroFame Media and author of, "The Hype Handbook: 12 Indispensable Success Secrets From the World's Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Boundary Breakers," whose wakeup call was distilling what masters of hype do effectively that could be used by people who are doing good in the world. https:/...

In this episode I speak with polar explorer, mountain climber, women's activist, top keynote speaker, multi-heart surgery survivor and author of the NY Times best-seller, "On the Edge," Alison Levine whose wakeup call was being fascinated by the Arctic and Antarctic as a child and inspired by her whistle-blower, former FBI agent father to always speak out when you see wrong being done. https://ali...

In this episode I speak to Patrick McGinnis , who coined the term FOMO as well as FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) and host of the "FOMO Sapiens" podcast whose wakeup call was doing what was expected of him including going to Harvard Business School and working for a large financial company and then having everything blow up in the 2008 financial crisis and realizing it was time to be true to his ou...

In this episode I speak with Angus Nelson, Founder of Evolve Men Coaching who has worked with companies including Walmart, BMW and Disney and whose wakeup call was reaching a high level of success only to have it and his marriage fall apart due to exhaustion after a business failure followed by multiple addictions and then rebuilding everything with a growth mindset and turning any setback around...

In this episode I speak with Dr. Steven Rogelberg, organizational psychologist, Chancellor's Professor at UNC Charlotte and author of, "The Surprising Science of Meetings," whose wakeup call was realizing how much time people spend in meetings and how he could discover evidence based research on how to make them better instead of wasting people's time. https://www.stevenrogelberg.com/

In this episode I speak with Thatcher Wine, CEO of Juniper Books and author of, "The Twelve Monotasks: Do One Thing at a Time to Do Everything Better," whose wakeup call was being pulled in too many directions from cancer, divorce, Covid and discovering that doing one thing at a time made him more productive and more sane. https://www.thatcherwine.com/

In this episode I speak with Doug Cartwright, author of: "How Shit - We're Alive, Now What," and CEO and Founder of the Daily Shifts whose wakeup call was realizing that everything he thought would make him happy - money, cars, women, parties - left him feeling broken and empty and how psychedelics began to unlock the door to traumas he'd been running from his whole life. https://www.thedailyshift...

In this episode I speak with Ron Carucci, co-founder and managing partner of Navalent and author of, "To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose," who wakeup call was more of his origin story of being the youngest of five in a New York Italian family and always being fascinated with groups and how they could work better to accomplish great things. https://www.navalent.com/reso...

In this episode I speak with Will Polston, host of the "Make It Happen," podcast whose wakeup call was seeing the stress his dad was under at not being able to succeed and the effect it had on his family. https://make-it-happen.co.uk/

In this episode I speak with return guest, healthcare leader, multi-best selling author and author of "The Calling: Why Healthcare Is So Special," Quint Studer, whose wakeup call was improving the health and well being of healthcare workers so they can have the energy to take care of us especially after a dedicated team saved the life of his son after an accident as a child. http://www.quintstuder...

In this episode I speak with Jay Steinfeld, author of: "Lead from the Core" and founder and CEO of Global Custom Commerce the #1 online window coverings retailer which was bought by Home Depot whose wakeup call was the untimely deaths of his mother and wife when three of his children were young and his journey moving through and past that and become the man and leader he is today. http://jaysteinf...

In this episode I speak with Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson, executive coaches and authors of, "You Can Change Other People," whose wakeup calls were wanting to help people change and being frustrated when their prior efforts didn't result in that. https://bregmanpartners.com/

In this episode I speak with Addison Brasil, co-founder, COO of Tethr, a peer driven community for men to deal with their mental health challenges, whose wakeup calls included getting through the PTSD and suicidal depression following the suicide of his father, death from cancer of his brother, death of best friend in traffic accident in which he survived. https://www.tethr.men/content/tethrd-tmz-...

In todays I speak to CJ McClanahan, author of, "The Overachiever's Dilemma," whose wakeup call was and continues to be dealing with stress and depression by totally focusing on the needs of others. https://cjmcclanahan.com/

In this episode I speak with uber SEO thought leader, Stephan Spencer, whose wakeup call was surviving unharmed from a car accident that should have killed him and more recently turning to his higher power and say, "Give me a job to do on Earth to make a difference." https://www.stephanspencer.com/

In this episode I speak with dating and relationship coach and host of the Mountain Top Podcast, Scot McKay, whose wakeup call was getting out of a horrendous first marriage to figuring out what makes for the best relationships and how to have men have one AND realizing how important freedom is as he has traveled the globe worldschooling his kids. https://mountaintoppodcast.com/

In this episode I speak with Todd Cherches, Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach, author of "VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and Life," and CEO/co-founder of BigBlueGumball, whose wakeup call was working for so many toxic bosses and knowing there was a better way to lead and also discovering the power of visual thinking. http://www.bigbluegumball.com/

In this episode I speak with return guest, Simon Mainwaring, CEO of We First and author of the new book. "Lead with We," whose wakeup call was seeing how companies were paying lip service to having a stakeholder company that wouldn't happen until leaders stepped up and would lead with we. https://www.leadwithwe.com

In this episode I speak with Jenn Lim, author of, "Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact," and CEO of Delivering Happiness whose wake up calls included the death of her dad twenty years ago and recently of her close friend and partner, Tony Hsieh (former CEO of Zappos) which resulted in her needing to discover HER purpose and core values. https...

In this episode I speak to Shari Foos, Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of The Narrative Method, whose wakeup call was realizing how people could use fictional stories to overcome adverse childhoods and also how that can be applied to help healthcare workers suffering from burnout using Narrative Medicine. https://www.thenarrativemethod.org/

In this episode I speak to Dave Stewart, founder and the face of AGEIST and host of the Superage Podcast, whose wakeup call was discovering that little was being said about the modern 50+ and highly influential demographic and so he jumped in and became one of its leading authorities. https://www.weareageist.com/

Fred Joyal In this episode I speak with Fred Joyal, founder of the leading referral company, 1-800-DENTIST and author of, "Superbold: From Under-confident to Charismatic in 90 Days," whose wakeup call was his determination to overcome being shy because of realizing how much it caused him to miss out on things. https://fredjoyal.com/

  In this episode I speak with entrepreneur turned #1 Thought Leader on Entrepreneurship, Rhett Power, whose wakeup call was "quitting" various successful ventures when he felt finished with them and they were no longer aligned with his purpose. https://rhettpower.com/

In this episode, that is one of my all-time favorites, I speak with the highly accomplished, Amanda Slavin , Co-founder of CatalystCreativ and author of the best selling book, "The Seventh Level," whose wakeup call was marrying someone who was good for her by being good to her and also becoming a mom in her journey to feel like a whole and wholly at peace person. https://www.catalystcreativ.com/

In this episode I speak with Mark C. Thompson, Chairman of the Chief Executive Alliance and the World's #1 CEO Coach according to Thinkers50 whose wakeup call was more of a through line in his life realizing he could help the most powerful leaders achieve epic goals that could change the world and future. https://www.markcthompson.com/