In this episode I speak with Derin McMains, former professional baseball player and manager, now Director of Mental Performance at ReliaQuest whose wakeup call was going from professional athlete to coach and realizing how vital to success is mindset and now his company and he are spreading that beyond the sports world. https://theorg.com/org/reliaquest/org-chart/derin-mcmains

In this episode I speak with William Vanderbloemen, author of, " Be the Unicorn: 12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest," leader of the Vanderbloemen Search Group, and former Senior Pastor at one of the largest Presbyterian Churches in the United States whose wakeup call was seeing how poor a job churches did at identifying and recruiting their pastors and other senior staff and whose through line still remains his faith. https://www.vanderbloemen.com/solutions/

In this episode I speak with return guest, Amy Morin, host of a top mental health podcast called "Mentally Stronger," and author of the upcoming book, "13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don't Do," which if you pre-order you can get a month of therapy at BetterHelp for free. For details go to: https://amymorinlcsw.com/couples/Her wakeup call was having multiple tragic losses in her life and realizing it was easier to focus on not doing things than adding a list of "to do" things when she was already overwhelmed.

In this episode I welcome back Cameron Herold, founder of the COO Alliance and the Invest In Your Leaders course, host of the "Second in Command" podcast, multi-best selling author, whose sure-to-be-a-best -seller recent book is "Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your CEO," and whose wakeup call and through line is realizing that he has ADD and also a love for business and entrepreneurship seeing the world differently dating back to when he was seven. https://cameronherold.com/books/

In this episode, return guest Sam Horn, author of many books including her recent book, "Talking on Eggshells," where we spoke at length and had the most up close, personal and real conversation I have had in more than 560 episodes. Listen, relate and learn. https://samhorn.com/

In this episode I speak with returning guest, Nataly Kogan, a Russian refugee, author of "The Awesome Human Project" and her follow up book, "The Awesome Human Journal," whose wakeup call was becoming burned out after a highly successful career with McKinsey and Microsoft and founder or executive and five startups and tech companies. http://natalykogan.com

In this episode I speak with Eddie Turner, member of Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, Principal Consultant and Executive Coach at Linkage, a SHRM company, author of, "140 Simple Messages to Guide Emerging Leaders," one of the Top 25 Thought Leaders in Leadership by Thinkers 360 whose wakeup calls have been many but most prominently the births of his two children recently as a dad in his late forties and his wanting to set them up psychologically and financially for a successful and secure life. Who can't relate to that? https://eddieturnerllc.com/    

In this episode I speak with Brad Deutser, visionary leader behind Deutser and the Deutser Clarity Institute and the author of, "Belonging Rules: Five Crucial Actions that Build Unity and Foster Performance," whose wakeup call was feeling like an outsider most of his life but completely loved and supported by his family which put him on a path to helping people belong through loving them into his life. https://deutser.com/

In this episode I speak with returning guest, Suneel Gupta, author of, "EVERYDAY DHARMA: 8 Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything," whose wakeup call was failing at two tech startups and becoming famous for that just as the movement of sharing and learning from failures caught on. In his wonderful book he interviews many successful people who also failed and what it taught them. https://www.suneelgupta.com/

In this episode I interview Ashley Campbell, mother of two and founder of Coral & Blue Paper Co. She created and patented a line of children's stationery that makes thank you notes simple for kids while inspiring important character qualities, human connection, gratitude, and happiness in our digital world. She's also co-founder of the non-profit, The Coral & Blue Project in Burundi, Africa where kids use Coral & Blue stationery for writing, reading, art, public speaking and most recently, trauma therapy. Her wakeup call was seeing how the power of children writing thank you notes on special stationery increased their gratitude, patience (when they would write outside the lines) and empathy. https://coralandblue.com/about#/