My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston
I’m Dr. Mark Goulston, and this is My Wakeup Call. Everybody has personal wakeup calls, but not everybody wakes up. In this podcast, we speak to people who did. In fact, they not only woke up, but their wakeup calls changed their lives, often helped them discover their purpose and then changed how they would spend the rest of their life. In most cases, the wakeup call was not pleasant, sought-after, and often shook people to the core of their being. But in every case, it made our guests more authentic, better at life, better in life and better human beings. I hope you will listen in and become as inspired as I am from every episode. I also hope it will help you persevere if you are going through a wakeup call and haven’t yet gotten through the pain of it, or landed in your future as the better person you’re meant to be, with the better life that you’re meant to have.
DISCLAIMER: Any information or advice I give is purely based on my own experience. Comments made are as a coach- this is not medical or psychiatry advice. There is no guarantee as there are many variables that will impact outcomes. Everything stated should be taken as opinion.
Latest episodes
Nov 3, 2022 • 41min
Ep 414 - Nick Gray
In this episode I interview Nick Gray, entrepreneur and author of, "The 2-Hour Cocktail Party," a step-by-step handbook for building big relationships by hosting small gatherings whose wakeup call was seeing how to turn boring experiences into fun ones. https://party.pro/book/
Nov 1, 2022 • 46min
Ep 413 - Jeff Hull
In this episode I speak with Jeffrey Hull, author of, "FLEX: The Art and Science of Leadership in a Changing World," Executive Director of the Institute of Coaching a Harvard Medical School Affiliate, Marshal Goldsmith 100 Coach whose core value has been being on a long term journey of personal growth and helping others do the same which started from being adopted after being first misdiagnosed as having cerebral palsy and mental retardation and being not-adoptable. http://jeffreyhull.com
Oct 31, 2022 • 39min
Ep 412 - Emilio Diaz Barroso
In this episode I speak with Emilio Diez Barros, author of, "The Mystery of You: Freedom is Closer Than You Think," successful businessman, board member of more than a dozen companies whose wakeup call was realizing that racing to achieve was not freeing him from feelings of unworthiness. https://p-nt-www-amazon-com-kalias.amazon.com/Mystery-You-Freedom-Closer-Think/dp/1544529104/
Oct 28, 2022 • 45min
Ep 411 - Marianne Lewis
In this episode I speak with Marianne Lewis PhD, Dean and professor at the Carl Lindner College of Business, University of Cinncinnati and co-author, "Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems," whose through like and purpose/calling has been to see the value in tension and the power of paradoxes to solve many problems. https://business.uc.edu/faculty-and-research/departments/management/faculty/marianne-lewis.html
Oct 27, 2022 • 45min
Ep 410 - Nolan Bushnell
In this episode I speak to Silicon Valley legend, creator of Atari, founder of Chuck E. Cheese and Steve Jobs' first boss, Nolan Bushnell, whose through line and wakeup call was learning to be an entrepreneur at age 8 and never looking back. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolanbushnell/
Oct 25, 2022 • 41min
Ep 409 - Fred Reichheld
In this episode I speak with Fred Reichheld, creator of the Net Promoter system of management, the founder of Bain & Company’s Loyalty practice, and the author of five books including The Ultimate Question and the New York Times bestseller "The Ultimate Question 2.0, whose recent book is, WINNING ON PURPOSE The Unbeatable Strategy of Loving Customers," whose wakeup call was how loving customers by treating them well produced loyalty through earned growth that far exceeded profits than taking an accounting approach and bought growth through ads and manipulative enticements. https://www.bain.com/our-team/fred-reichheld/
Oct 24, 2022 • 50min
Ep 408 - Paul Magnone
In this episode I speak with Paul Magnone, Head of Global Strategic Alliances at Google, co-author with Christopher Frank and Oded Netzer of "Decisions over Decimals: Striking the Balance Between Intuition and Information," whose wakeup call was being the first generation from an immigrant family and learning how the best decisions in life need to rely on both intuition and data working together instead of against each other. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmagnone/
Oct 21, 2022 • 40min
Ep 407 - Scott Jeffrey Miller
In this episode I speak with Scott Miller, host of On Leadership podcast and author of "Master Mentors - Vol. 2" who is a returning guest and whose wakeup call was learning from and internalizing the wisdom from the guests on his podcast and who are featured in his book. https://www.scottjeffreymiller.com/
Oct 20, 2022 • 38min
Ep 406 - Ric Keller
In this episode I speak with former US Congressman and author of, "Chase the Bears: Little Things to Achieve Big Dreams," Ric Keller, whose wakeup call was realizing that instead of doing what others thought he should do - and becoming a physician - that he had to be true to his gifts of public speaking and becoming a lawyer and politician. Plus you'll love his inspiring story about how he paid for college. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickeller/
Oct 18, 2022 • 40min
Ep 405 - James Whittaker
In this episode I speak with entrepreneur, "Win the Day" podcast host, Executive Producer of the multimillion-dollar Think and Grow Rich film whose wakecall was having debilitating anxiety as a teen and not taking care of himself in anyway, and finally becoming so disgusted with himself he knew he had to change and his mother stepped in with love and support to help him get started. https://jameswhitt.com/
