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
Sep 22, 2022 • 40min
Ep 394 - Claudia Clark
In this episode I speak with Claudia Clark, author of, "Dear Barack: The Extraordinary Partnership of Barack Obama and Angela Merkel," whose through line has been a lifelong dedication to social activism in the face of being an extreme introvert. https://www.claudiaclarkauthor.com/
Sep 20, 2022 • 46min
Ep 393 - Mike Koenigs
In this episode I speak with transformational business consultant and coach, creator of his "Publish and Profit" system, Mentor Advisor Partner program and cancer survivor, Mike Koenigs, whose wakeup call was to become completely authentic without the concern about what people thought of him. https://www.mikekoenigs.com/about/
Sep 18, 2022 • 34min
Ep 392 - Joseph Pine
In this episode I speak with B. Joseph "Joe" Pine III, author of "The Experience Economy," whose through line has been to describe what he saw and then prescribe actions you can take to help people and organizations overcome what was holding them back. https://strategichorizons.com/pine-and-gilmore/joe-pine/
Sep 15, 2022 • 43min
Ep 391 - Michael Stickler
In this episode I speak with Michael Stickler, popular Christian author, publisher at Leadership Books, whose through line has been his loyalty to others as he believes God has been loyal to him and whose wakeup calls include the loss of his wife to cancer and his time going to prison. https://leadershipbooks.com/collections/michael-stickler
Sep 13, 2022 • 45min
Ep 390 - Amy Gallo
In this episode I speak with Amy Gallo, author of "Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) and Contributing Editor at Harvard Business Review whose wakeup call and through line was coming from a divorced parents as a child and learning to see the positive aspects of conflict as a way to learn and grow. http://www.amyegallo.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Along-Anyone-Difficult-People/dp/1647821061/
Sep 11, 2022 • 45min
Ep 389 - Steve Fortunato
In this episode I speak with Steve Fortunato, Founder and CEO of Hospitality Brands, whose through line has been managing the dynamic between the vicious cycle of entitlement and the virtuous cycle of generosity in his approach to his business and life and whose wakeup call was getting past a childhood of being ostracized. And get this, this was Steve's first ever podcast appearance. I thought he was wonderful. https://hospitalitycollaborative.com/meet-the-team/
Sep 8, 2022 • 51min
Ep 388 - Bill George
In this episode I speak with Bill George, former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic and co-author of "True North: Emerging Leader Edition," whose wakeup call was realizing you need to care about your people to succeed as a leader by helping them succeed and you need to discover and develop yourself before you can do that. https://www.billgeorge.org/
Sep 6, 2022 • 45min
Ep 387 - Brent Jackson
In this episode I speak with Brent Jackson, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Mercy General Hospital about his through line of achievement and service and whose wakeup call was learning to be of support and believe in others that he learned from his grandfather. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjacksonmd/
Sep 4, 2022 • 44min
Ep 386 - Tom Hogan
In this episode I speak to former Silicon Valley start up marketing firm founder turned novelist, Tom Hogan, whose recent book is the current thriller: "The Empty Confessional,' and whose wakeup call was witnessing the abuse within the Catholic Church and his living out a retaliating revenge fantasy in his current book. https://tom-hogan.com/
Sep 1, 2022 • 46min
Ep 385 - Gerry Riskin
In this episode I speak with Gerry Riskin, Founder and Chairman of: https://www.edge.ai/people/gerry-riskin/ whose wakeup call was standing up for his mom regarding a damaged product when he was 14 and seeing the power that lawyers could have in doing that for people who couldn't stand up for themselves. To me, he is one of the best representatives of what and how lawyers could be.
