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
Dec 19, 2021 • 45min
Ep - 274 Michael Schein
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://microfamemedia.com/
Dec 16, 2021 • 44min
Ep - 273 Alison Levine
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://alisonlevine.com/
Dec 14, 2021 • 36min
Ep - 272 Patrick McGinnis
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 outlier self and never looked back. http://fomosapiens.com
Dec 12, 2021 • 1h 4min
Ep - 271 Angus Nelson
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 by asking, "What does this make possible?" https://angusnelson.com/
Dec 9, 2021 • 47min
Ep - 270 Dr. Steven Rogelberg
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/
Dec 7, 2021 • 44min
Ep - 269 Thatcher Wine
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/
Dec 5, 2021 • 50min
Ep - 268 Doug Cartwright
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.thedailyshifts.com/
Dec 2, 2021 • 46min
Ep - 267 Ron Carucci
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/resources/team-member/ron-carucci/
Nov 30, 2021 • 34min
Ep - 266 Will Poston
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/
Nov 28, 2021 • 41min
Ep - 265 Quint Studer
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.com/
