My Wakeup Call with Dr. Mark Goulston: Recent Episodes
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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.
In this episode I speak with Robert Barton, University of Oregon professor emeritus in acting and former head of the acting program and author of many books including: "Acting: Onstage and Off," and "Acting Reframes: Using NLP to Make Better Decisions in and out of the Theatre and his “Many Right Ways” columns appear in each edition of The Voice and Speech Review. His wakeup call was coming from an unhappy childhood and seeing how acting and the theatre could free him and also be something to develop himself fully as a person and help others do the same. https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001IQW792/about/
In this episode I interview returning guest Ron Carucci co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization and leadership. He brings up to date after the publication of, "To Be Honest: Lead with the Power of Truth, Justice and Purpose," because I felt compelled to speak to him given the need for all of this. www.navalent.com www.tobehonest.net
In this episode I speak with returning guest Johann Ilgenfritz, CEO of UK Health Radio, the #1 world's talk health radio, which my co-hosted show, "Hurt Less, Live More," about his vision for bringing the best healthcare information to the world and updates on that and how you can become involved. https://ukhealthradio.com/about/
In this episode I speak with Sani Abdul-Jabbar, Founder and CEO of VezTek, a Los Angeles-based emerging tech company specializing in cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain, author of "Makers: A Slender Knowledge," whose through line has always been a work ethic instilled by his parents but whose wakeup call was the birth of his first child in 2011. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sani/
In this episode I interview Rand Selig an accomplished entrepreneur, coach, conservationist, and board member for various organizations and author of, "Thriving!" where he shares his extensive expertise in how to create a healthier, happier, and more prosperous life. His wakeup call or through line that he learned from his parents was being all about service and a major breakthrough was 15 years ago learning to finally accept his father who could be hard and opinionated as who he was and also discovering about the power of love and being loving. http://randselig.com
In this episode I speak with returning guest and future superstar, Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, a SHRM company, where she oversees the strategic direction and global operations of this global leadership development firm. She is the author of, "In Her Own Voice: A Woman’s Rise to CEO," whose wakeup calls have been her being able to quiet her inner critic re: becoming a CEO and recently becoming an international speaker and author. https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/pages/jennifer-mccollum.aspx
In this episode I interview Jim Tselikis, co-founder of Cousins Maine Lobster a startup food truck business which has grown to over 50 units, including both gourmet food trucks and fast-casual restaurants whose wakeup call was coming up with the idea and keeping it secret with his co-founder cousin and former guest on this podcast until they could launch a single truck in Los Angeles. In this episode Jim offers a master class in both "family first" values and growing an entrepreneurial business from an idea and a passion. https://www.cousinsmainelobster.com/
In this episode I speak with Greg Williams, "The Master Negotiator and Body Language Expert," speaker, trainer and Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches member who wakeup call was noticing people's body language and that everyone is always negotiating from being a poor young child and also his desire to give back to the world because 95% of people he knew as a child were either in prison, drug addicts, prostitutes or dead. And also thinking he was stupid until some teachers believed in him and told him he wasn't. https://www.themasternegotiator.com/
In this episode I speak with Daniel Pinchbeck, Founder and Director of the Liminal Institute and author of "Breaking Open the Head," "2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl," "How Soon is Now" and co-author of "When Plants Dream." and writes Daniel Pinchbeck's newsletter on Substack which I highly recommend. His wakeup call was possibly being raised in Manhattan and supported by divorced parents with a father, a literary writer/author and a mother, an artist and his finding his own path being drawn to the metaphysical. https://substack.com/@danielpinchbeck and https://www.theliminalinstitute.com/
In this episode I speak with Ben Guttmann, marketing and communications expert and author of "Simply Put: Why Clear Messages Win — and How to Design Them". He’s an experienced marketing executive and educator on a mission to get leaders to more effectively connect by simplifying their message. His wakeup call or rather his underlying driving force was coming from a family of "make your own job" people who were supportive of his making his own way. https://www.benguttmann.com/simply-put-book
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#/
In this episode I speak with Scott Robertson, author of, "Just Stop It: Your Survival Guide to Marketing Myths, Mistakes and Misgivings," musician and long time successful marketing specialist who believes in serving and caring about his clients more than money and whose through line and wakeup calls have been his deep faith in God and Christianity. https://www.robertsoncomm.com/about-us/
In this interview I speak with Beverly Parenti, co-founder of The Last Mile (TLM) and Molly Kelly, returning citizen and now Partnerships Manager for TLM whose wakeup calls were seeing a way to dramatically reduce recidivism by training incarcerated individuals in technical skills that led to a job and most importantly led to self-worth and hope. And how appreciative vs. entitled these returning citizens felt made them wonderful hires. https://thelastmile.org/about/
In this episode I speak with Scott Osman, CEO, and Jacquelyn Lane, President of the 100 Coaches Agency and co-authors along with Marshall Goldsmith of "Becoming Coachable: Unleashing the Power of Executive Coaching to Transform Your Leadership," and whose wakeup calls were realizing each of them were not coachable and how much value being coachable has been for them. https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/business-and-finance/leadership-and-management/becoming-coachable/
In this episode I speak with Neil Cannon, bestselling author of "The Vitality Secret" and recent book, "The Vitality Code," authority in holistic health, vitality coach, podcast host, and speaker. Since 2015, Neil has been helping people become free from illness, pain and medication by balancing their bodies across the physical, mental, emotional and energetic “Pillars of Vitality” and whose wakeup call was the stroke of his father which could have been presented and his lifelong battle with eczema and how traditional medicine made it worse. https://vitalitysecret.com/
In this episode I speak with Quint Studer, healthcare leader, teacher, coach, luminary, author of many books, most recently, "Rewiring Excellence: Hardwired to Rewired, co-founder Healthcare Plus Solutions Group (HPSG), who overflows with compassion and kindness and whose throughline has been caring about healthcare workers so that they will care more about their patients and take better care of themselves. https://www.quintstuder.com/
In this episode I speak with Nina Szewczak, a transformational change agent whose wakeup call was not realizing how much her childhood affected her and realizing that she had to unlearn what she had learned that wasn't true.
https://themidliferevolution.com/
In this episode I speak to Dr. Joel A. Davis Brown , author of, "The Souls of Queer Folk: How Understanding LGBTQ+ Culture Can Transform Your Leadership Practice," Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Pneumos LLC, co-founder of MetaPrinciple™ and co-developer of Global Inclusion Praxis Model, whose wakeup call was being so loved and supported by his family that he could take on the challenges of being Black and LGBTQ as he navigated his way through life. https://www.pneumos.com/our-founder/
In this episode I speak with Mark Matousek, speaker, author or eight books including his most recent book, "Lessons From an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life," founder of, The Seekers Forum, whose wakeup call was coming from a traumatic and violent background and his seeking to understand what was going on the world that was much larger than his life which sent him on a lifelong journey of seeking. https://markmatousek.com/
In this episode I speak with Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean of the Icahn School of Medicine and President for Academic Affairs for the Mount Sinai Health System and Jonathan M. DePierro, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Associate Director of Mount Sinai’s Center for Stress, Resilience, and Personal Growth. They are the co-authors of "Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges, third edition," dedicated to their late third author, Steven M. Southwick, M.D., which is possibly the definitive book on the topic. Their wakeup calls came from violent traumas they each suffered and tested their resilience. https://www.amazon.com/Resilience-Science-Mastering-Greatest-Challenges/dp/1009299743/
In this episode I interview Shannon Walker, CEO and Founder of Northwest Battle Buddies, a non-profit organization on a mission to end suicide among our nation's military Veterans struggling with PTSD that currently has a 100% success rate and whose wakeup call was honoring her late father who served in the military and was her hero. https://northwestbattlebuddies.org/
In this episode I speak with Bruce Kasanoff, thought Partner. ghostwriter, co-creator who is the purest listener I have ever met and who taught me a tremendous amount and will do the same for you, especially about separating when you're being completely of service to others which then allows you to separately do what give you pleasure. You gotta listen to this one. https://kasanoff.com/
In this episode, return guest Dorie Clark, top communication expert, multi-million view TEDx speaker, author of multiple books including, "The Long Game," who wakes us up by sharing nuggets of wisdom from her life and career. Thank you Dorie! https://dorieclark.com/
In this episode I speak with Art Kleiner, co-author with Juliette Powell of "The AI Dilemma: 7 Principles for Responsible Technology," and Editor in Chief at Kleiner Powell International (KPI), multi-best selling author, commentator, ghostwriter and on the faculty of NYU whose story/wakeup call was having an autistic sibling and realizing how many people suffer from an illusion of control that they don't have. https://www.linkedin.com/in/artkleiner/
In this episode I speak with James Brosnahan, famous multi-award winning trial lawyer of 150 cases to conclusion, author of the best-selling book, "Justice at Trial: Courtroom Battles and Groundbreaking Cases," whose origin story and wakeup call were the same, i.e. being in bed from age 3 to 6 for rheumatic fever and once he got out, throwing himself into life but who defining moment was meeting and marrying his wife Carol. https://www.jimjbrosnahan.com/
In this episode I speak with Michael Bungay Steiner, Rhodes Scholar, author of the best selling book, "The Coaching Habit," and more recently, "How to Work with (Almost) Anyone," whose through line and greatest influence were his parents who were very community minded and who were completely supportive of him even though they didn't quite understand him. https://MBS.works
In this episode I speak with Tom Shroder, a delightful raconteur, award winning journalist, ghost writer, former editor of Washington Post magazine whose main driver has been curiosity and who had many wakeup calls and was especially amazed by writing a poem and having it grab other kids attention. He also noticed that deadlines motivated him to write and with that led him into journalism. https://tomshroder.com/
In this episode I speak with John Vagueiro, CEO & Founder of global digital marketing agency Adapting Social, which serves clients in over 20 countries including Bentley, Ferrari, Columbia University, Compass and RE/MAX. He is the host of the "Breaking Barriers" podcast, an advocate for anxiety and mental health disorders and whose wakeup call was being told he had a learning disability, would never go to college and starting a business at age 17 to help his struggling family. https://adaptingsocial.com/leadership/john-vagueiro/
In this episode I speak with Rob Moore, co-founder for the Progressive Group, Entrepreneur's Business Academy, author of 17 books, host of the "Disruptors" podcast whose wakeup call was going from a broke zero-aire to multimillionaire and also watching his father have a nervous breakdown when Rob was 26 in their family pub and how that deeply impacted him. https://robmoore.com/
In this episode I interview Margaret Kelly, A.B. Princeton, J.D. Virginia Law and partner at Advantage Ivy Tutoring, which help students improve their college essays for elite colleges and whose wakeup call was always being curious about reading and language and realizing that law wasn't the best use of her talents and passions, but helping young college bound students become more articulate and authentic was. https://www.advantageivytutoring.com/ourteam
In this episode I speak with Robert Diltz, an internationally respected developer, author, trainer and consultant in the field of leadership and change and a pioneer in the field of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), a discipline that has profoundly shaped and enlightened management, training and communication techniques. He is the author of many books with his most recent being, "The Power of Mindset Change: Why Mindset Matters Most." His through line has always been looking for what it the good and best in anything and his wakeup call was being a student at UC Santa Cruz and meeting a professor John Grinder, one of the inventors of NLP. https://diltsstrategygroup.com/DSG/AboutRobert.html
In this episode I speak with Tyler Williams, founder of the 5 Minute Fear Formula, former country music artist and race car driver, who helps people discover and come from the power that is already in him and whose wakeup call was being unprepared to give a performance and staying away for breaking through his fear of failure for nearly a decade. https://www.tylerwilliamslive.com/
In this episode I speak with Marc and Elaine Zicree, producers of the Space Command TV series and author (Marc) of "Twilight Zone Companion," whose through line has been to uplift the human spirit through compelling and riveting entertainment and whose wakeup call for Marc was meeting Elaine. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spacecommand/space-command
In this episode I speak with CB Bowman, author of, "Courage: To Leap and Lead," host of the "Courage to Leap and Lead" videocast and podcast, CEO of the Association of Corporate Executive Coaches, and a Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches member. Her origin story included being raised by a very strict and through that, a loving mother, and whose greatest wakeup call was learning that she had dyslexia which freed her from thinking she wasn't smart. Turns out she is close to brilliant in what she brings to her executive coaching and working with organizations. https://acec-association.org/directory/cb-bowman/ #cbbowman #acec
in this episode I speak with Hendrie Weisinger, PhD, psychologist, two time NY Times best selling author, leading authority in the application of Emotional Intelligence, an expert in Anger management, the originator of the highly regarded techniques of Criticism Training, and a pioneer in the emerging new field, pressure management whose wakeup call was turning a rebellious, partying adolescence into being able to see and seize the elephant in the room and turn it into a highly successful career. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-hendrie-weisinger-0637246/
In this episode I speak to Ardeshir Mehran, PhD, Founder of Human Work Studio and author of, "You Are Not Depressed. You Are Un-Finished," whose wakeup call was realizing that rather than running away from depression, if he stopped and felt his underlying feelings, which he has called, "The Emotional Bill of Rights," his depression went away. https://www.humanworkstudio.com/bio
In this episode I speak with Christopher Zara, Senior Editor at Fast Company, and author of, "Uneducated," a memoir about his life and career as journalist without a college degree in and very degreed industry and whose wakeup call was realizing that being angry and rebellious as a teenager was a dead end and then turning his life around. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherzara/
In this episode I speak to Gladys McGarey, M.D., widely regarded as the "Mother of Holistic Medicine" and author of, "The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age," whose wakeup calls included being one of the earliest female medical doctors in America, working with Mahatma Gandhi, and being inspired by her medical missionary parents growing up in India. https://gladysmcgarey.com/
In this episode I speak with Andrei Mincov, Founder of Trademark Factory, the leading law firm specializing only in trademarking their clients brands with an amazing three part entire money back guarantee to their clients. His wakeup call was winning a decision in Russia's next level under their Supreme Court to secure damages to his famous composer and father, Mark Mincov, after his music had been used illegally by a large radio company in advertising. https://trademarkfactory.com/
In this episode I speak with Caroline Goyder, leading TEDx speaker, author of "Gravitas: How to Speak With Confidence Influence and Authority" and "Find Your Voice" and creator of "Master Your Meetings" digital online course whose wakeup call was being a young child and enjoying sports but feeling she was not allowed to because she was uncoordinated and not good at them and has dedicated her life to helping people embody something from their inside. http://carolinegoyder.com
In this episode I speak with Jeffrey "Griff" Griffin, author of, "I'm Possible" and "Dream," silver medalist in wheelchair basketball, National Champion, in the (Wheelchair NBA), and a four-time All-Star MVP whose wakeup call was coming back after an accident paralyzed him from the waist down in the midst of a successful collegiate athletic career. https://griffinmotivation.com/
In this episode I speak to Alicia Dunams, author of, "How to Talk to Your Enemies: 101+ Ways to Turn Hostility into Peace," mediator, executive coach, and owner of, "Best Seller in a Weekend," whose wakeup call was learning to be a peacemaker between her multi-racial parents. https://www.aliciadunams.com/
In this episode I speak with Laura Gassner Otting, Author of three books, "Wonderhell," "Limitless," and "Mission-Driven." Laura’s 30-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps. A recent and near devastating wakeup call was coming down with a severe autoimmune illness during Covid and her coming back from it. https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/
In this episode I speak with J.C. Lapierre who serves as Chief Strategy and Communications Officer for PwC, who is a visionary leader and helped launch PwC’s Trust Leadership Institute and helped create and guide PwC’s CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion. Her origin story was being completely inspired by her grandfather to be of service and earn your success everyday. Her wakeup call was learning she couldn't have children, getting divorced and going on a long journey to discover her purpose and who she really was. https://www.pwc.com/us/en/contacts/j/jc-lapierre.html
In this remarkable episode, Terri Cole, author of, "Boundary Boss-The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen and (Finally) Live Free," gives the equivalent of a mastery class in explaining and setting up boundaries. This is a not-to-miss episode. Her wakeup call was was learning the cost of not setting up boundaries which helped her to overcome alcoholism because she hadn't been. https://www.terricole.com
In this episode I speak with Michael Bernard Beckwith, Founder and CEO of Agape International Spiritual Center, Author of Life Visioning, Spiritual Liberation, The Answer Is You, Transcendence Expanded and the originator of the Life VisioningTM Process whose wakeup call was becoming aware that the universe was calling out to him to help the world spiritually. https://michaelbeckwith.com/
In this episode I speak with Paul H. Smith, Phd, (ret) Major US Army, who served for seven years in the U.S. government’s remote viewing program at Fort Meade, Maryland, author of, "The Essential Guide to Remote Viewing," President/Chief InstructorPresident/Chief Instructor Remote Viewing Instructional Services, Inc., whose wakeup call was after being fascinated by science fiction and ESP as a child and then growing skeptical of it, discovering a division of the US Army that utilized it in reading the enemy's mind. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-h-smith-ph-d-996316a/
In this episode I speak with returning guest, Steven Kotler, multiple NY Times best selling author with his most recent book being, "Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad." He is an award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective and his wakeup call was drilling into how flow and peak performance into aging can revolutionize the concept of getting older. https://www.stevenkotler.com/
In this episode I speak with Vitaliy Katsenelson, CEO of IMA USA, financial writer, value investor, author of two financial books and his recent book, "Soul in the Game," and whose wakeup call was wanting to write a more personal book that he could give to his four children to pass on what he has learned from life.
http://contrarianedge
In this episode I speak with Donna Bond, spiritual life and business coach, author, and thought leader. After a 28-year long run as a corporate marketing executive who “had it all”, had a wakeup call and decided to change course and get a master’s in Spiritual Psychology. Donna helps people to live with reverence by activating their entelechy - the fullest realized expression of who they came here to be, from the inside out. https://donnabond.com/
In this episode, I spoke with returning guest and beloved guru, Ken Blanchard, Co-Founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of Ken Blanchard Companies, to mine his mind for collected wisdom from his career. I love this guy and you will quickly understand why. https://www.kenblanchard.com/About-Us/Meet-the-Team/Ken-Blanchard
In this episode I speak with Harry Nelson, one of the leading healthcare lawyers in America, Founding Partner of Nelson Hardiman Healthcare Lawyers, author of, "Obamacare to Trumpcare: Why You Should Care," and "The United States of Opioids: A Prediction for Liberating a Nation in Pain," whose origin story and wakeup calls was being a Rabbi's kid, but deciding to go into law instead of becoming a Rabbi. https://www.nelsonhardiman.com/attorney/harry-nelson/
In this episode I speak with Mindy Sterling, American actress, two time Emmy nominee for her work in "Con Man" and "Secs and Execs," who also played the iconic Frau Farbissina in all three Austin Powers whose through line has been always making people laugh and whose wakeup call was adopting her son Max and discovering that he is on Spectrum and her devoting her life to giving him the best life possible... Max also joins us for a little bit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindy_Sterling
In this episode I interview returning guest, John Baldoni, thought leader and top executive and Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach, author of 14 books including, "Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis," whose wakeup call was seeing how "grace" is now needed from their leaders given how much the world is hurting. http://johnbaldoni.com
In this episode I speak with Sheryl Utal, CEO and co-founder, and Lanya Dakin, COO and co-founder, of Japa Health whose wakeup calls were seeing how a wholistic, spiritual and mindful approach to health could treat and cure many conditions that conventional medicine had not been helpful with. http://japahealth.com
In this episode I speak with Michael Greger, M.D., physician and internationally recognized speaker on nutrition, founder of his nonprofit, NutritionFacts.org and author "How Not to Die" and "How Not to Diet." His wakeup call was seeing his mother live 36 years after being told she had a terminal illness by changing her diet and being an early client at the Pritikin Longevity Center. https://drgreger.org/
In this episode I speak with Luke Russert, author of, "Look For Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself," an exploration of finding oneself and one’s place in the world in the face of crushing expectations and grief. He is an author and an Emmy Award winning journalist who served as an NBC News correspondent from 2008 to 2016. Primarily covering American politics, he was seen on popular outlets such as NBC Nightly News, Today, NBCNews.com, and MSNBC.
He is the son of the late Tim Russert of NBC’s Meet the Press and Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth. His wakeup call was prompted by a talk with House Speaker John Boehner who advised him to get out of the suffocating political bubble in Washington, D.C. to find out who he was and wanted to be. https://www.lukerussert.net/
Tiffani Bova2.m4a In this episode I speak with returning guest, Tiffani Bova, author of, "The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth," and the Wall Street Journal bestselling book, "Growth IQ." She is also the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce whose wakeup call was transitioning from being a practitioner to an analyst and now thought leader. https://www.tiffanibova.com/
In this episode I speak with returning guest, Sam Horn, CEO of the Intrigue Agency, author of 10 books with her latest book, "Talking on Eggshells," a not to be missed extension of her incredibly smart, wise AND "doable by you," insights and ideas, and whose wakeup call has been her continued noticing, being astonished and then telling and teach the world what she's learned. https://samhorn.com/
In this episode I interview Melissa Bernstein, co-found of Melissa and Doug, author of, "LifeLines: An Inspirational Journey from Profound Darkness to Radiant Light" and co-founder of http://Lifelines.com whose wakeup call was discovering that her lifelong battle with depression and anxiety to alleviated by an existential approach to her life focused on finding its meaning.
In this episode I speak to Dr. Lilly Tam, who helps organizations improve their company culture and employee engagement with her 6-session SISPEP Method program which teaches her clients to achieve 6 dimensions of well-being through a process that includes stopping all the lies they tell themselves and whose wakeup call was coming from a deeply traumatic childhood and realizing how lying to herself to cope with it nearly destroyed her. https://lillytam.com/
In this episode I speak with Allyn Evans, CEO of the Monroe Institute, a non-profit research, and teaching organization dedicated to improving people’s lives through the advanced study and practice of expanded consciousness, and whose wakeup call was being a naturally empathic and intuitive person and discovering how the Monroe Institute and its programs, teachings and products could dramatically accelerate and deepen those skills through the scientifically proven approaches or Robert Monroe, M.D. http://monroeinstitute.org
In this episode I speak with Clint Ober, CEO of Earth FX Inc, creator of Earthing and Ground Therapy, co-author of "Earthing (2nd Edition): The Most Important Health Discovery Ever!" and Founder of the Earthing Institute, whose wakeup call was discovering how grounding ourselves can dramatically reduce inflammation and improve a wide range of physical and mental maladies. http://earthing.com
In this episode I speak with Chris Pavlak, author of: author of: "From Lawyer to Warrior: Failing the Bar, Becoming a Marine, and Finding Meaning," member of the Marine Corps Reserves, and a faculty member at National Intelligence University, whose wakeup call was failing the bar exam to practice as a lawyer and joining the Marines to deal with his sense of failure. http://lawyertowarrior.com
In this episode I speak with Danny Dreyer, walking and running coach, ultramarathon runner, lecturer and co-founder of Chi Living. He is the coauthor, with Katherine Dreyer, of, "ChiRunning: A Revolutionary Approach to Effortless," "Injury-Free Running," "ChiWalking: Fitness Walking for Lifelong Health and Energy," and "Chi Marathon: The Breakthrough Natural Running Program for a Pain-Free Half Marathon and Marathon." His wakeup call was feeling intellectually challenged by a lack of parenting, dropping out of college, but then discovering a series of talents and careers culminating in marathon running and discovering how Chi could increase his and other people's mastery of it and many other things. https://chiliving.com/company/about-us/
In this episode I speak with Jon Yarian, writer, speaker, serial entrepreneur, and performance coach, Senior Vice President of Operations and Strategy at Sovereign and co-author with Chris Mettler, Founder and Chairman of Sovereign of, "Spark: 24 Concepts to Start, Unstick or Superpower Your Work Life," whose wakeup call was moving from trying to fit it as the youngest of three brothers to learning to ask questions which changed how he would approach life. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonyarian
In this episode I speak with Connor Beaton, the founder of ManTalks, an international organization focused on men’s wellness, success, and fulfillment and author of, "Men's Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom," whose wakeup call was coming from a divorced family from which his parents formed new families neither of which he belonged to and making sense of all the polarities in life and finding out where he belonged and going to help others do the same. http://mantalks.com
In this episode I speak with David Noble and Carol Kauffman, co-authors of: "Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High," among the world's top executive coaches with long extinguished careers who wakeup call was partnering with each other from complementary and synergistic skillsets and learning that 1 + 1 = 11. This is one of the most cogent episodes we have had in 500 episodes. http://carolkauffman.com and https://instituteofcoaching.org/david-noble
In this episode I interview Sabin Lomac who along with his cousin Jim Tselikis co-founded Cousins Maine Lobster and have grown it into 50 units including gourmet food trucks, fast-casual restaurants and an overnight mail order business from Maine to your door and whose wakeup call was visiting his cousin in Los Angeles and getting the idea for bringing the affordable luxury of lobster rolls, etc. into the food truck industry which exploded after a successful appearance on Shark Tank. http://cousinsmainelobster.com
In this episode I speak with David Dennis, author of, "Gameness: Land on Your Feet, Not on Your Feelings," and Chief Executive Officer of Eckerd Connects, one of the nation’s largest nonprofits providing workforce development, Job Corps, juvenile justice and child welfare services across the country, whose wakeup call was being confused and lost and discovering the power of his Faith to give him hope, direction and a gameness to help the lost among our youth. https://gamenessleadership.com/#author
In this episode I speak with Doug Dane, author of, "Mistaken Identity: A Guide To Letting Go Of A Past That’s Holding You Back," whose wakeup call was realizing that blocking out and pushing away his past horrendous traumas was connected to his failing at life even though he was successful in business. https://www.dougdane.com/mistakenidentity
In this episode I speak with Heather E. McGowan, author of, "The Empathy Advantage" and future-of-work strategist, thought leader, researcher, and one of the leading voices on the Future of Work whose wakeup call and through line has been a lifelong curiosity about why people behave the way they do and innovation and making stuff. http://heathermcgowan.com
In this episode I speak with Colonel Kim "KC" Campbell, former Air Force fighter pilot, military leader and author of: "Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage," whose wakeup calls were watching the Challenger disaster as a child, wanting to become an astronaut, becoming an Air Force fight pilot and surviving a near crash on a mission over Baghdad. https://kim-kc-campbell.com/
In this episode I speak with Emily Bashah, a licensed psychologist and co-author with Paul Johnson, of "Addictive Ideologies," whose parents made a harrowing escape from Iraq before she was born, and whose wakeup call was to fight against the ideologies that traumatize and kill innocent populations like her parents and hers by digging down into what drives people to become addicted to them. https://www.bashahpsychological.com/
In this episode I speak with Robert Glazer, Global Chairman of Acceleration Partners and author of: "ELEVATE YOUR TEAM: Empower Your Team To Reach Their Full Potential and Build A Business That Builds Leaders," whose wakeup call was the need to truly elevate and empower your people if you're wanting to attract and retain the best talent in these challenging times. https://robertglazer.com/
In this episode I speak with Heather Younger, Founder and CEO of http://employeefanatix.com and author of, "The Art of Active Listening: How People at Work Feel Heard, Valued, and Understood," whose wakeup call was being born to inter-faith, inter-race parents and how after feeling different from everyone fueled her to achieve and make the world more caring.
In this episode I speak to Pavel Stuchlik, also known as NOA/AON, an expert in self-realization techniques, biohacking, and breathwork whose mission is to bring people back to their center in union with others through his movement, #noamovement, and whose wakeup call was learning to stop focusing outwardly and begin focusing inwardly to find his center and his purpose. https://noaaon.com/
In this very long form episode I interview Joe Polish, author of: "What's in It for Them?: 9 Genius Networking Principles to Get What You Want by Helping Others Get What They Want." He is the founder of Genius Network® and GeniusX®, President of Piranha Marketing Inc., Creator of the Genius Network® Interview Series, Co-founder of 10XTalk.com and ILoveMarketing.com, and Founder of GeniusNetwork.com, and hosts 3 highly popular free podcasts on iTunes. His wakeup call was surviving childhood sexual abuse which was a trigger for multiple addictions and now being dedicated to dealing with addicted individuals with compassion instead of judgment. https://joepolish.com/
In this episode I speak with Morra Arrons-Mele, author of, "THE ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower," and host of, "The Anxious Achiever," a top-10 management podcast that helps people rethink the relationship between their mental health and their leadership whose wakeup call was and continues to be a lifelong struggle with anxiety and turning that into a strength. https://hbr.org/2019/09/podcast-the-anxious-achiever
In this episode I interview Aarash Daroodi, General Counsel at Fender, the iconic guitar manufacturer and President of the Fender Play Foundation™, the brand's 501(c)(3) public charitable organization whose wakeup call was being separated from his parents from infancy to age seven and stranded in Iran and what that taught him about resilience, adaptability and patience. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarashdarroodi/
In this episode I speak with Dr. Randall Bell, socio-economist, leading authority on disasters an author of "Post-Traumatic Striving: The Art, Science & Stories of Resilience," whose wakeup call was realizing he had been traumatized by a health condition as a child and also digging into the personal stories of people who survived and thrived after being traumatized. http://drbell.com
In this episode I speak with leading regenerative medicine MD, Dr. Adeel Khan, who treats people around the world including royalty, athletes and celebrities whose wakeup call was the death of his younger sister at age 25, a near breakdown in his medical training and having that push him to find meaning in how he would help the world. https://www.instagram.com/dr.akhan/
CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent based at the network’s Los Angeles Bureau, whose through line has been always asking questions as a way to learn, connect and as a shield and whose wakeup call was realizing there were many amazing women leaders that could teach women AND men many things about leadership. https://juliaboorstin.com/
In this episode I speak with Jeff Dewing, best-selling business author of "Doing the Opposite," podcast host of "Business Disruptors: Doing the Opposite" and founder of Cloudfm & Mindsett whose wakeup call was losing everything and rebuilding from that and also showing vulnerability to his recent company during the pandemic and having all his people step up and come up with solutions he never could. https://www.jeffdewing.co.uk/
In this episode I speak with Sam White, CEO of Freedom Services, an ever-expanding insurance business and who cares passionately about diversity, equality, innovation and above all, making business human. Motivated by a desire to change the insurance industry for the better, Sam is a vocal advocate for leveling the playing field for women and championing female leaders within the industry after her wakeup call of seeing how overly male it is. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-white-093b9b22/
In this episode I speak to multi-NY Times best selling author, Daniel Pink, whose latest book is, including his latest, "The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward," whose wakeup call was realizing that what he was doing on the side, i.e. always writing, was something he should shift his life to doing as his main focus. https://www.danpink.com/
In this episode I speak with Dr. Charryse Johnson, Founder of Jade Integrative Counseling and Wellness, psychotherapist and mindfulness practitioner whose wakeup call was surviving a tumultuous childhood and then the trauma of giving birth to her second child several rooms away from her dying mother, who had been her rock. http://drcharryse.com
In this episode I speak to Sally Helgesen, the world's foremost authority on women leadership and author of: "Rising Together: How We Can Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace," whose wakeup call was realizing that both women AND men are looking for practical/tactical way to accomplish this. http://sallyhelgesen.com
In this episode I speak with entrepreneur, coach and former Mayor of Malibu, CA, Mikke Pierson, whose wakeup call was pushing through whatever fears were holding him back when he was younger. https://mikkepierson.focalpointcoaching.com/
In this episode I speak with Ann Christensen, President and CEO of the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation whose through line has always been to help people and whose missionary work to Mongolia woke her up to the utter humanity of the world and caused her to double down in finding ways to help even more. https://www.christenseninstitute.org/about/#about-ann-christensen
In this episode I speak with Miklos Dietz, Senior Partner at McKinsey and co-author with Vekat Atluri of "THE ECOSYSTEM ECONOMY: How to Lead in the New Age of Sectors Without Borders," whose wakeup call was realizing that the world is much to siloed and needs to view itself as part of something much larger and much more cooperative in order to thrive and even survive. https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/miklos-dietz
In this episode I interview Alex Brueckmann, author of, "Secrets of Next-Level Entrepreneurs," strategy facilitator and speaker who has impacted thousands of business leaders and whose wakeup call was realizing how non-human the technical side of business was and becoming dedicated to changing that. https://www.brueckmann.ca/
In this episode I welcome back Garry Ridge, former CEO at WD40, who gives a mini-masterclass in leadership and shows us what it's like to "refire" rather than "retire." https://thelearningmoment.net/
In this episode I speak with Kathy Eldon, author of, "Hope Rising, A Musing," Founder of Creative Visions, inspired by the wakeup call from the loss of her son, Dan Eldon, an activist photography killed in Somalia. http://kathyeldon.com
In this episode I speak with Quan Huynh who as been described as a mighty warrior a magician, and a mountain of goodness. He is the bestselling author of "Sparrow in the Razor Wire: Finding Freedom from Within While Serving a Life Sentence," Executive Director of https://www.defyventures.org/our-community/defy-socal and whose wakeup call was realizing in the middle of a life prison term that he had the opportunity to improve himself vs. seeing prison as a dead end. https://quanxhuynh.com/
In this episode I spoke to Elliot Kallen, highly successful Financial Planner and Advisor, whose wakeup call was the suicide of his college student, and great athlete son, Jake, and the shock and grief that threw him into and caused him to create: https://abrighterday.info/
In this episode I speak to Johann Ilgenfritz, fashion photographer turned founder of: http://ukhealthradio.com whose wakeup calls were a heart attack and two bouts of cancer, with the second bout being called terminal by conventional treatment and his clear thought in his mind, "I'm going to live!"
In this episode I speak with Tom Hardison, Founder of the Founder of the https://generativeleadershipgroup.com/ whose wakeup call was realizing that he needed to expand beyond his needing to be right engineer mind and get in touch with who he was and in touch with how to bring out the best in others as a leader.
In this episode I speak with Soren Kaplan, PhD, affiliate at the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California and author of, "EXPERIENTIAL INTELLIGENCE: Harness the Power of Experience for Personal and Business Breakthroughs," whose wakeup call was having a tumultuous childhood with a mother with mental illness and his realizing he couldn't depend on her to be in touch with reality. https://www.sorenkaplan.com/
In this episode I speak with Dr. Bruce Hutchison, retired Canadian psychologist and author of, "Emotions Don’t Think: Emotional Contagion in a Time of Turmoil," whose wakeup calls after being bullied as a child was being curious about why people do what they do and realizing how much emotions drive behavior. https://www.drbrucehutch.com/
In this episode I speak with Matt Mayberry, author of, "Culture is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact and Excellence," leading global expert in leadership development, culture change, and organizational performance and former NFL player whose wakeup call was turning his life around after extensive drug use in high school and being inspired by his football coach at Indiana University. http://mattmayberryonline.com
In this episode I speak with Tom D'Eri, Co-Founder and COO of Rising Tide Car Wash, an organization that employs over 90 individuals with autism in a successful car wash business. Tom is a Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur and is the author of "The Power of Potential: How a Non-Traditional Workforce Can Lead You to Run Your Business Better." His wakeup call was having a brother with autism and an amazing father who was determined to create a business to give people with autism a job and purpose. https://www.risingtidecarwash.com/
In this episode I speak with Jeff Burnside, multi- award winning journalist, former tv news investigative reporter and co-author of, "Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor," whose wakeup call was watching his dad be so engaged in reading and watching news that Jeff realized he wanted to be journalist/reporter. https://www.jeffburnside.com/
In this episode I speak with Rebeccah Silence, global advocate and leading coach in emotional healing and relationships, author of, "Coming Back to Life," host of the "Healing IS Possible Experience" and the "Tougher Together Breakthrough" podcasts, and the creator of the on-demand "The Emotional Survival Kit course," whose wakeup up call was surviving domestic abuse and then coming down with Stage 3 cancer while pregnant with her second child. https://www.rebeccahsilence.com/
In this return appearance, Cameron Herold, author of, "The Second In Command - Unleash the Power of Your COO," founder of the COO Alliance, the World's Leading Network for Seconds in Command, he’s also the host of "the Second in Command: The Chief Behind the Chief" podcast whose through line has been seeing how COO's can be instrumental to the success of their CEO's and companies. https://cooalliance.com/
In this episode I speak to Alex Mont-Ros, author of the "Family Meeting Planner" and co-founder of the "Step Up Method" whose wakeup call after a tumultuous childhood and being a father at a young age, was the need to help families improve following similar principles to what makes businesses succeed. https://www.familymeetingplanner.com/
In this episode I speak with Patricia Cori, author of, "HACKING THE GOD CODE: The Conspiracy to Steal the Human Soul," system buster, freedom fighter, warrior for truth, justice and the liberation of humanity whose wakeup call was realizing the dangers of sharing your most precious gift, you DNA, with companies that are misusing your information. http://patriciacori.com
In this episode I speak with Jan Patterson, co-author of, "Breath for the Soul: Self-Care Steps to Wellness," integrative medicine and infectious diseases physician who has practiced and taught medicine for more than 30 years and whose wakeup call was how integrative medicine can help many disease states and how it especially helped her cope with and move on after the death of her son by suicide. https://www.drjanpatterson.com/
In this episode I speak with Jeff Lerner, Founder of the ENTRE Institute and author of, "Unlock Your Potential," whose wakeup call was realizing that the only way for him to succeed, and maybe even survive, was to be true to himself vs. conforming to a world he never fit into. https://jefflernerofficial.com/
On this episode I speak to Bob Cousins, co-founder of Novasolix and has worked with startups in both energy and computing for more than 35 years. Bob has served as CTO and/or Engineering VP of multiple technology companies from New York to California. He was selected as Inventor of the Year, 2020 by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association and has also written three novels, "Pipov," "Miller's Trials" and "Boxed In." His wakeup call was being compelled to go deep inside things to figure out how the fit together and how to fix them when they don't. http://www.novasolix.com/team
In this episode I speak with Beth Hendler-Grunt, Founder and President of https://nextgreatstep.com/ , super successful corporate sales person turned parent college student empowerment expert and author of, "The Next Great Step: The Parent's Guide to Launching Your New Grad Into a Career," whose wakeup call was seeing how college grads were NOT getting the jobs or starting the careers they wanted.
In this episode I speak with Chris Do, Founder and CEO of https://blind.com/studio/people/chris-do/ whose wakeup call was noticing certain teachers who were the exception at inspiring their students and wanting to follow in their tracks.
n this episode I speak with Abby Davisson, co-author of, "Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest Decisions" and former corporate executive and president of the GAP foundation, whose wakeup call was being inspired by her teacher, mentor, former Stanford professor and now co-author, Myra Strober, on how to approach the most difficult decisions in life with a clear multi-step process. https://www.abbydavisson.com
In this episode I speak with Aren Bahia, former gang member and drug addict/dealer, entrepreneur coach, whose wakeup call was having a motorcycle accident and being humbled by all the people who spontaneously stepped in to help him which turned is mind and life into "learn and serve" which he has now been doing around the world. https://arenbahia.com/
In this episode I speak to Alex Wills, M.D., Board Certified Psychiatrist, author of, "Give a Fck," and creator of Radical Emotional Acceptance and whose wakeup call was realizing that feeling your emotions and accepting them, but not acting on them was more effective than not giving a fck. https://independentdocsid.com/alex-wills-md/
In this episode I speak with Leslie Reyes, author of, "The Zen of Learning to Ride a Motorcycle," psychiatric and chemical dependency nurse, yoga teacher and motorcycle enthusiast whose wakeup call was facing her fears and developing a calm mindfulness and learning many other practical lessons while learning to ride a motorcycle. https://www.lesliereyesauthor.com/
In this episode I speak with Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief, "Entrepreneur Magazine," author of, "Build for Tomorrow," and host, "Build for Tomorrow" podcast whose wakeup call was realizing that after many years of reports on others that he had ideas of his own to share and needed a platform to do it. https://www.jasonfeifer.com/
In this episode I speak with Alexandra Wyman, advocate and public speaker for resources in the aftermath of suicide and author, "The Suicide Club: What To Do When Someone You Love Chooses Death," After she lost her husband to suicide in August of 2020, Alexandra found a need to change the rhetoric around suicide. https://www.forwardtojoy.com/
In this episode I speak with Michael Clinton, author of, "ROAR into the second half of you life," and was named former senior media advisor to the CEO of Hearst, president of marketing and publishing director of Hearst Magazines and a member of the board of directors of Hearst Corporation whose wakeup call was being inspired by loving working class parents who introduced he and his five siblings to the world of words and books and caused him to become positive, optimistic and have a love of learning. https://roarbymichaelclinton.com/
In this episode I speak to Michael McFall, co-CEO of BIGGBY COFFEE and author of, "Grind: A No-bullsh*t Approach to Take Your Business from Concept to Cash Flow," whose wakeup call was seeing and then seizing the opportunity to create and give the best quality coffee to the common man - and woman - as opposed to only upscale coffee houses. https://biggby.com/b-involved/
In this episode I interview Jeremy Delk, author of, "Without a Plan: A Memoir of Unbound Action and Failing My Way to Success," serial entrepreneur with a passion for disrupting industries. Born and raised in a small-town, blue-collar household, he jumped into entrepreneurial ventures with the naivety of a child and the tenacity of a tycoon and whose wakeup call was realizing that as long as you keep picking yourself up and moving forward, you don't need to a plan to succeed. https://jeremydelk.com/
In this episode I speak with JJ Stenhouse, former long time journalist, known as the Practical Alchemist and host of "Alchemy 1.01," on UK Health Radio whose wakeup call was realizing that she had spent decades giving voice to others, but had not dared to share her own authentic voice and is now dedicated to doing that and helping others share theirs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jj-stenhouse/
In this episode I speak to CJ Gross is author of, "What's Your Zip Code Story? Understanding and Overcoming Class Bias in the Workplace," He is also a TEDx presenter, international speaker and the founder of Ascension Worldwide, a firm dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity training and consulting, whose wakeup call was how people's class in life could be as much of a factor in DEI as their race, gender and generation. https://cjgrosstalks.com/the-book/
In this episode I speak to Jimn Kyles, the Lead Pastor at Anchor Bend Church in Richmond, Texas and author of, "Unstuck and Unstoppable," whose wakeup call was being at a very low point and having a convergence spontaneously happen in which he felt that God spoke to him and offered him a way to save his life. https://jimnkyles.com/
In this episode I speak with Sharon Melnick, PhD, author of, "In Your Power: React Less, Regain Control, Raise Others," host, "Power Shift" podcast and Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coach whose wakeup call was discovering the difference between striving to be in power and in YOUR power. https://sharonmelnick.com/
In this episode I speak with David Magee, bestselling author of the award-winning, "Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss" and creator and director of operations of the William Magee Institute for Student Wellbeing at the University of Mississippi whose wakeup call was losing everything secondary to his addiction, losing his son William to a drug overdose and nearly losing his other son to addiction. https://www.daviddmagee.com/
In this episode I speak with returning guest, Amanda Holmes, CEO of Chet Holmes International and co-author of the Revised and Updated classic book, "The Ultimate Sales Machine," whose wakeup call was finding a way to connect the old-school sales process with hybrid online and offline instant gratification short attention span of consumers and blending the values of caring about your people with profitability. https://chetholmes.com/
In this episode I speak with Amii Barnard-Bahn, creator of the "Promotability Index," former Fortune Global 50 executive, consultant to the C-Suite and leaders at global companies and recognized by Forbes as one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives. She is a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches. Her wakeup call was realizing how self-reliant she would need to be following her parents divorce and also how much value her business, legal experience and artistic background could add to her coaching. https://www.barnardbahn.com/
In this episode I speak to Billy Pittard, Professor of Media Arts at Middle Tennessee State University. and former founder of his own design company that was known for branding television networks and systems such as CBS, ABC, DirecTV, Food Network, and Showtime and more, whose through line has been an almost childlike curiosity about the world that immediately turned into an immense creative output. https://www.linkedin.com/in/billypittard/
In this episode I speak with Firouz Daneshgari, M.D.,surgeon-scientist, educator, entrepreneur and author of: "Health Guardianship: The Remedy to the Sick Care System," whose wakeup call was realizing how broken and wasteful the healthcare system is at all levels and coming up with a common sense solution to fix it. https://www.amazon.com/Health-Guardianship-Remedy-Sick-System/dp/1957048662
In this episode I speak with educational psychologist, counselor, parenting expert and author of, "Holding On While Letting Go," Carl Pickhardt, PhD, whose wakeup call was facing an downturn in the economy and needing to pick a specialty to be known for and selecting adolescence and parenting because of his affinity for "coming of age" transformation. : http://www.carlpickhardt.com/
In this episode I speak with Srikumar Rao, author of "Modern Wisdom, Ancient Roots: The Movers and Shakers’ Guide to Unstoppable Success," elite coach, former teacher at Columbia University of their students' favorite course whose wakeup call was letting go of personal ambition and discovering freedom and peace. https://theraoinstitute.com/about-srikumar/
In this episode I speak with Ayse Birsel, author of "Design the Life You Love" an "Design the LONG LIFE you love," whose wakeup call was spontaneously coming up with her personal mission in a meeting with fellow designers which was, "I want to design the life I love" and waiting until a downturn in the economy to make it her life's purpose. https://www.aysebirsel.com/ and https://www.amazon.com/Design-Long-Life-Step-Step/dp/0762481153/
In this episode I speak with Jane Velez-Mitchell, former TV news anchor and reporter, Founder/President of http://unchainedtv.com whose wakeup call(s) involved accepting and coming out as gay, an alcoholic and vegan. https://unchainedtv.com/about-us/jane-velez-mitchell-2/
In this interview I speak with Retired Captain Honorable Allen B. Clark, author of "Soldiers’ Blood and Bloodied Money and the Ruling Elites," Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient, PTSD survivor whose wakeup call was discovering his Faith to help him recover from trauma and also researching the causes of four of the main wars America has been involved in. http://www.combatfaith.com/AllenClarkBio.html
In this episode I speak with Dimple Thakrar, a Tony Robbins Platinum Partner, author of "Roadmap to Purpose," and media contributor working with the Top 1% of executives to increase their output in the most important areas of their lives whose wakeup call was having Tony Robbins break through to the loving part of her underneath the anger that was blinding her to it. https://dimpleglobal.com/
In this episode I speak with Peter Coleman, professor of psychology and education at Columbia, a renowned expert on constructive conflict resolution and author of, "The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization," whose wakeup call was working one on one with in patient troubled violent teens and youth, who would leave and be readmitted and realizing that the problems underlying their problems and intractable conflict were much more multifactorial. https://www.thewayoutofpolarization.com/about-the-author
In this episode I speak with Georgette Bennett and Jerry White, co-authors of, "Religicide: Confronting the Roots of Anti-Religious Violence." Georgette founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding to combat religious prejudice, Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees and co-founded Global Covenant Partners. Jerry leads the United Religions Initiative (uri.org) – the world’s largest grassroots interfaith network promoting peace and shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Their through lines have been two lifetimes of bringing peace to the world. https://www.amazon.com/Religicide-Confronting-Roots-Anti-Religious-Violence/dp/1637581017/
In this episode I speak with Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof 360, creator of Bulletproof Coffee and 4x New York Times bestselling author, and the "Father of Biohacking," whose wakeup up call was being overweight, overworked, and unhealthy and finding himself with a dire decision to make - get a healthy mind, body, and spirit, or live a much shorter life span. https://daveasprey.com/
In this episode I speak with Stephen Shapiro, international speaker on innovation, creator of the innovation practice at Accenture and author of, "Invisible Solutions,," and saxophonist whose wakeup call was realizing his love for performing and focusing on giving his audiences what they want and need to make their lives better. https://stephenshapiro.com/
In this episode I interview Joshua Page who is a husband, father, electrician, entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker and author of, "What Does Your Daddy Do?" whose wakeup call is realizing that you don't have to go to college to have a decent and successful life by going into the trades. https://www.prweb.com/releases/joshua_pages_newly_released_what_does_your_daddy_do_is_an_encouraging_story_of_the_value_held_in_working_as_an_electrician/prweb18848474.htm
In this episode I interview Kevin Hines, suicide attempt survivor and suicide prevention advocate and featured star on, "Stay Alive," and "The Ripple Effect," who wakeup call was surviving jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge and dedicating his live to helping people with mental illness and preventing suicide. https://www.kevinhinesstory.com
In this episode I interview Gretchen Villegas, CEO of https://empowertheorphaned.org/team/ whose through line has been always giving to and empowering those who have less that she learned from her low income family and how others always shared what little they had with others who had less.
Michelle Tillis Lederman .m4a In this episode I speak with Michelle Tillis Lederman, CEO of Executive Essentials and author of, "The Connectors Advantage," whose wakeup call was coming from a poor home and being fiercely committed to being financially independent and then realizing when she was that life was about relationships and connections. https://executiveessentials.org/about-us/
In this episode I speak with former astronaut, research engineer, technical education innovator, Charles "Charlie" Camarda, PhD, whose through line was a passion about space travel and whose wakeup call was observing how narrow mindedness could cause NASA to miss problems that could be identified by taking a research engineer approach to them. http://www.charliecamarda.com/
In this episode I speak with Dr. Melissa Goldberg Mintz, PsyD, clinical psychologist, mother and author of, "Has Your Child Been Traumatized," whose wakeup call was realizing how widespread adverse events and resulting trauma were in children and how to help children and their parents deal and recover from it. https://melissagoldbergmintz.com/
In this episode I speak with Dr. Gauri Seth, UK psychiatrist who pioneered Brain-Based Connection, a science backed coaching methodology designed to facilitate connection with the authentic self, to then connect with others whose wakeup call was realizing that being both British and Indian gave her an opportunity to become more reflective about how people can truly connect with each other. https://www.brainbasedconnection.co.uk/
DISCLAIMER: Any information or advice Dr. Seth gives is purely based on her 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.
In this episode I speak with Joann Wortham, author of, "EDI is the New Black: Lead the Market with Diverse Teams," whose through line and wakeup call was to create equitable, diverse and inclusive teams after growing up and being discriminated against as a young Black nurse. https://www.amazon.com/EDI-New-Black-Market-Diverse/dp/1544530854/
In this episode I speak to Jeff Hoffman, global entrepreneur, Hollywood film producer, Grammy winning jazz album producer, principal at Priceline.com whose wakeup call was realizing that he needed to explore the world and not be confined and constricted in a conventional job/life. http://jeffhoffman.com
In this episode I speak with my very down to earth, humble and decent guest, Dr. Michael Adamse, author of: "Make America Sane Again: A Mental Health Expert Weighs In.” Make America Sane Again," whose through line has always being able to see the "hidden in plain sight" elephant in the room, common sense approach to problems and bringing them out into the open to help individuals and organizations improve. https://makeamericasaneagain.net/
In this episode I speak with Eric Edmeades, serial entrepreneur, award-winning international speaker, author, and pioneer in evolutionary biology, nutritional anthropology, and behavioral change dynamics whose wakeup call was having a successful business and hating it until he realized that his true "business" and calling was helping other people develop disguised as a barcoding business. https://ericedmeades.com/
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/
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
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/
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
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
In this episode I speak with Morag Barrett, CEO of Skyeteam and co-author of YOU, ME, WE. Why We All Need a Friend at Work (and How to Show Up as One) whose wakeup call was realizing the power and even necessity to have "friendships" at work to have the best culture and maximize productivity.
https://skyeteam.com/morag-barrett
In this episode I interview Michaela Renee Johnson, licensed psychotherapist, author of, "Growth Mindset Workbook for Adults," and creator of the "Be You, Find Happy," workshops whose wakeup call was watching her dad pivot to a gritty never give up life after the construction industry cratered in the 1980's. https://www.michaelarenee.com/
In this episode I interview Richard Lackey, CEO and Chairman of the World Food Bank whose wakeup call was watching a newscast video of a young lady who left a child behind in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan in 2013 because there wasn't enough food for both of her children and her. https://worldfoodbank.org/about/our-team/
In this episode I speak with Aron Ezra, Chairman of Plan A Technologies, serial innovator and entrepreneur whose through line was going through many career changes from writer/journalist, to crisis/turnaround consultant all of which he was successful at but he felt something was missing. What was missing was discovering his passion for building things and helping people and companies realize their vision. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aronezra/
In this episode I speak with Marc Pollick, Founder and President of the Giving Back Fund which help celebrities start and manage foundations they are passionate and whose wakeup call was hating injustice wherever he saw it and dedicating his life to correcting it. http://givingback.org
In this episode I interview returning guest, Jevon McCormick, CEO of Scribe Media, and author of "Modern Leader," whose wakeup call was realizing that leaders don't follow a playbook, they create a new playbook that must fit with the modern world of rapid change, hybrid teams and needing to be both agile and centered as a leader and to work with your people towards success. https://jevonmccormick.com/
In this episode I speak with L. David Marquet, former nuclear submarine commander, author of, "Turn the Ship Around" and "Language is Leadership," whose wakeup call was realizing that a top down and command and control approach to leadership was not working. https://intentbasedleadership.com
n this episode I speak with Simon Alexander Ong, keynote speaker, entrepreneur and author of, "Energize: Make the Most of Every Moment," whose wakeup call was having his structured life come to a crashing halt when after working at Lehman Bros for a short while the financial crisis hit and he needed to reevaluate everything. https://getenergizebook.com/
In this episode I speak with Satya Doyle Byock, author of, "Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood," Director of The Salome Institute of Jungian Studies and licensed psychotherapist whose through line and wakeup call was realizing how people ages 16 - 36 have been underserved and essentially abandoned to deal with an overwhelming and at times traumatizing world. https://satyabyock.com/
In this mesmerizing episode I speak with Darryl Stickel, founder of Trust Unlimited and author of: "Building Trust: Exceptional Leadership in an Uncertain World," whose through line was coming from a small community in Canada where everyone trusted and cooperated with each other and discovering how absent that was in the wider world. https://www.trustunlimited.com/
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/
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/
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/
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
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/
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/
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/
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/
In this episode I speak to former Silicon Valley start up marketing firm turned novelist 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/
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.
In this episode I speak with David Meltzer, Co-Founder of Sports1 Marketing whose wakeup call was the suicide of one of his daughter's close friends and which caused him to pivot to a mission of empowering OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! https://dmeltzer.com/
In this episode I speak with yogic monk and author of: "Consciousness: The Final Frontier," Dada Gunamuktananda whose wakeup call was dropping out of medical school to begin a lifelong journey to discover and experience consciousness and oneness with the cosmos. http://consciousfrontier.org
In this episode I speak with Judy Gaman, author of, "Love, Life and Lucille," and CEO of Executive Medicine of Texas whose through line has been always caring about people and making their lives better and whose wakeup call was realizing there's a better way to practice medicine that puts patients above red tape. https://www.judygaman.com/
In this episode I speak with Minnesota Gubernatorial Candidate, Hugh McTavish, inventor of Jury Democracy whose wakeup call was seeing the damage done by the long term pandemic lockdown which has spawned more morbidity (1 in 5 teens feeling depressed and hopeless) than Covid. https://www.mctavish4mn.org/
In this episode I welcome back return guest, Simon Leslie, Founder and CEO of Ink Global and author of, "Equanimity: Diary of a CEO in Crsis," whose wakeup call was having his $150 million business supplying inflight magazines to most of the airlines go away in light of the pandemic when nobody want to touch contaminated magazines and how he survived that and turned it around. https://www.amazon.com/Equanimity-Diary-Crisis-Simon-Leslie/dp/1916105130/
In this episode I speak with Chris Voss, author of "Never Split the Difference," top Masterclass course instructor and CEO and Founder of the Black Swan Group whose through line has been always wanting to fix things and just figure out what works to improve any negotiations people have. https://www.blackswanltd.com/ and watch this episode on video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCBnToEl2cE
In this episode I interview my partners in our suicide prevention documentary, "Stay Alive," including Golden Gate Bridge suicide attempt survivor, Kevin Hines; suicide prevention advocate and Japanese pop singer, Rayko; executive producer and co-creator, Frank Kilpatrick and co-creator/moderator, Mark Goulston. We share how suicide prevention has come to be so important to each of us and give tips to help people thinking of it. https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B09KDXDF36/
In this episode I speak with Christy Hunter Arscott, Rhodes Scholar and author of "Begin Boldly: How Women Can Reimagine Risk, Embrace Uncertainty, and Launch A Brilliant Career," whose wakeup call was having confidence when she was younger and losing it when she became a consultant for a big company in New York and her determination to get her courage back. https://christiehunterarscott.com/
In this episode I speak with Wendy Smith, co-author of "BOTH/AND THINKING: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems" and Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management and faculty director of the Women’s Leadership Initiative at the Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware whose through line and wakeup call was growing up in Montreal when there was so much political strife and seeing that as an opportunity to bring people together. https://lerner.udel.edu/faculty-staff-directory/wendy-smith/
In this episode I speak with Michelle Segar, NIH-funded researcher at University of Michigan and author of, "The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise," whose wakeup call was seeing how many people were failing to take care of themselves by following conventional - and wrong - wisdom. https://michellesegar.com/
In this episode I speak with Rupal Patel, author of, "From CIA to CEO: Unconventional Life Lessons for Thinking Bigger, Leading Better and Being Bolder," whose through line has been learning and sharing and who was inspired by her immigrant parents who became leading physicians in NYC and whose wakeup call was what she learned in the CIA that can be immediately transferred to the real world of leadership and beyond. https://www.entreprenora.co.uk/
In this episode I speak with long time top Chicago radio host, Garry Meier, and host of the Garry Meier Show Podcast whose wakeup call has always speaking up and out about the b.s. in the world and making it topical and funny and thought provoking. http://garrymeier.com/podcast/
In this episode I speak with Ellen Meister, author of eight novels whose most recent is, "Take My Husband," whose wakeup call was a friend getting sick with cancer and her realizing at age 40, that she needed to jump into writing novels or risk regretting it at the end of her life. https://ellenmeister.com/
In this episode I speak with Rachel Kove and Jesse Kove, who along with their father Martin Kove (star of Cobra Kai) host the "Kicking It with the Koves" podcast and whose wakeup calls include overcoming several mental health and addiction challenges in their own lives. https://www.podcastone.com/pd/Kicking-It-With-The-Ko
In this episode I speak with returning guest, Retired Colonel Chris Kolenda, Founder of the http://strategicleadersacademy.com, and author of, Book of the Year recipient, "Zero-Sum Victory: What We're Getting Wrong About War," whose through line is helping leaders, veterans and their families achieve their dreams and correcting everything that leadership is doing wrong. https://www.amazon.com/Zero-Sum-Victory-Getting-Wrong-About/dp/0813152763/
In this episode I speak with Cory Pesaturo, multiple world champion accordion player whose wakeup call was discovering his unique talent with the accordion and then discovering jazz and what he could do with an electric instrument. I hope you'll be as mesmerized by this episode as I was. https://www.cpezmusic.com/
In this episode I speak with Sarah Hiner, creator and author of "The Chemistry of Happiness," whose wakeup call was having a medical condition 25 years ago that traditional medicine could not help and then discovering the natural biochemical connection between their actions, thoughts and bodies and using that to heal and cure many conditions. Use code SH50 and get 50% off of the first month when you purchase her Chemistry of Happiness Program at https://soaak.com/21-day-programs/
In this episode I speak with Sterling Hawkins, author of, "Hunting Discomfort: How to Get Breakthrough Results in Life and Business No Matter What," CEO of the Sterling Hawkins Group whose wakeup call was having a $500 million business go bankrupt during crash of 2009 and being inspired by his mother to discover the way out is the way through. https://www.sterlinghawkins.com/
In this episode I speak with Anita Stubenrauch, Founder and Principal of Cause Effect Creative, whose wakeup call was reaching the point when she knew she was burned out after being very successful and working her way up at Apple and realizing she needed to return to her core passions of creativity, poetry and artistry. https://www.causeeffectcreative.com/
In this episode I speak with Kathy Twells, Sr. VP Customer Excellence, host of the Coca Cola Compassion Lab podcast and women's empowerment advocate whose wakeup call was nearly dying from a serious illness at age 29 from which she healed herself through a mind-body-spirit approach and awakened her to the power of consciousness. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-coca-cola-cmo-leadership-summit-podcast/id1420268358
In this episode I speak with Victoria Labalme, Founder of Risk Forward and Rock the Room and author of, Risk Forward: Embrace the Unknown and Unlock Your Hidden Genius, whose through line has been bringing out the genius and courage in others to express it and whose wakeup call was being in Manhattan on 9/11 which coincided with the terminal illness of her mom. https://www.victorialabalme.com/
In this episode I speak with Randal D. Pinkett, Ph.D, MBA and Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D, co-authors of, "Black Faces in High Places: 10 Strategic Actions for Black Professionals to Reach the Top and Stay There," whose through lines and wakeup calls have been what specific actions Black Americans can do and what the responsibilities of organizations are to help all minority communities to survive, thrive and succeed in the business world. https://www.randalpinkett.com/ https://www.business.rutgers.edu/faculty/jeffrey-robinson
In this episode I speak with Connie Zweig, PhD, author of "The Inner Work of Age: Shifting From Role to Soul," whose wakeup call was shifting from a life of spiritual exploration and doing therapy to focusing on the inner transformation of people as they age past their career life. https://conniezweig.com/
In this episode I speak with Renee Fraser, PhD Psychologist turned long time successful ad agency Founder and CEO and host of KABC AM's Renee Fraser, Why Women show whose wakeup call was as a child being concerned about the inequities of women of color, becoming highly successful in her career and then rediscovering her concern when her advertising industry dad was dying and asked her what became of those concerns and who now helps women of color to get board seats. https://www.frasercommunications.com/
In this episode I speak with Adam Mendler, CEO of the Veloz Group, nationally recognized authority on leadership and host of "Thirty Minute Mentors" leadership podcast whose wakuep call was realizing it was more important to help people become the best version of themselves than it was to merely focus on material success. https://www.adammendler.com/
In this episode I speak to Nataly Kogan, CEO of Happier, host of the "Awesome Human Podcast," and author of "The Awesome Human Project," whose wakeup call was being driven as a Russian refugee to succeed and becoming successful in the corporate world only to discover that she was burned out. https://natalykogan.com/
In this episode I speak with Edward Sullivan, CEO & President of the renowned executive coaching consultancy Velocity and co-author of, "Leading with Heart: 5 conversations that unlock creativity, purpose and results," whose wakeup call was realizing he could use empathy in service of himself or others and discovering he was ashamed of the self-serving side of his personality. https://velocitycoaching.com/team
In this episode I speak with Myra Fordham, Australia's #1 Trauma Coach for Women whose wakeup call was surviving a physical assault by and ex-partner that left her with Traumatic Brain Injury and her recovery from that and how that led her to becoming a trauma coach. https://bit.ly/Coachmyra
In this episode I speak with 5 time NY Times best selling author, Gretchen Rubin, and host of "Happier with Gretchen Rubin," podcast whose through line has been loving to read and her passion for understanding the human condition and whose wakeup call was leaving a legal career to become a full time writer and speaker. https://gretchenrubin.com/
In this episode I speak to Daniel Goleman, internationally known psychologist, NY Times reporter and author of the iconic, game-changing 1995 book, "Emotional Intelligence," whose wakeup call was returning to Harvard after visiting India and exploring meditation and other practices and deciding to introduce that to Western thinking, way before it was ready to accept it. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/first-person-plural-ei-beyond/id1538498597 https://www.danielgoleman.info/
In this episode I interview Jefferson Rogers, failed entrepreneur turned alcoholic, drug addict who turned around his life in 2018 by going "All In," and now helps others to do the same with his "All In," book, podcast and coaching/training. https://jeffersonkrogers.com/
In this episode I speak with Pauline Victoria, a woman who was born without arms or legs and whose spirit is so inspirational it hurts. I believe she is a future TED (not TEDx) speaker in the making. Please join me in helping to make that happen. http://paulinevictoria.com
In this episode I speak with Bill Flynn, Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches coach, NeuroLeadership Certificate Holder, advisor to hundreds of companies whose wakeup call was realizing that it was much more impactful to empower others in their decision making than to tell them what to do. https://catalystgrowthadvisors.com/catalyst-growth-advisors/about-2/
In this episode I speak with Billy Samoa Saleebey, Co-Founder of Podify, and host of the "Insight Out " and "For Love of Podcast" podcasts whose through line has always been being focused on creating entertaining and rewarding experiences for others. https://billysamoa.com/
In this episode I speak with Genevieve Piturro, founder of the non-profit, Pajama Program, and author of, "Purpose, Passion and Pajamas," whose wakeup call occurred in the middle of a successful entertainment executive career when she met a 6 year old in a protective shelter whose simple statement blew her away and changed the rest of her life.
In this episode I speak with David Leighton, Co-Founder, President and Chairman of WITI (Women in Technology International) whose wakeup call was being inspired and informed by his mother, Carolyn Leighton, the other Co-Founder of WITI, about how the talent of women was being underutilized and their potential unrealized and wanting to create a community to change that. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidleighton/
In this episode I speak with former "king of the London party scene" turned everyman philosopher and author of, "Hope...And the Hedgehog," Tom Vaughan, whose wakeup call was pondering the meaning of life and coming up with a question we must all answer for ourselves. https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Hedgehog-Death-personal-quest/dp/1789632900/
In this episode I speak with Michael Slepian, Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia University and author of: "THE SECRET LIFE OF SECRETS: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are" whose wakeup call was learning the secret that he and his brother's father, was not their biological father which coincided with research he was already doing on the top. http://www.columbia.edu/~ms4992/
In this episode I speak with Andy Norman, public philosopher and author of, "Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think," whose through line and wakeup call was going into philosophy because he was fascinated about the difference between human wisdom and foolishness. https://andynorman.org/mental-immunity
In this episode I speak with John Bates, Founder of Executive Speaking Success, and author of, "Your Amazing Itty Bitty Guide to Being TED-Worthy," whose wake up call was a life threatening illness and financial disaster that caused him to turn his life into giving value to others.
https://executivespeakingsuccess.com/
Marci Glidden Savage In this episode I speak with Marci Glidden Savage, author of "And No One Saw It Coming," whose wakeup call(s) were the suicides of her two husbands and how that has made her a fierce advocate for mental health and breaking the stigma. https://marcisavage.com/
In this episode I speak with Cynthia Johnson, entrepreneur, Co-Founder, Bell+Ivy, personal and employee branding firm and author of: "Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding," whose wakeup up call was being home schooled and developing a laser focus on what is most important and identify trends many years before their time. https://www.bellivy.com/our-team/cynthia-johnson
In this episode I speak with the Founder of the Admired Leadership Institute, Dr. Randall Stutman, whose wakeup call was learning the singular quality of the best leaders is how widely they are admired. https://admiredleadership.com/
In this episode I speak to Ken Sterling, Executive VP at BigSpeak whose wakeup call was to go from being homeless with his mother as a young child and to be appreciative of and practice kindness in the world. https://www.bigspeak.com/team/sterling-ken/
In this episode I speak to former CEO of a billion dollar company, Thomas Vozzos, author of: "The Homeboy Way: A Radical Approach to Business and Life," who became Homeboy Industries first-ever CEO in 2012 whose wakeup call was realizing how little corporate America truly cared about anyone other than shareholders and thinking there must be something more fulfilling and discovering the magic that is Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang intervention, rehabilitation and re-entry program in the world (if you visit Los Angeles, you must visit and take one of their tours). https://homeboyindustries.org/
In this episode I speak with Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz, co-authors of, "GOLDEN: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise," whose wakeup calls were discovering the power of mindfulness, meditation and silence to break through logjams and obstacles that pedal to the metal energy never did. https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Power-Silence-World-Noise-ebook/dp/B09CPZZSPS
In this episode I speak with Brian Elliott, Executive Leader, and Sheela Subramanian, Vice President and Co-founder of Future Forum and co-authors of: "How The Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives," whose wakeup call was realizing how leaders need to adapt to the needs of their people if they want to win the battle for talent and succeed in their future. https://futureforum.com/
Lara Hodgson is President and CEO of NOW Corp, and has served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and is the co-author with Stacey Abrams of, "LEVEL UP: Rise Above the Hidden Forces Holding Your Business Back," whose through line and wakeup call was realizing she had a near unicorn blend of being an aeronautical engineer and excellent people skills which she has combined to become a highly successful AND credible entrepreneur. https://nowcorp.com/
In this episode I speak with Janice Perkins, a leadership warrior, founder of Capacity who liberates infinite capacity for individuals, teams and organizations and whose wakeup call was learning to be strong in overcoming health issues in her children and herself and learning to balance that with connecting with people. https://www.ihavecapacity.com/about-2
In this episode I speak with influencer, Mikhaila Peterson, host of the Mikhaila Peterson Podcast whose through line and wakeup call have been diverging from conventional pure science based remedies for her health challenges to discovering alternative approaches that worked. https://mikhailapeterson.com/
In this episode I speak with Susan Cain, NY Times #1 best selling author of: "Quiet" and her recent book, "Bittersweet," whose wakeup call was being passed over for partner in her law firm and realizing that she always wanted to be a writer and also discovering that some things in life that the world views negatively, can often be the source of creativity AND happiness. https://susancain.net/
In this episode I speak with Brian Bogert who has been helping the world turn pain into strength and commitment and whose wakeup call was having his torn off left arm be reattached at age 7 and his journey to heal physically and psychologically from that. https://brianbogert.com/
In this episode I speak with psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Harvard Medical School Professor, Director of their Study of Adult Development and Zen priest, Robert Waldinger, M.D. whose through line has been a lifelong fascination with the human psyche and what makes for a happy and fulfilling life. https://www.lifespanresearch.org/
In this episode I speak with Whitney Johnson, CEO, Disruption Advisors and author of, "Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company," whose wakeup call was to always progress in life and help others do the same after being born to an unmarried couple. https://whitneyjohnson.com/
In this episode I speak with Scott Keller, Senior Partner at McKinsey, and co-author with Carolyn Dewar and Vikram Malhotra of "CEO Excellence," whose wakeup call was personally, the birth of his second child with severe brain damage and his single minded dedication to his development and professionally, his research and realization that CEO excellence came down to six mindsets. https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/scott-keller
In this episode I speak with Tommie Breedlove, transformational coach, speaker, and best selling author of, "Legendary," whose wakeup calls was going to prison after a violent youth and then again discovering the emptiness of becoming highly successful and almost destroying his life. https://tommybreedlove.com/
n this episode I speak with Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arcelik, parent company of brands including Beko and Grundig, and author of: "A Mountain to Climb - The Climate Crisis: A Summit Beyond Everest" whose wakeup call was climbing Mt. Everest during very dangerous conditions, being close to dying and realizing how important climate change is.
https://www.arcelikglobal.com/en/company/about-us/management-team/hakan-bulgurlu/
In this episode I speak to Karen Hinton, author of "Penis Politics," former press secretary to former Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo and former NYC Mayor Bill di Blasio, whose wakeup call was the suicide of a childhood friend and rape survivor at age 50, and how women need to speak out about abuse. https://penis-politics.com/about-karen-hinton/
In this episode I speak to Steven Kotler, Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, multi-NY Times best selling author and journalist and author of the new book, "The Devil's Dictionary," whose wakeup call was starting out as a poet before transitioning to science based journalism and now combining his research with his love for fiction in creating series of sci-fi books and thrillers. http://stevenkotler.com
In this episode I speak with Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen, authors of "Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams from Isolated to All In," whose wakeup call was discovering through their research how pervasive loneliness is in the workplace especially among Gen Z. https://lesslonely.com/
In this episode I speak with Mike Malatesta, author of "Owner Shift," and host of the "How'd It Happen," podcast whose wakeup call was realizing that he wasn't being true to who he wanted to be by going along with business practices around him that weren't honorable. https://mikemalatesta.com
In this episode I speak with David Glass, author of: "Moving On: Redesigning Your Emotional, Financial and Social Life After Divorce," whose wakeup calls were realizing he liked giving people solutions to their problems as a family law attorney more than passively listening to them solve them as a psychologist/ therapist and also learning from his own divorce. https://www.enensteinlaw.com/practice_areas/family-law/
Davin Salvagno is the Founder & CEO of PurposePoint, the Cofounder of The Purpose Summit, and the author of “Finding Purpose at Work" and whose wakeup call was learning the power of purpose from many people, especially his grandparents who he lived with starting at age 5. https://www.purposepoint.com/
In this episode I speak with Jonathan Levi, the Founder of Superhuman Enterprises, SuperHuman Academy™ and Branding You™ Academy whose wakeup call was realizing he was different and being wounded by that and then learning to embrace it and found it made him special. https://superhumanacademy.com/about/
In this episode I have back for a second time, famed, NY Times bestselling author of, "The Speed of Trust," Stephen M.R. Covey, to talk about his latest book, "Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others," whose through line and wakeup call is realizing how trusting in others vs. having a command and control will bring out their best and directly impact the bottom line. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Trust-and-Inspire/Stephen-M-R-Covey/9781982143725
In this episode I speak with Donnie Boivin, former Marine, podcaster, entrepreneur, author of, "How to be a success champion: Business Strategy for Badasses” and Founder and CEO of the Success Champions family of companies whose wakeup call was realizing that working for others was a dead end and making the leap to entrepreneur. https://donnieboivin.com/
In this episode I speak with Tom Paladino, Scalar Energy Researcher and creator of the Scalar Light Instrument whose wakeup call was discovering a non-electromagnetic energy field that can treat and heal a wide variety of human health conditions first discovered by Nikola Tesla and Tom's 45 year uphill battle of bringing it into the mainstream. Check out his work and even have a free session by going to: at https://www.scalarlight.com/
In this episode I speak with Beth Handel, Co-Founder and Vice Chair of the Handel Group, one of the most successful life and executive coaching companies in the world, whose wakeup call was wanting to leave her corporate job and marriage and realizing her younger sister, Lauren (who was on a prior episode), was a genius and visionary and that her genius was building empires which is what she did with the Handel Group. Check out their Free Reality Quiz: https://iu.coach/MARK-0217-CRQ
In this episode I speak to Michael Gervais, high performance psychologist, co-founder of "Compete to Create," and host of the "Finding Mastery" podcast whose wakeup call was realizing how being completely present and mindful can reduce anxiety and replace it with focus and determination. https://findingmastery.net/
In this episode I speak with Mark Parsells, Marshall Goldsmith MG 100 Coach and ranked #26 in the world on the LeadersHum Global Power List of Leadership Thinkers in 2022 whose through line more than a wakeup call was being inspired by his CEO grandmother and CEO father on being successful yet egoless and to treat everyone with respect. https://www.mpven.com/
In this episode I speak with Katie McCleary and Jennifer Edwards, co-authors of, "Bridge the Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools to Transform Work Relationships from Challenging to Collaborative," whose through lines and wakeup calls were to become amazingly intentional, tenacious about their lives informed by curiosity and a desire to learn from everything. https://howtobridgethegap.com/the-book/
In this episode I speak with trainer of FBI, NATO, NYPD, Scotland Yard, art historian and author of, "Fixed: How to Perfect the Fine Art of Problem Solving," Amy Herman, whose wakeup call was realizing how the power of art can greatly increase the powers of observation in everyone. https://www.artfulperception.com/
In this episode I speak with return guest an Pitch Whisperer, John Livesay, who in his new book, "The Sale is in the Tale," shares a business fable story about the power of storytelling in selling. https://johnlivesay.com/
In this episode I speak with Keith Ferrazzi, award-winning speaker, Founder and Chairman of Ferrazzi Greenlight, multi-NY Times bestselling author of "Never Eat Alone" and of new book, "Competing in the NEW World of Work," who wakeup call was the pandemic and the need for individuals and companies to "radically adapt" to survive and thrive. http://radicallyadapt.com
In this episode I speak with Dr. Michelle Johnston, Gaston Chair of Business at Loyola University New Orleans' College of Business, executive coach and author of "The Seismic Shift in Leadership," whose wakeup call was realizing that she needed to shift from fitting in wherever she was to discovering the importance of authentically connecting with others and herself. https://michellekjohnston.com/
In this episode I interview Dr. Deborah Heiser, Applied Developmental Psychologist, TEDx speaker, Founder of the Mentor Project and professor at SUNY Old Westbury whose wakeup call was realizing that depression was being under-identified in a nursing home and how steps could correct that and also help aging seniors to have a meaningful life at any age. https://mentorproject.org/
In this episode I speak with Emily Schrader, an Israeli-American social activist, writer, and digital marketing expert whose wakeup call was experiencing anti-semitism at USC and serves on a charity to bridge the gap between Arabs and Jews in Israel. https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyschrader/
In this episode I speak to Phil Wolfson, creator of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and author of author of "The Ketamine Papers" and "Noe – A Father/Son Song of Love, Life, Illness and Death," whose through line has been exploring, understanding and ameliorating human psychological suffering and human condition. https://ketamineresearchfoundation.org/
In this episode I speak with Dave Liu, 30 year veteran of Wall Street and Silicon Valley and author of: "The Way of the Wall Street Warrior," whose wakeup call was overcoming his childhood and teens with cleft palate and then learning to take charge of his life and career, sharing his amazing journey with us. https://liucrative.co/
In this episode I speak with Kim Scott, author of "Just Work" and "Radical Candor" whose wakeup call was realizing the power and true DEI that can be freed up in an organization when people learn to be candid with each other. https://www.justworktogether.com/the-book
In this episode I speak with Larry Livingston, Chair, USC Conducting Department, whose through line has been a life involved in music as a conductor, director, educator and all the left and right angle turns he had taken in a highly distinguished career. https://music.usc.edu/larry-j-livingston/
In the episode I speak with Alok Appadurai, author of "Maximum Impact Potential," and founder and CEO of Uplift Millions, whose wakeup call was hitting bottom six years ago and having a young son causing him to put his ego aside, reach out for help, be given an opportunity and never giving up. https://upliftmillions.com/
In this episode I speak with Mitch Russo, former partner to Tony Robbins and the late Chet Holmes, author of , "Power Tribes: How Certification Can Explode Your Business," and founder of the coaching platform, ClientFol.io whose wakeup call was nearly avoiding a drug overdose as a teenager band member and turning his life around. https://MitchRusso.com
In this episode I speak with Dr. Gary Crotaz, Gallup Certified Coach and author of, "IDEA Mindset: Figure Out What You Want from Work and How to Get It In 6 Weeks," whose wakeup call was completing a long medical training and a PhD only to discover that it was not the career he was meant to do. https://garycrotaz.com/
In this episode i speak with Robert Glazer, Founder and past CEO of Acceleration Partners, Robert Glazer, author of the Friday Forward newsletter, host of The Elevate Podcast and WSJ best selling author of four books whose wakeup call was realizing that his lifelong ADHD was a gift instead of a curse. https://www.robertglazer.com/
In this episode I speak to PTSD survivor, Trauma Recovery Specialist and Mental Health Advocate, Michele Rosenthal, whose wakeup calls included a prolonged near death trauma at age 13 and then an eating disorder several years later and discovering a path to healing that she now shares worldwide.
https://www.mytraumacoach.com/
In this episode I interview 32 year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and candidate for Sheriff, Chief Eli Vera, who wakeup call was being inspired by the selflessness of his single mom and also by seeing and experience law enforcement officers protecting and caring for the people in his community. https://www.vera4sheriff.com/
In this episode I speak with Lt. Col. Michael Abrams (USMC), President of http://fourblock.org whose wakeup call was leaving active duty and realizing how much help returning military needs to reintegrate themselves back into civilian life and the civilian work force. https://fourblock.org/team/board/michael-abrams
In this episode I speak with return guest, Emmy-winning filmmaker, photographer, Gayle Kirshenbaum, who wakeup call following her documentary, "Look at Us Now, Mother!" and TEDx talk, "No More Drama with Mama," has been to teach her 7 steps to forgiveness to the world through her talks, writing and podcast appearances. https://www.gaylekirschenbaum.com/
Joel Bines In this episode I interview Joel Bines, co-head of the Global Retail Practice at the business consulting firm, AlixPartners, and the author of: The METAIL Economy, whose wakeup call was realizing that you have no choice but to be customer centered, when they can go wherever they want so easily in the digital economy. https://www.alixpartners.com/our-professionals/jbines
In this episode I speak to Thayer Cheatham Willis, on of the inheritors of the Georgia Pacific company and author of, "Navigating the Dark Side of Wealth" and "Beyond Gold: True Wealth for Inheritors," whose wakeup call was realizing she was a "spoiled brat" after her life fell apart in her twenties and meeting a special teacher that called her on it and helped her find her purpose. http://thayerwillis.com
In this episode I speak with musician, actor, creator and star of his solo show, "Embrace Love Free," Justin Sandler whose wakeup call was recovering and about to thrive after the trauma from his early life, when in 2017 he came down with cancer and how he "embraced" it and then did the same with the chemotherapy to treat it. https://www.justinsandler.com/about
In this episode I speak with Joy Chen, CEO of Joyous, a career coaching and leadership development firm for Asian Americans, whose wakeup call was realizing that although Asian Americans are highly sought out as new hires for their work ethic, competence and focus, they rarely move up in an organization to the higher levels that depend more on interpersonal skills but their plight is often overlooked by DEI initiatives. https://www.getjoyous.net/.
In this episode I speak with Brad Blanton, the father and originator of "Radical Honesty," whose wakeup call was having to take care of his younger brother and going from a safe childhood up until age 5 and then having to make his way through an alcoholic stepfather effect on his family. https://www.radicalhonesty.com/brad
In this episode I speak with Scott Yenor, Professor of Political Science at Boise State University and author of: "The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies," whose wakeup call was realizing the importance and centrality of the family and how so many forces seem to undermine it from all directions. http://scottyenor.com/
In this episode I speak with Mary Olson-Menzel, Founder and CEO of MVP Executive Search and Development, whose wakeup call(s) were developing breast cancer and then several years later a concussion from a car accident which finally woke her up to her life. https://mvpexec.com/meet-the-founder/
In this episode I speak with Dr. John Demartini, founder of the Demartini Institute and recipient of the IAOTP Top Human Behavior Specialist of the Year Award from the International Association of Top Professionals whose wakeup call was overcoming reading and learning issues and being told by the world that he wouldn't amount to anything and then have a special teacher tell him otherwise. https://drdemartini.com
In this episode I speak with Howard Prager, President of Advance Learning Group and author of, "Make Someone’s Day: Becoming a Memorable Leader in Work and Life," whose wakeup call was realizing how little it takes to make someone's day and how powerful that can be to both the other person and you. https://howardhprager.com/about/
In this episode I speak with Dr. Ruth Gotian, the #1 emerging management thinker in the world bridging theory and practice according to Thinkers50 and author of, "The Success Factor," whose wakeup call was focusing on the what makes high performers successful and being inspired to do so by a mentor who saw that she could do something important instead of merely interesting. https://www.ruthgotian.com/
In this episode I speak with Peter Winick, Founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage whose wakeup call was the suicide of an uncle when he was a teenager and his realizing how anything could happen in life and you'd do well to take charge of what you can and let go what you can't AND towards the end he shares a brilliantly cogent summary of what thought leadership leverage is in the digital age. http://thoughtleadershipleverage.com
In this episode I speak with The Anxiety MD, Russell Kennedy, who is a medical doctor, neuroscientist and medical intuitive whose wakeup call was dealing with a schizophrenic bipolar father, having lifelong anxiety issues and being determined to understand it and develop and wholistic, comprehensible and comprehensive approach to treating it. https://dr-russ.com/
In this episode I speak with Jess Poulin, founder of Woke Media and a leading PR Specialist and former entertainment executive whose wakeup call was to learn what not to do and not to be from several prior positions which helped her become the honest, high integrity straight shooter person that she has become in an industry where those qualities are rare. https://wokemediahouse.com/
In this episode I speak with Jay Roewe, Senior Vice President, Production Planning & Incentives
HBO/HBO MAX/Warner Media/ATT, whose wakeup call was coming from a musical family and seeing how all the components or creativity come and work together such that his career has been focus on supporting the creative process. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/hbo-exec-jay-roewe-is-helping-drive-televisions-golden-age/
In this episode I speak with Brett Kaufman, real estate developer and host of the Gravity podcast whose wakeup call was realizing that despite being successful, something was missing and that something was him whereupon he embarked on a journey of self-discovery which also made him more successful in business. https://livekaufman.com/about/
In this episode I speak with former LA District Attorney turned acclaimed photographer, safe water activist, tv producer, Gil Garcetti, whose wakeup calls included being diagnosed with cancer at age 39 and being booted out after a long and successful legal career but losing the OJ Simpson criminal trial. http://www.garcetti.com/?page=40101
In this episode I speak with DEI global thought leader and author of, "Leading Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: A Guide for Systemic Change in Multinational Organization," Rohini Anand, whose wakeup call was going from a privileged insider in India to being an outsider in America and focusing on diversity and inclusion as her life's work. http://rohinianand.com
In this episode I speak with Harry Kraemer Jr, former CEO at Baxter International and now professor of management and strategy at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management whose wake up call was being told by his childhood Catholic priest to not become a priest and instead to go out and influence the world who need it most and don't worship a religion. https://harrykraemer.org/
In this episode I speak with Stu Massengill, founder of "Finding Direction" and host of the "Finding Direction" podcast whose wakeup call was discovering when he was highly successful at a young age that he had lost who he truly was and after going through a very low period coming out the other side with direction. https://www.stumassengill.com/
In this episode I speak with Erik Oberlholtzer, co-founder of Tender Greens and co-author of the "The Ten Year Plan," whose wakeup up call was waking everyone around him up to embrace a culture of patience if you want to build anything truly great. https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Year-Plan-Founders-Heart-Centered-ebook/dp/B09LTH3GSK/
In this episode I speak with Corey Poirier, TEDx speaker, host of the top rated, "Let's Do Influencing" radio show and founder of bLY Talks, whose wakeup call among many was hearing a Zig Ziglar story on a cassette tape when he worked for Toshiba that opened his mind. https://thatspeakerguy.com/
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/
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/
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
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/
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.thedailyshifts.com/
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/
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.com/
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://jaysteinfeld.com
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-live-new-years-eve-full-interview-with-co-founder-addison-brasil-harvey-levin-and-charles-latibeaudiere
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://jennlim.com/
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/
In this episode I spoke with Steve Mosko, CEO of Village Roadshow Entertainment (VREG), who brought us "Joker" and "The Matrix Resurrections," whose wakeup calls included being told he should go to trade school in high school, being hacked while at Sony Entertainment and keeping VREG viable through the pandemic. https://vreg.com/senior-management/
In this episode I speak with Liz Wiseman, multi-NY Times best selling author of her recent book: "Impact Players," focused on identifying and growing your best people and whose wakeup call was being able to separate people's intent from their behavior and using that to avoid conflicts with some of the most challenging leaders in the corporate world and to maximize HER impact. https://thewisemangroup.com/
In this episode I speak with Lisa Earle McLeod, author of "Selling with Noble Purpose," whose wakeup call came when she heard the tributes to her school teach mother at her funeral, when Lisa was 29 and pregnant and was moved to ask herself what her own purpose might be. https://www.mcleodandmore.com/
In this episode I speak with Marilyn Gist, author of "The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility," and the importance of respecting people's dignity, whose wakeup call was discovering that a former subordinate became much more productive and successful after being praised and supported than being criticized which Marilyn had done. https://www.marilyngist.com/
In this episode I speak with Deborah Westphal, former CEO of Toffler Associates, and author of "Convergence," whose wakeup call was coming from an engineering background and realizing the importance of considering people in planning for the future. https://deborahwestphal.com/
In this episode I speak with Rob Nail, former CEO Singularity University, advisor, mentor and coach whose wakeup call was realizing his special talent to build bridges and companies and how important that was to visionaries to get their vision into the world. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robnail/
In this episode I speak with Lilli Bewley, host of the "Attract Health Build Wealth? podcast and developer of her "Align into Authenticity" program for women whose wakeup call was a suicidal moment with a gun in hand when she realized she wanted to live but would need to change her life path and mission. https://www.attracthealthbuildwealth.com/
In this episode I speak with Brendan Kane, one of the pioneers in influencers as a marketing vehicle, author of "Hook Point" and "One Million Followers" whose wakeup call was being smacked by his dad and told to think before he spoke and also how he outthought a bully by leveraging an influencer group. Listen and be in for a treat with someone who is so clear and articulate it almost hurts. https://brendanjkane.com/
In this episode I speak with recognized and internationally awarded leadership speaker, coach, author of 15 books including, "GRACE: A Leader's Guide to a Better Us," whose wakeup call was being angered by all in incivility in the world and his wanting to instead highlight what is good and how grace can be something we can all strive for. https://johnbaldoni.com/
In this episode I speak with Rick Jordan, Founder & CEO of ReachOut Technology, best-selling author and host of "All In Podcast," whose wakeup call or more his through line is looking for the unifying truth in the world. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-in-with-rick-jordan/id1450998120
In this episode I speak with Maria Hvorostovsky, CEO of HVO Search and organizer of Women Who Win Lunch whose wakeup call was being an only child and then needing to be largely responsible for her younger twin siblings who were born when she was 14 and been on the "be responsible" wheel ever since. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvor/
In this episode I speak with Kevin Edwards, Director of Digital Operations and host of the Real Leaders Podcast, whose wakeup call was learning to subordinate his own personal passions to support the vision and team around him that are growing Real Leaders. https://real-leaders.com/author/kevin-edwards/
In this episode I speak to return guest Scott Jeffrey Miller, host of "On Leadership with Scott Miller," and author of "Master Mentors: 30 Transformational Insights from Our Greatest Minds," whose wakeup call was moving from transactional to transformational and loving the wisdom from his amazing contributors. https://www.scottjeffreymiller.com/
In this episode I speak with Jay Abraham, one of the world's foremost nonlinear strategic/critical thinkers who has increased the bottom lines of more than 10,000 clients in more than 1000 industries whose wakeup call was realizing he had an insatiable curiosity about all things business and beyond and an uncanny ability to connect dots that turned into huge returns for companies. http://abraham.com
In this episode I speak with Ruth Gotian, Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine, Thinkers50 Radar List awardee and author of the upcoming book, "The Success Factor," whose wakeup call was noticing the commonalities that highly successful people have ranging from Nobel laureates to astronauts to MD/PhDs that she worked closely and her wanting to make those attributes available to anyone who wants to succeed. https://www.ruthgotian.com/about
In this episode I speak with Janice Litvin, author of "Banish Burnout Toolkit," whose wakeup call was the downturn in the economy in 2008 and her transitioning from tech recruiting to Zumba (zoom based yoga) instructor, but wanting to do something to alleviate the fear and pain in people who were burning out in their jobs. https://janicelitvin.com/
In this episode I speak with Rusty Gaillard, Stanford MBA/13 year Apple employee whose wakeup call came when he got divorced and realized he wasn't feeling fully alive and who then transitioned to being a successful speaker/transformational coach, founder of Silicon Valley Dreambuilders, who offers up a great description of his coaching process. https://www.svdreambuilders.com/
In this episode I speak with Adam Gilad, CEO and Founder of Kyyndr and the Kynndr Summit, whose wakeup call was recovering from a traumatic relationship breakup and realizing how he and the world were hungry for deeper and kinder relationships. http://kyyndr.com
In this episode I speak with Dr. Sam Qurashi, who left the field of addiction medicine after seven years when he woke up to all the ways to help people heal from their mental and other issues that traditional medicine was missing. He shares his transformational thoughts and concept across social medial including more than 700,000 IG followers to help people who are. https://www.instagram.com/samqurashi/ https://www.youtube.com/c/samqurashi
In this episode I speak to Mena Mirhom, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Columbia University Medical Center, co-author of, "Women's Pearls: A Focus on Women's Mental Health," advisory board member of Healthcorps and a partner to the NBA's Player Association re: mental health, whose wakeup call was noticing the lack of justice with regard to mental health care for women and minorities and want to correct that. https://www.healthcorps.org/staff/dr-mena-mirhom/
In this episode I speak with Howard Getson, CEO of Capitalogix whose wakeup call was dialing the operator when he was two and a half to tell her that his nanny was physically abusing (and ended up killing) his nine month old brother. Since then his life as been one of taking charge and control and building a future and companies and helping the world make the most of what comes next. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hgetson/
In this episode I speak to the world's #1 Executive Coach and WSJ multi-bestselling author, Marshall Goldsmith, whose wakeup call was realizing that leaders often needed to focus more on stopping negative behaviors to reach their full potential and also many years ago when he became a philosophical Buddhist, which he explains beautifully. http://marshallgoldsmith.com
In this episode I speak with Eliza VanCort, women's empowerment leader and author of, "A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space," whose wakuep calls were being kidnapped at a young age by her schizophrenic mother and then more recently an accident that left her with a major head and brain injury that she needed to come back from. https://www.elizavancort.com/
In this episode I speak with Brandon T. Adams, an Emmy Award Winning Producer, entrepreneur, speaker coach and video marketing expert whose wakeup call was realizing that success was helping others to become the best version of themselves.
https://www.brandontadams.com/
In this episode I speak with John Whyte, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at WebMd whose wakeup call was being inspired by his parents and his Faith to be of service to both individuals and the wider world through affecting healthcare policy. https://www.webmd.com/john-whyte
In this episode I speak with April Rinne, world renowned futurist and author of "FLUX: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change," whose wakeup calls included her parents influence both positive about exploring the world and negative from some of the family dynamics and also the death of both of her parents when she was 20. https://aprilrinne.com/
In this episode I speak with Steve Hoffman, Captain and CEO of Founders Space, author of "Make Elephants Fly," and "Surviving a Startup," whose wakeup call was being very shy and introverted and standing up to a bully when he was young and realizing if he could do that, he could do anything. https://www.foundersspace.com/hoffman/
In this episode I speak to Oleg Konovalov, referred to as the da Vinci of Visionary Leadership and author of, "The Vision Code," whose wakeup call was frequently getting into trouble by letting his curiosity take him wherever it wanted him to go. https://www.olegkonovalov.com/
In this episode I speak to Daniel Liebeskind, founder and CEO of Topia, a fully customizable spatial-based virtual gathering platform, whose wakeup call was realizing that creative people may be the last segment of the population not replaceable by AI and wanting to create a space for them to co-create. https://topia.io/
In this episode I speak with Jonathan Brill, keynote speaker, former Global Futurist at Hewlett-Packard, Managing Director at Resilient Growth Partners and author of: "Rogue Waves: Future-Proof Your Business to Survive and Profit from Radical Change," whose wakeup call was realizing that nearly everything we face in present or future we have already been through in the past and if we learn from those prior events and add new technological advancements we can do a better job of handling anything that comes our way. http://jonathanbrill.com.
In this episode I speak to Dave Stachowiak, host of a top rated leadership podcast, Coaching for Leaders and founder of Coaching for Leaders Academy whose wakeup call was allowing his boss at Dale Carnegie to talk him out of quitting, because his boss saw potential in him that he couldn't see. https://coachingforleaders.com/
Sean Entin - "I can, I shall, I will," is the mantra of Sean Entin, Founder of http://strokehacker.com whose wakeup call was being told he would never walk or talk after suffering a stroke during training Navy Seal.
IN this episode I speak with Tiffani Bova, global growth evangelist at Salesforce and author of the WSJ bestselling book, "GROWTH IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that will Make or Break Your Business," whose wakeup call was realizing that her "superpower" is being able to think and see "outside the box" from "inside the box" at large companies. https://www.tiffanibova.com/
In this episode I speak with Gary Sanchez, developer of the WHY Operating System whose wakeup call was feeling at a dead end in a successful dental practice until he sat down with Simon Sinek and discovered his WHY and now helps the world discover theirs. http://whyinstitute.com
In this episode I speak with prolific author, writer, top career coach and amazingly clear thinker Marty Nemko, whose wakeup call - near the end of the episode and not to be missed - came from a lesson he learned from his Holocaust survivor, father. https://www.martynemko.com/
In this episode I speak with Jay Levin, Executive Director of Equip Our Kids! which teaches children social and emotional intelligence and whose wakeup call was coming from a negative childhood and realizing he needed to make a positive difference in the world. https://equipourkids.org/
In this episode I speak with renowned scientist, academic AND author of the iconic book, The Book of Questions, and creator of The Game of Questions, digital app, Greg Stock, whose wakeup call was realizing that his popular book and new app are his most important contributions to the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Stock
In this episode I speak with Mike Garson, Grammy nominated composer of more than 5000 pieces of music, long time pianist for David Bowie, whose wakeup call was realizing the healing power of music and bringing that to millions of people around the world.
In this episode I speak with Lisa Tamati, ultra endurance athlete, speaker and best selling author about her latest book, "Relentless - How A Mother And Daughter Defied The Odds," about her wakeup call refusing to let her 74 year old mom die and bringing her back to full health. http://lisatamati.com
In this episode I speak with music therapist, and host of the Reduce Your Stress podcast and Stress Elimination Summit, Tim Ringgold, whose wakeup call was going from healing others with music to personally being healed by it. https://www.timringgold.com/
In this episode I speak with Amy Braun, CEO of HealthCorps, a non-profit committed to saving lives by addressing health inequities in at-risk communities through educational leadership, programming and service training whose wakeup call was becoming really angry when she met with underserved youth where the "system" and they themselves had given up on. http://healthcorps.org
In this episode I speak with R "Ray" Wang, author of "Everybody Wants to Run the World," Founder and Chairman of Constellation Research, co-host and co-founder of DisruptTV whose wakeup call was combining his tenacious immigrant mindset with a combination of ADD and an insatiable curiosity to solve wide ranging problems to achieve his amazing success. http://raywang.org
In this episode I speak with Carole Robin, co-author of, "Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends and Colleagues," whose wakeup call was having students confront her about finally acting "human" many years ago which caused her to begin to teach her "Interpersonal Dynamics" course at Stanford Graduate School of Business (a.k.a. "Touchy feely"). https://connectandrelate.com/
In this episode I speak with Amy Morin, Editor-in-Chief of Verywell Mind, host of Verywell Mind podcast whose wake up call was turning the sudden death of her first husband and mother into becoming a mental strength expert and top TEDx speaker.
In this episode I speak with Jennifer McCollum, CEO of Linkage, a leadership development firm whose wakeup call was realizing that DEI research and programs weren't making a difference and her company discovering a way to make that difference. https://www.linkageinc.com/
In this episode I speak to Jen Fisher, Chief Well-Being Officer at Deloitte, host of the Work Well podcast and co-author of, "Work Better Together," and whose wakeup call was developing breast cancer and realizing she needed to take better care of herself. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-fisher-7403868/
In this episode I speak with Michelle Seiler Tucker, author of, "EXIT RICH: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit," and Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Inc. whose wakeup call was seeing how few small businesses succeed or are sold at a reasonable price for their founders and wanting to fix that. https://seilertucker.com/
In this episode I speak with Dr. Betty Uribe, international banking executive, transformational change agent through values based leadership and author of the international best-selling book, #Values, who has had multiple wakeup calls and also shares insights into the mindset, cutlure and challenges of the Latino community. http://drbettyuribe.com
n this episode I speak to Finnian Kelly, world-renowned speaker and creator of http://Intentionality.com whose wakeup call was the breakup of a relationship four years ago and his intention to discover his true, real self.
In this episode I speak with Rob LoCascio, Founder and CEO of LivePerson and inventor of online chat whose wakeup call was realizing that to succeed as an entrepreneur requires never giving up no matter how many failures or setbacks you endure. https://www.liveperson.com/company
In this episode I speak with Joshua Spodek, PhD, MBA, mutil-TEDx speaker and author of Leadership Step by Step and Initiative, whose wakeup call was how nature is losing out to conspicuous consumption and how we can reverse that, "one piece of litter at a time." http://joshuaspodek.com
In this episode I speak with Scott O'Neil, CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers and author of "Be Where Your Feet Are," who's had many wakeup calls including a trip he took with his mom and giving a eulogy for his best friend who died by suicide.
In this episode I speak with Grammy Award winning composer and musician, and author of, "The Secret Language of the Heart," Barry Goldstein, whose wakeup call came at age 3 when he heard and watched his mother play the piano and how the music filled the room and his mind... and his future. https://www.barrygoldsteinmusic.com/
In this episode I speak with Amilya Antonetti, entrepreneur, speaker, force of nature and creator of the Genius Key, which is a disruptive people management and people maximizer program whose wakeup call was getting past traumas in her life and always be about taking action and never about being a victim. http://amilya.com
In this episode I speak with Dorie Clark, one of the Top 50 business thinkers in Thinkers50, #1 Communication Coach in the world, multiple award winning author who talked about a relatively recent wakeup call where she attended a Broadway musical and woke up committed to creating a musical that she is aiming to have come out on Broadway in 2026. http://dorieclark.com
In this episode I speak with Ram Charan, global CEO advisor, Harvard Business School faculty author of 30+ books with his newest book, Rethinking Competitive Advantage, and whose wakeup call was learning about the importance of customers and cash flow as a 10 year old selling shoes from his parents' store in India. https://ram-charan.com/
In this episode I speak with Cameron Herold, business growth guru, best selling author of 5 books and founder of the COO Alliance whose wakeup call was realizing that his lifelong ADD and bipolar tendencies were a gift and key to his success more than a hindrance, even in spite of the downsides. Invest In Your Leaders Course https://InvestinYourLeaders.com/
In this episode I speak with Scott Jeffrey Miller, author of Marketing Mess to Brand Success, and former Chief Marketing Officer for Franklin Covey, whose wakeup call was realizing how much more she learned from mistakes than successes.
In this episode I speak with Jordan Peterson, one of the world's most influential public intellectuals and author of "Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life," the sequel to his mega best selling, "12 Rules for Life," whose wakeup call was deciding to speak the truth during his twenties when he was disappointed in himself for not being honest. https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/
In this episode I speak with Adrian Gostick, co-author with Chester Elton of "Anxiety at Work: 8 Strategies to Help Teams Build Resilience, Handle Uncertainty and Get Stuff Done." whose wakeup call was realizing how pervasive and disruptive anxiety at work is and wanting to do something to help that. https://www.thecultureworks.com/keynotes/
In this episode I speak to Todd Miller, author of "ENRICH: Create Wealth in Time, Money and Meaning" whose wakeup call was seeing how dangerous it was to be too invested in your job at the expense of your life.
In this episode I speak with Oscar Chavez, international keynote speaker and mentor to 600 startups and entrepreneurs whose wake up call was waking up to realize that his drive for power was more ego driven and that he wanted to be of service to the world. https://www.oscar-chavez.com/dominate
In this episode I speak with Tim Davis, President of the UPS Store, whose wakeup call was having the role and responsibility of leadership thrust upon him and his seizing the opportunity to become it.
In this episode I speak with Stacey Freedenthal, who went from suicidal to suicidologist and is the author of, "Helping the Suicidal Person: Tips and Techniques for Professionals." https://www.speakingofsuicide.com/
In this episode I speak with Steven Kotler, multi New York Times best selling author and author of new book, The Art of Impossible, whose wakeup call was discovering the components that lead to flow and the neurobiology to explain it. https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/
In this episode I speak with Coach Anna McCoy, coach, entrepreneur, founder of Antiracism Society of America, former CEO of Empowering a Billion Women about learning to be loving towards the world and resilient to herself after a childhood of abuse
In this episode I speak with Houston Kraft, Co-Founder of http://characterstrong.com and author of "Deep Kindness" about how a camp experience with a special counselor showed him the transformational power of kindness.
In this episode I speak with Jonas Kaiser, Co-Founder and CTO, and Vanessa Wolf, CEO, of Odyssey, the world's first space wellness startup about their wakeup calls realizing that if people journeyed into space for an intense and "out of this world" wellness journey, they would come back to Earth changed. https://iamodyssey.com/
In this episode I speak with Ryan Detert, CEO of Influential, the world's largest influencer marketing company whose wakeup call was how to turn millions of followers into millions of $$$ for the biggest brands in the world and by the end we get up close and personal. http://influential.co
In this episode I speak with transformational, neuroscientist, psychiatrist and creator of the Master the Madness and Design Your New Normal Programs, Reef Karim, whose wakeup call was daring to go against generations of family pressure to live the life he was meant to live. http://reefkarim.com
In this episode I speak with David Komlos, CEO, Syntegrity and Co-Author of: "Cracking Complexity: The Breakthrough Formula for Solving Just About Anything," about his wakeup call at discovering some complex theories and methods that he could simplify and make practical that can lead to solutions to some of the most complex challenges the world is facing. http://syntegritygroup.com
In this episode I speak with internationally renown expert in innovation and disruption, Jay Samit, about his new book, "Future Proofing You," about his wakeup call from becoming a father and knowing he had no choice to never give up and always learn from setbacks and always focus on data not drama.
In this episode I speak with Jeff Madoff, author of, "Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas," top designer for Ralph Lauren and Tiffany, playwright, director and more whose wakeup call was falling in love with the stories his grandfather would tell him and being supported in loving storytelling by his parents.
In this episode I speak with Zak Williams, whose wakeup call was the suicide of his dad, Robin Williams, and his needing to find the road back through his grief and chaos of emotions.
In this episode I speak with accomplished CEO, visionary and CEO of Execute to Win, Lee Benson, whose wakeup call was seeing how connecting culture to financial results can transform an organization and produce exponential results AND happy, engaged people. http://etw.com
In this episode I speak to Ravishankar Gundlapalli, Founder and CEO of MentorCloud, about his wakeup call to move from a success career with a technical focus to changing the world through mentoring.
In this episode I speak with Katharine Manning, expert trainer and consultant on trauma and victimization in the workplace and author of, "The Empathetic Workplace: 5 Steps to a Compassionate, Calm and Confident Response to Trauma on the Job," about her wakeup call after having witnessed domestic violence in her childhood home. http://katharinemanning.com
In this episode I speak with Jeff Kavanaugh, co-author of "The Live Enterprise" and global head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute whose wakeup call was realizing an organization needs to function as if it is alive with all parts working together and tying that back to his farmer roots.
In this episode I speak with Alan Stein Jr. keynote speaker, best selling author of, "Raise Your Game," and basketball performance coach to NBA all stars including Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant and whose wakeup call was going from a star basketball player in HS to sitting on the bench in college, becoming embittered and then turning his life around.
In this episode I speak with Blaine Bartlett whose name is synonymous with Compassionate Capitalism and whose wakeup call was discovering how compassion can lead to success and might just fix what's wrong with the world.Scheduling:
In this episode I speak with former prisoner with a 100 year sentence turned Harvard Fellow at their law school, Andre Norman, whose wakeup call was realizing that he was the "king of nothing" in prison and that he could choose to stop being a quitter to going to Harvard. https://andrenorman.com/
In this episode I speak with JeVon "JT" McCormick, CEO of Scribe Media, whose wakeup call was taking charge of his life after an incredibly horrendous childhood.
In this episode I speak with Suneel Gupta, author of "Backable," about his wakeup call being inspired by his grandmother and daughter to be the best version of himself and how doing that can make all of us backable.
In this episode I speak with Sheel Bhuta who is a holistic health practitioner, trauma survivor and lives with Multiple Sclerosis whose wakeup call was how her illness freed her from depression.
In this episode I speak to Marcus "Bellringer" Bell, American music producer, songwriter, activist and entrepreneur and creator of the "Wealth and Impact Bootcamp" whose wakeup call was paying forward the love and encouragement he received and learned from his late mother who did so much for the world.
In this episode I speak with Erwin B Valencia, high performance and sports medicine specialist and the first Filipino, raised and educated in the Philippines to be hired full time on the medical staffs of a MLB and then a NBA team about his wakeup call when after first being rejected to work in NBA, he spent a birthday in Prague giving out 300 hugs and upon trusting the universe was offered five jobs with NBA teams without sending out any resumes. https://erwinvalencia.com/
In this episode I speak with Amanda Holmes, CEO and Chairman of Chet Holmes International was having to take over her dad's company at age 24 when he died and go from a singer songwriter to a corporate CEO and also her more recent awakening to the importance of spirituality in her life and to the companies she works with.
In this episode I speak with Vinnie Tortorich, speaker, podcaster and author of "Fitness Confidential: Adventures in the Weight-Loss Game," whose wakeup call was realizing how failure was his friend and best teacher.
On this episode, I’m excited to have my friend, television legend Larry King, on the show. Come along as Larry shares the wakeup calls in his life that inspired his curiosity about the world and people, and a love for making people laugh.
In this episode I speak with Avi Loeb, Harvard’s former Chair of Astronomy, astrophysicist, and author of "Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth," whose wakeup call was realizing that his personal commitment to science would need to override the pushback from the scientific community.
In this episode I speak with Emmy winning television journalist, entrepreneur and CEO of BiasSync, Michele Ruiz, about her waking up to seeing and experiencing discrimination and her calling to do something to overcome it. http://biassync.com
In this episode I speak with Elise Hu, the host of TED Talks Daily, the flagship podcast from TED that's downloaded a million times a day, around the world, and former host at large at NPR, about being insatiably curious and growing up being "otherized" as the only Asian in her community, which was not a positive connotation.
In this episode I speak with former Warren Buffett CEO and author of "The IGI Principles," Steve Rodgers about his wakeup call when a spiritual awakening saved him from alcoholism and how he then went on to bring that into the lives of his clients and companies he has worked with.
In this episode I speak with Rabbi Steve Leder about his new book, The Beauty of What Remains: How Our Greatest Fear Becomes Our Greatest Gift, and how his journey to wisdom "woke up" after the death of his father.
In this episode I speak with Fred Dust, author of "Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication," Senior Advisor to the Rockefeller Foundation on Global Pandemic Prevention and Response and former Global Managing Director at IDEO, whose wakeup call was watching his mom who was one of the best listeners cope with a stroke at a young age to continue to try to do that.
In this episode I speak with Nankhonde Kasonde-van den Broek, development activist, entrepreneur and Marshall Goldsmith 50 Global Leading Coach on her wakeup call realizing that focusing on pure achievement was preventing her from personally growing. http://khondezambia.com
In this episode I speak to Mitzi Perdue, environmentalist and syndicated columnist, human trafficking activist, wife of poultry magnate Frank Perdue, daughter of Ernest Henderson, co-founder of the Sheraton Hotel Chain, whose wakeup call was being inspired by these men to love people the way they did.
In this episode I speak with Dr. Stephen Klasko, passionate advocate for the transformation of healthcare and higher education, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health on his wakeup call of taking on all the naysayers who have told him that what he wants to do is impossible.
In this episode I speak with veteran hospitality executive and legend, Mike Leven, author of, "Can’t Do It Yourself: How Commitment To Others Leads To Personal Prosperity," whose wakeup call was realizing he had a talent at seeing possibilities others couldn't see and empowering people to want to make them happen.
In this episode I interview Sharon Koifman, author of "Surviving Remote Work," Founder and President of Distant Job whose wakeup call was realizing how remote working was not only the future of work, but could make workers and companies much more productive.
In this episode I speak with world renowned headshot photographer, Peter Hurley, who is also the Founder of Headshot Crew, on his wakeup call from failing at so many things, but never giving up and then discovering he had a knack with a camera, that turned into a talent, gift and now something he teaches to others around the world. http://peterhurley.com
In this episode I speak with poet, filmmaker, musician and author of "Atmosphere of Mona," Matthew Shaw, about his wakeup in needing to observe, understand and then using multiple media to share it with the world. www.texlahoma.com
In this episode I speak with Simon Mainwaring, CEO of We First Branding and host of the Lead With We podcast about his wakeup call around the death of his dad helping him to discover his purpose and help others do the same. http://leadwithwe.com
In this episode I speak with Mike Carruthers, host of the highly ranked podcast, "Something You Should Know," whose wakeup up call was needing to pivot from a long career in radio especially after becoming a dad to two boys later in life. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-you-should-know/id1150124880
In this episode I speak with global rock singer, Emmanuel Kelly,who was born deformed and left to die as an infant and was found by Iranian and Afghan soldiers who were shooting at each other and stopped when together they discovered compassion for Emmanuel and got him to an orphanage. His wakeup call was realizing that there was a reason he was born and survived and that was to bring joy, love and peace to the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqg5g_HHw1E
In this episode I speak with Sameer Hasija, Dean of Executive Education at INSEAD and co-author of, "The Phoenix Encounter Method," about needing to totally let go of your past and destroy your company in order to move into the future.
In this episode I speak with Robert Rosenberg, former CEO of Dunkin Donuts and author of, "Around the Corner to Around the World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin' Donuts," who wakeup call was realizing that his arrogance at achieving early success nearly destroyed the company and how becoming humble and learning from it, saved it.
In this episode I Interview psychiatrist, podcast host, and best selling author, and founder of the Ruthless Compassion Institute, Dr. Marcia Sirota, about her always being extra sensitive to people's pain has defined her life.
In this episode I speak with Executive Director of Martin's House (a transitional living for recently released incarcerated men), Pastor and therapist Joseph Hamilton about his wake up call realizing his calling of helping people, plus he helps me overcome an internal issue I was having.
In this episode I speak with Karen Hardy, a nationally know risk industry pioneer, about how the sacrifice of her mother and her mother's belief in her enabled her to take on and succeed at multiple challenges and see how managing risk is an opportunity as opposed to something to be feared.
In this episode I speak with John Renesch, a pioneer in the Conscious Leadership movement, about waking up to the world needing different leaders if it is going to survive.
In this episode I interview Warren Farrell, co-author of "The Boy Crisis" and the "The Martin Luther King of the Men's Movement" according to GQ Magazine whose wakeup call was realizing and championing the role of men in their son's life and standing up for that against a severe backlash from the Women's Movement. http://warrenfarrell.com
In this episode I speak with Naomi Feil, creator of the Validation method. Her unique insight and empathy into the world of disoriented elders gives us new ways of communicating and forging relationships. There is a reason behind disoriented behavior and we can 'validate' the needs and feelings being expressed. https://vfvalidation.org/
In this episode I speak with the Honorable David Shulkin, M.D., Ninth Secretary of the VA about his wakeup call in bringing better care to veterans and running into the politics of Washington. https://shulkinsolutions.com/
In this episode I speak with Srikumar Rao, creator of Creativity and Personal Mastery, and who overflows with such serenity, kindness, warmth, acceptance and wisdom, you'll want to re-listen to this interview whenever you're feeling stressed
In this episode I speak with Margaret Heffernan, author of "Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future" TED talk speaker with more than 12 million views on her wakeup call about the importance of always speaking the truth, both to power and to oneself. https://www.mheffernan.com/
In this episode I speak with Matt Zerker, Founder and CEO of Tethr, a transparent community for men to safely show their vulnerability, whose wakeup call was realizing that being a high achiever could not protect him from nearly lifelong feelings of depression and even suicidal feelings that were greatly contributed to by his being bullied as a child. https://www.tethr.men/
My Wakeup Call is on break until after September 1. Please check back after then and in the meantime when a wakeup call comes your way, do your best to wake up. Take good care and be safe.
In this episode I speak with Jay Izso, worldwide podcast host of "A New Direction with Jay Izso," and also a renowned coach of maverick personalities at: http://coaching marvericks.com about his wakeup call of reaching a devastatingly low point in his life and how he had to "train" himself well.
In this episode I speak with multi-Emmy award winning director/writer/producer and director of the HBO Sports Special, "The Weight of Gold," Brett Rapkin, about his wakeup call about how awful life can be for Olympic athletes after winning their medals. https://www.podiumpictures.com/
In this episode I speak with Jennifer Ty, CEO, of the consistently 5 Star Home Health Awarded, Excell Home Care, whose wakeup call was being trained as an engineer but realizing a passion for risk taking to solve problems people were ignoring and about caring about people and the central importance of empathy.
https://www.excellhomecare.com/
In this episode I speak with Gregory Scott,the deeply heartfelt leader, President & CEO of Community Action Partnership of Orange County about how his Faith, his mother and mentors woke him up to a life of serving the underserved.
https://www.capoc.org/
https://www.facebook.com/CAPOC/
In this episode I speak to Dr. Kami Hoss, author of, "If Your Mouth Could Talk," about realizing how oral health is connected to all our health and much more.
In this episode I speak with serial social entrepreneur, investor and diplomat, Bill Liao, about why it's so awkward for male friends to tell each other they love each other - when they truly mean it - and also about how visionaries think. And check out this article Bill continually updates: https://link.medium.com/EqiVBox6O7
In this episode I speak with Gary Hamel, named by the Wall St.Journal as "the world's most influential business thinker" and co-author of, Humanocracy: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them, on how he came to believe that people are not a means to an end, but an end in themselves and how companies will succeed putting that into action.
n this episode I interview Chris Vance, Founder and CEO of https://www.playgroundsessions.com/ which teaches people to play the piano and who along with Quincy Jones produced the world's biggest piano recital at: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=274868297107590 where 7000 people learned "You Raise Me Up" and 925 people submitted videos and whose wakeup call was realizing that like many people he wanted to learn to play a musical instrument, but it was too difficult.
In this episode I speak with Mick Ebeling, one of the Top 50 World's Greatest Leaders and Founder of Not Impossible and how he came to believe that nothing is impossible
https://www.notimpossible.com/
http://mickebeling.com/
In this episode I speak with women empowerment thought leader and author of "The Most Powerful You," Kathy Caprino, about her journey with wakeup call from being stuck in a job she couldn't stand to now helping women around the world become brave and realize and use the power they don't even know they have.
https://kathycaprino.com
In this episode I speak with David Cote, former CEO of Honeywell and author of, "Winning Now, Winning Later: How Companies Can Win the Short Term While Investing in the Long Term," whose wakeup call was becoming a dad and also learning he had a counterintuitive ability to fix and grow companies.
In this episode I speak with Richard Levick, strategic communications counsel on the highest-profile public affairs and business matters globally, on seeing injustice in the world as a young child and being committed to help correct them.
In this episode I speak with the World's #1 Start Up Coach, Alisa Cohn, about her waking up from feeling unseen in life to taking charge of her life and inspiring all of us to do the same.
In this episode I speak with 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate, and super successful businessman turned progressive cause champion, Tom Steyer, on how he came to be so committed to serving the future through climate change initiatives, registering young voters, business and jobs recovery and much more.
In this episode I speak with author and activist, Michael Ellsberg, about his work decriminalizing the sex for cash industry and his wakeup call coming to terms with his Bipolar disorder.
In this episode I speak with fine arts photographer, award winning film creator and director (of "Look at us now, Mother"), Gayle Kirschenbaum about the power of mental AND physical healing through forgiveness.
In this episode I speak with Colonel (Ret) Chris Kolenda, Founder of Strategic Leaders Academy whose wake up call was to to become a committed, determined leader and trainer of leaders after having been assaulted at 15.
In this episode I speak with "Back to Balance" author and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association, Halee Fischer-Wright, about her waking up to realizing how important it is to be a better listener if you want to be more impactful as a leader
"You're much better than the worst you have ever done." In this episode I speak with Father Gregory Boyle, Founder of Homeboy Industries, one of the largest rehabilitators of gang members, and whose every word overflows with making the world a more forgiving place.
In this episode I speak with world renowned "Disaster Avoidance Expert" and author of: "Resilience: Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic," Dr. Gleb Tsipursky about his waking up to how people make bad decisions by "trusting their gut" too much.
In this episode I speak with Bobby Herrera, author of "The Gift of Struggle," about how an act of kindness to him when he was 17 changed his life and also how realizing the positive aspects of struggle can make it easier to get through them.
In this episode I speak with Innosight, Co-Founder and co-author of "Lead from the Future," Mark Johnson about how to see into the future and then "future back" from it to change your company and life. https://www.innosight.com/insight/lead-from-the-future/
In this episode I speak with Amy Newmark, Editor in Chief and Publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series about her wakeup call realizing how life changing average people's stories can be and how they made her a nicer person.
In this episode I speak with facial coding expert and Sensory Logic, President, Dan Hill, about waking up to be fascinated by facial expressions from a combination of growing up in a foreign country, visiting Dachau and falling in love with Rembrandt
In this episode I speak to Shane Snow, investigative journalist, and author of "Dream Teams" whose wakeup call was having his hard working dad read Hardy Boys books to him at night and which turned into his knowing he wanted to be a journalist and more.
In this episode I speak with "How Women Rise" co-author, Sally Helgesen, who is also one of the top women coaches in the world about her waking up to her purpose when she was inspired by pulling together with the purpose to serve by the Sisters at her Catholic School as a child
In this episode I speak with former prison doctor, Karen Gedney, M.D. author of "30 Years Behind Bars," about trying to humanize a prison system that was against her and also surviving an assault/rape by a prisoner who was then killed by a SWAT team while she was still a captive.
In this episode I speak with "Never Eat Alone" super author, Keith Ferrazzi, about his new book, "Leading Without Authority" and his wakeup calls that led to this game changing book.
In this episode I speak with West Point Graduate, and Afghanistan and Iraq war leader, Colonel (Ret)John O'Grady , on living his purpose and serving his calling to help his soldiers give their all and keep them safe, and who now works with companies and organizations to be the best leaders possible
In this episode, author, businesswoman, and spiritual guide, Jennifer Hill reveals the wakeup call she got when someone told her how destructive she could be to people.
In this episode, I speak with Aviva Mohilner, Founder of HELD, whose wakeup call came from being in a dark no exit meaningless time to discovering the life changing and life saving power of connection.
In this episode I speak to voice trainer, opera singer, social entrepreneur, Steven Harms, about his wakeup up call at age 5 about how the unnecessary hurt and pain in the world called out to him to do something about it.
In this episode I speak with Chicken Soup for the Soul, co-founder, Mark Victor Hansen who has a wakeup call during our conversation when I tell him what a credible, good and kind person he is and a "force of nurture" as well as a "force of nature."
In this episode I speak with Chester Elton, leading culture change thought leader, and co-author of: Leading with Gratitude, about how gratitude can bring out the best from your people and create the best life possible for you.
In this episode I speak with Kelley Earnhardt Miller, author of "Drive," about her wakeup call realizing that people and connecting to them was more important than achievement alone.
In this episode I speak to Diana Hendel, leadership consultant and former CEO of large hospital whose wakeup call happened when a beloved employee killed two of his bosses and then himself and Diana's journey to discovering she finally had PTSD and recovering from it.
In this episode I speaker with international coach, Peter Jansen, now quarantining in Russia about surviving a horrendous accident and discovering his true self.
Ep – 97 In this episode I speak to Phillip Stutts,marketing and branding specialist and living with an incurable disease talks about waking up to wanting to become a better person.
In this episode I speak with Joesph Deitch, author of Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life and founder of The Elevate Prize Foundation about waking up to realizing how you can turn frustration into fascination and make problems into enjoyable learning opportunities
In this episode I speak with Christine Perakis, serial entrepreneur, boat captain, author and category 5 hurricane survivor about wakeup call of realizing you need others to get through life.
In this spliced together episode I speak with Chris Barez-Brown, who's living with Covid-19, about how "Talking It Out," can help alleviate many mental difficulties and then tune into both of us doing it.
In this episode, I speak with Paul Akers, founder and President of FastCap, who discovered the Lean approach to business and has applied it everywhere to make companies and people Lean... but not mean... and produce success, health and happiness beyond their imagination.
In this episode I speak to self-care concept pioneer, Jennifer Louden, the author of multiple best selling books including "Why Bother?" about her waking up to how to let life transform YOUR life.
In this episode I speak with rapid transformational coach, Laura Lacy-Thompson, who shares the PTSD wakeup call she and her daughter had.
In this episode I speak with Meredith Bell, author of , Strong for Performance: Create a Coaching Culture with Learning & Development Programs That Stick, about her wakeup call about how love and valuing others can transform them and you.
In this episode I speak with Pat McCabe, former corporate sports guy, turned educator/social working helping homeless and foster youth for the past couple decades. The best thing about Pat is his humility, generosity and being a real life, modern day "Mother Theresa" and he doesn't know it.
In this episode I speak with Alain Hunkins,author of Cracking the Leadership Code, about his wakeup call regarding how essential love and kindness is to leadership in a company or even with just yourself
In this episode I speak with "Force of Nature," "Force of Nurture" and author of "Maybe It's You," Lauren Zander, about how she stopped lying to herself and transforms people and companies by teaching them to do the same.
In this episode I speak with best-selling "EQ Applied" author, EQ expert and Inc columnist, Justin Bariso, on how his faith has informed how he emotionally connects with people and helps them connect to each other.
In this episode, I speak to Speed of Trust guru, Stephen M.R. Covey, about discovering why trust is so important.
In this episode, I speak with Bernie Swain, co-founder of the Washington Speakers Bureau, who give me a wakeup call as he causes me to think of them as "turning points" by discussing all of the ones that changed his life.
In this episode I speak with legendary leadership guru Ken Blanchard on becoming real and vulnerable and speaking and living from your heart.
In this episode I speak with Chip Conley, hotelier and Founder of the Modern Elder Academy and his wakeup call after flatlining and having five friends die by suicide.
In this episode, I have a 2nd interview with the legend himself, Larry King, where we talk about 2019 being the roughest year of his life and even wanting to give up, but now wanting to live until he's 120 or longer.
In this return visit by leadership guru and all around "Tom Hanks-like" great guy, Doug Conant, we discuss his new book, The Blueprint, which I believe is his magnum opus and something everyone can use to better their lives and themselves.
In this episode I speak with Dan Englander, CEO and Founder of Sales Schema about waking up to realizing that to truly be successful and get results in this impatient quick fix world, you have to do things that are hard and difficult.
In this episode I speak with Nicholas "Nick" Wyman, one of the world's leading experts and creators of apprenticeships to empower the world's youth... but we focus on his wakeup call about his grandfather(s) - hint - and how the mystery of it all traumatized his own father.
In this episode I speak with Leonard Kleinrock, one of the co-inventors of the Internet (it wasn't Al Gore) about his wakeup calls as a child to the wonder in the world.
In this episode I speak to Clay Staires, Founder of the Leadership Initiative, about his Faith and how it continues to wakeup him up and guide his life. And catch this! The voice of God makes a guest appearance during the podcast.
In this episode I speak to Wendi Knox, successful advertising executive turned author, artist whose wakeup call and journey are beautifully told and illustrated in her amazing book, 'from Muck to Magic."
In this episode I speak to uber podcaster and influencer, Jordan Harbinger, about staying woken up his whole life and trying to cause the world to notice, think and care instead of being oblivious.
In this episode we speak with Ryan Long, founder of City Gala and creator of the City Summit, about waking up from living a life of excess excitement, to a life long journey of self-improvement to being 100% authentic. Are YOU for real?
In this inspiring interview I speak with autodidact, polymath, executive coach, Robert "Doc" Barham about losing and then rediscovering himself and you'll learn how to do the same.
In this interview I speak to Bilal Alaji, inspirational speaker and author of "This Ain't My Life," about reaching and coming back from a low point 5 years again.
In this episode I interview Ian Blake Newhem, super successful ghostwriter, former English professor about his wakuep call realizing that he has remains of an inoperable rare brain tumor in the middle of his language area and is running out of time to finally express himself creatively and is writing 12 fiction books in 12 months.
In this interview I speak with Gareth Hermann, co-founder of the digital agency, Magic, who has a wakeup call during our podcast as he empathically connects with his 8 year old, scared self.
Ep-68 In this interview I speak to serial entrepreneur, business advisor, Pablo Schneider whose wakeup calls occurred when God and his Faith saved his and newborn son's lives.
In this interview I speak with Virginia Salas Kastilio, Founder of I Trust University who has a wakeup call during the podcast as she visualizes going back to her 19 year old self.
In this interview I speak with Maria Eitel, Chair/Founder of both the Nike Foundation and the Girl Effect about her journey to self-acceptance and self-celebration from being overly critical of herself.
In today's episode I speak with Rich Kahn, a principal and office practice leader at the NYC Office of Cannon Design, whose wakeup call came when he was diagnosed with Cancer in 2018 after designing health care centers for many years.
In this interview I speak with Simon Leslie, CEOof Ink, which publishes most of the in-flight magazines how believing and caring about people becoming their best became what he cares most about.
In this interview I speak with certified divorce coach and parent alienation specialist, Susan Shofer, about navigating the difficult terrain of vindictive divorces.
Ep-62In this episode I speak with Michael Houlihanand Bonnie Harvey, founders of Barefoot Wines and the Barefoot spirit about never giving up as an entrepreneur and their new performance audiobook about their Barefoot Spirit story
In this episode I speak to Peter Bregman, NY Times Best Selling Author, coach and advisor to CEOs about his wakeup call realizing how relationships are what's most important to him
Ep-60 In this interview I speak with psychologist and author of How to Raise a Boy, Dr. Michael Reichert,on what boys need to become the best and most complete man they can become.
In this episode I speak with Bill Dorfman, America's favorite dentist, about his LEAP Program that give youth 15-24 the keys to a successful life AND hope
In this interview I speak with Paul Smith, one of the top experts in storytelling who hopefully inspire you as much as he inspired me about changing careers and what he's doing now.
In this interview I speak to entrepreneur Rob Goddard who went from riches to about to killing himself by jumping off the tallest building in the world to success and his current mission to prevent other men from dying by suicide
In this episode join me as I speak with "Hackie" Reitman, M.D., former orthopedic surgeon, Golden Gloves Heavy Weight Winner, founder of DifferentBrains.org about his wakeup call and journey to focusing on helping youth/young adults with neurodiversity issues.
In this interview I talk with former magazine publisher, award-winning journalist, film festival founder, politician AND former convicted porn addict, Joshua Shea, about THAT wakeup call
In this interview I speak with Terry Earthwind Nichols, Father of Repetitive Behavior Cellular Regression, on how he went from standing on ledge of a 28th story building to inventing a cure for PTS.
In this interview I speak with Steve Pon Tell, CEO and President of National CORE which is focused on creating affordable housing for low income and homeless families. Listen in as you hear about his journey and wakeup calls about his Faith and commitment to solving the community housing crisis. https://nationalcore.org/
In this interview, I speak with Michael O'Brien whose Wakeup Call came from his near death bicycle accident that caused him to create, Last Bad Day, and discover freedom as what matters most to him.
Join me as I speak with mega YouTube and Instagram influencer @hoomannouri about his journey from an abusive childhood to superstar and his now trying to find happiness to match his success.
In this episode I speak with Grant Aldrich, whose Wakeup Call was nearly drowning while is wife watched and how that caused him to change his focus and also do a better job of juggling being an entrepreneur and being "present" with his family.
In this interview I speak with Australian, police officer turned business man, Reuben Lomas, about his lifelong struggle with anxiety and depression including suicide attempts and hospitalizations and how ten months ago he "cured" himself naturally.
In this interview I speak with Tim Brown, Chair of the great design and innovation company, IDEO, about how taking a Design Thinking approach to life can wake you up and keep you awake.
- In this episode I speak to Barbara Daoust, author of, "True Love, True Self: A Journey to Self-Love," about losing the love her life husband Patrick abruptly after twenty-five years of marriage and bottoming out and then self-loving herself back to health and now helping others do the same.
In this episode listen in as I speak with Scott Miller, Executive Vice President of Thought Leadership at Franklin Covey, podcast host and author of "Management Mess to Leadership Success," on the power and relief from admitting and learning from our mistakes.
Tyler Wagner - In this episode I speak with Tyler Wagner, founder of Authorsunite.com who talks about everything from dropping out of school to creating a successful business and to truly committing himself to a making family and friends most important to him.
In this episode I speak with Dr. Paul Meier, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Christian psychology and you will appreciate how his spiritual approach works for everyone.
Erik Oberholtzer, In this episode I speak with Tender Greens Co-founder Erik Oberholtzer on his journey and wakeup calls in going from a chef to a restauranteur and staying true to his values.
Dan Wise, In this episode I speak with former White Collar Prisoner turned Federal Prison Consultant, Dan Wise, on his wakeup call and chance to straighten out his life and who now works with indicted criminals before they're sentenced.
In this episode I speak with Mark Unger, author of First Survivor, about his child who had "Zero Chance of Survival" and how together as family they never gave up hope and his story may help you through a rough period.
Deke Copehaver: A leader you can trust have confidence in and respect is not a unicorn. In this episode you'll hear from former three term Augusta, GA Mayor, Deke Copenhaver, author of The Changemaker: The Art of Building Better Leaders and you'll discover exactly what I mean.
In this episode I speak with driven, successful entrepreneur and attorney Denise Gosnell, who created the Vacation Effect and turned a 70-80 hr work week into a 3 day work week and learn how you can do the same.
On this episode please join me with guest Zack Friedman, author of the Lemonade Life, on his discovery of how he and you can turn a lemon life into a lemonade one.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear international best selling author of "Secrets of Longevity" and Chinese Medicine expert Dr. Mao Shing Ni talk about how you can lose yourself once you gain sudden stardom and become someone you don't recognize or like.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear Jim McCarthy, author of Live Each Day: A Surprisingly Simple Guide to Happiness, talk about how being diagnosed with cancer was the wakeup call that pushed him to live the life he’d always dreamed of.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me as I speak to The Pitch Whisperer, John Livesay, as he shares the wakeup calls that led him to value resilience as the key to effectively managing life’s many challenges.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me in hearing Sam Morris, founder of Zen Warrior Training, talk about how an accident that left him paralyzed was the wakeup call that renewed his commitment to living his best life
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me as I speak with Sam Horn, transformational coach and author of "Someday is Not a Day of the Week”, as she describes her personal journey in dealing with a cancer misdiagnosis, and how it was the wakeup call that transformed her.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear Jeanne Allen, Founder and CEO of the Center for Educational Reform, talk about what woke her up to seeing Charter Schools as the best way to give students the chance to learn what they need to succeed.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call join me as I speak with Larry Senn, "The Father of Corporate Culture," about how his divorce from his first wife was the wakeup call that brought him to his knees - and inspired him to become the best version of himself.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, join me as I speak with Pete Linnett, Founder of the Life Adjustment Team, about the wakeup call that led him to find the best way to keep chronically mentally ill patients from relapsing.
On this episode of My Wakeup Call, hear Marissa Orr, author of "Lean Out”, talk about the wakeup calls that illuminated for her why women will succeed in the workplace as women, instead of trying and failing to succeed as men.
On this week’s My Wakeup Call, hear Lori Gottlieb, NYT Best Selling author of "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone", describe the wakeup calls that caused her to talk about her experience as a patient.
Join me as I speak with Esther Wojcicki - mother of Susan (CEO of Youtube), Anne (co-founder of 23andMe), and Janet (Fulbright winning anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics), whose wakeup call was about how helicopter parents can hurt their children’s future, and how she did the opposite.
Join me and and a remarkable mother/daughter duo, Jann and Shari Simmons, as we hear about a lifetime of wakeup calls that inspired the daughter to become a therapist to help free her mom of haunting abuse, which she then chronicled in her book, "Which Way? One Woman’s Traumatic Journey and Her Daughter’s Explanation of How to Turn Pain Into Power."
Join me as I interview former British pop star, Will Henshall, about a TRUE wakeup call that happened when he came back to life after flatlining and being dead for twenty minutes.
Listen to my conversation with Kristin Sunanta Walker, CEO of Mental Health News Radio Network, as she talks about her lifelong journey to recover from childhood sexual abuse, and the wakeup calls along the way that have helped her to cope and heal.
Listen to Taylor Smith talk about the dramatic wakeup call that enabled him to go from doing what he thought he should, to doing what he knew was his true calling.
Listen to my chat with MIke Critelli, former CEO Pitney Bowes, and featured in the iconic book "Good to Great", about the wakeup calls that turned him step by step into one of the best leaders of our time.
Join me as I speak with Frank King, the mental health comedian who woke me up and blew me away when he spoke about having chronic suicidality, and how knowing you can always kill yourself can keep you from doing it.
Join me as I speak with Bruce Keenan, who talks about the wakeup call that took him from a successful career in corporate America, to helping orphaned, abandoned and disadvantaged children in Nepal discover education and hope, with his Himalayan Children's Charities.
Listen in as I speak with Ellie Krug, transgender lawyer and activist, as she talks about the wakeup calls that led her to transition male to female in 2009, and all the wakeup calls since.
Join us as we hear entrepreneur Jay Reid talk about the worst wakeup call you can receive... a phone call from someone breaking the news to you that your 14-year-old son has hung himself.
Check out my conversation with Whole Life Challenge founder, Andy Petranek, as he describes the wakeup calls that have transformed his whole life, turning personal challenges into powerful new commitments.
Join me on an intimate journey with Rabbi Steve Leder, author of More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us, one of Newsweek's most influential rabbis in America, the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, as he describes the gift of a wakeup call that started with a car accident and ultimately transformed his life.
Join me and Paul Jenkins, creator of Marvel's Wolverine: Origin and an original employee of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as we discuss a creator's obligations to his fans, and hear the story of helping to grant a child's final wish - a wakeup call that forever changed him...and will likely change you too.
Listen in as former Campbell Soup CEO, Doug Conant, talks about his early struggle with being an extreme introvert, and the wakeup call that helped him overcome and become one of the most respected leaders of the last fifty years.
Join me as I go way down under with Lisa Scaffidi, the first female Lord Mayor of Perth Western Australia, to hear her talk about the public and private wakeup calls that changed her life.
Wake up and smell the coffee with me and Howard Behar, former President of Starbucks and author of “It’s Not About the Coffee”, as Howard talks about the wakeup calls that led him to create an empire from a life of service.
My guest this week is Richard Janes, Emmy winner, Hollywood branding expert, and host of the Passion and Purpose Podcast. Listen in as Richard tells the dramatic story of how his 8-year-old daughter gave him a wakeup call that literally saved his life.
Join me for an exciting journey with my guest Eben Pagan, top digital training guru, as he describes the wakeup call that illuminated his ego and eventually his destiny.
My guest this week is Mark Eckhardt, CEO of the socially conscious Common accelerator. Join me in hearing Mark describe the soulful wakeup call he experienced at age 13, that led him to create his un-common business startup machine.
My guest this week is Dr. Pamela Wible, the world's leading expert on physician suicide. Join me in hearing Pam talk about her lightbulb moment, the wakeup call when she realized that she had a calling to stop good people from killing themselves.
My guest is Garry Ridge, the charismatic CEO of WD40. Listen in as Garry describes the slippery slope of ego, and how a series of wakeup calls transformed him into an admired leader.
My guest is Ivan Misner, founder of Business Network International, and co-author of Who’s in Your Room?, a great new book about who to let in and who to keep out of your life. Join me in listening to Ivan describe the wakeup calls that manifested through the process of holistically treating prostate cancer.
Join me in hearing Sarah Hiner, President and CEO of the ever-popular expert advice digest Bottom Line, talk about the failed medical treatments and miraculous wakeup call that changed her entire approach to life.
Join me and my guest, visionary business leader Quint Studer, author of "Building a Vibrant Community”, as Quint describes his journey from being a lost and alcoholic youth, to the wakeup call that launched him as an acclaimed community builder.
Join me as I celebrate 96 years of wakeup calls with TV icon Norman Lear - from his childhood, through war, children, personal obstacles, professional challenges, and creating America’s most beloved sitcoms of all-time.
In this premiere episode of My Wakeup Call, I explain why I created this podcast - and why now. I share a wakeup call that not only changed my life, but also saved my life and forever changed the way I live life.