Mork Unfiltered

About Mork Unfiltered

Mork Unfiltered is where authenticity meets transformation. No fluff, no unicorn fairytales, just real, unfiltered conversations about what it truly takes to lead, grow, and reinvent yourself. Hosted by Patrick Mork, serial entrepreneur, three-time CMO, best-selling author, and leadership coach. This podcast goes beyond the polished success stories to explore the personal challenges that leaders and high achievers rarely discuss.It brings raw honesty to topics like loneliness, depression, failure, and fear—alongside the resilience, purpose, and grit it takes to overcome them. Through unscripted interviews with founders, executives, and thought leaders, as well as Mork's own reflections, this show will delve into the messy middle of success. Whether you’re building a business, rethinking your career, or seeking personal growth, Mork Unfiltered offers real stories, practical tools, and a candid look at what it means to live and lead authentically.

Publisher

Patrick Mork

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jun 2025

Latest episode

4 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Jun 2026

   Why This Multi-Million Dollar Sales Exec Walked Away.

   Hey folks, welcome back to Mork Unfiltered. On paper, today's guest had the kind of upward trajectory we all look at with pure envy. Billy Keels spent more than two decades scaling the absolute peaks of enterprise tech sales—including a massive 16-year stint at SAP, plus years at Dell and Computer Associates. He was managing eight-figure budgets, leading teams of hundreds across the globe, speaking five languages, and flying to five-star destinations on the company dime. But as we always talk about on this show, success rarely moves in a straight line, and the glossy resume never tells the full story. In this episode, Billy pulls back the curtain on the "messy middle" of a high-flying corporate life. He shares a deeply personal look at the exact moment his perspective completely shattered—waking his family up early on his oldest son's third birthday just to say goodbye before rushing out the door for a flight to Frankfurt. He was pulling in more money than he could spend, yet he felt entirely powerless over his own time. We dive deep into how Billy spent the next eight years quietly orchestrating his exit, building a parallel stream of real estate assets on the side so he would never have to choose between a corporate milestone and his family again. This isn't an anti-corporate rant; it’s an incredibly tactical blueprint on how to redefine security, identity, and purpose entirely on your own terms. If you are currently feeling accomplished but restless, highly successful but quietly misaligned with your values, this conversation is your permission slip to pause and take inventory of what actually matters. Hit that subscribe button, leave a review, and let’s get unfiltered. Episode Chapters: 0:00 – Introduction: Beyond the Polished Resume 2:12 – The Midwestern Kid Who Ended Up in 90 Countries 4:14 – The Power of "Life is Happening For You, Not To You" 5:17 – Surviving Major Rejection from My Dream Job (Twice) 7:20 – The Profound Difference Between Traveling vs. Living Abroad 14:35 – Building the Muscle of Resilience in the Age of AI 17:05 – Getting Jaded by the High-Flyer Lifestyle 24:45 – Eating Humble Pie: Taking a Massive Career Step Backward at Dell 31:12 – Moving to Italy Without Speaking a Single Word of Italian 36:30 – The Myth That Money Solves All Problems 39:53 – The Painful Wake-Up Call: Missing My Son’s 3rd Birthday 44:40 – Why I Intentionally Stalled My Progression at SAP for 7 Years 49:40 – The "Happy Corporate Employee" Building a Secret Parallel Track 54:30 – The Deciding Factor: Family Health & Choosing When to Walk Away 58:00 – Surviving the Identity Crisis After Leaving the "Big Enchilada" Corporate Role 1:01:20 – Billy’s 3-Step Framework for Executive Optionality 1:07:45 – Lightning Round: Mind Reading, Great-Grandmothers, & The Fear Factor #CorporateEscape #GoldenHandcuffs #FinancialAutonomy #ExecutiveCoaching #Resilience #SideHustleBlueprint #MorkUnfiltered

2. 

   21 May 2026

   Why this CEO chooses discomfort over comfort every time

   Send us Fan Mail Most people build their careers by hunting for stability and a predictable path. But today’s guest has spent nearly 20 years doing the exact opposite. He calls himself the "Chaos Hunter" because he deliberately takes the jobs that are messy, broken, and have no template for success. In this unfiltered episode, I sit down with Puneet Raj, the CEO of Fieldwire by Hilti. Puneet’s journey is wild. At just 25 years old, he took over a brand at Unilever that was losing $8.50 for e...

3. 

   7 May 2026

   The Founder Warning: Startups Are As Toxic As Cigarettes

   Send us Fan Mail Andrew Lacy has been called crazy twice. In 2008, every top VC told him to stop building iPhone games and return to Nokia. He didn't listen. Tapulous became an early App Store powerhouse and was eventually acquired by Disney. Later, investors told him whole-body MRIs were a bad idea. He ignored them again. Today, his company Prenuvo (formerly Prouvo) has scanned over 150,000 people to catch cancer early. This episode explores the reality behind the wins: the bad bets, the hu...

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