Mork Unfiltered
Mork Unfiltered
Podcast Description
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.
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The podcast explores themes like authenticity, resilience, and personal transformation, with episodes covering candid discussions on failures and growth such as the challenges of burnout in 'The REAL reason you're Burnt Out—And the Tool That’ll Fix that!' and navigating purpose-driven leadership in 'Living Your Values: Leela Srinivasan’s Leap into Purpose-Driven Leadership'.
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.
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👉 Download Mork’s Guide to Resilience: https://aa5c-ea.systeme.io/resilience
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”Silicon Valley is changing—and not everyone is going to like where it’s headed.”
In this episode, I’m sitting down with a guy I’ve known for two decades, a man who has been behind the curtain for the birth of 22 unicorns: my good friend Vijay Chattha, founder of VSC Ventures.
We’re stripping away the ”glossy PR” version of tech and diving straight into the messy middle. We talk about the brutal reality of the new 'Hunger Games' mentality in the Valley, why the ”Bro Culture” is roaring back with a vengeance, and the cold, hard truth: in this world, you either make someone money or you save them money. Everything else is just noise.
Whether you're a founder trying to get your story straight, a professional over 40 wondering if AI is about to delete your career, or a parent trying to raise kids who aren't addicted to their screens—this conversation is for you. Vijay doesn't pull any punches, and neither do I.
Inside the Episode:
0:00 – The Brutal Truth: Your only value is making or saving money.
3:51 – The Cultural Whiplash: Why DEI is out and ”Bro Culture” is back.
7:45 – The 996 Grind: Is the 12-hour, 6-day work week actually sustainable?
12:09 – The Jobless Recovery: The 3 career paths that are actually safe from AI.
18:24 – The Ageism Glitch: How to stay relevant when you’re ”old” in tech.
22:57 – Why Founders Fail: Technical geniuses who can't tell a story.
35:16 – The Tile Playbook: How we manipulated the crowdfunding hype cycle.
42:13 – The ”Dirty Jobs” Thesis: Why the future belongs to HVAC and automation.
47:12 – Anxious Kids: The ”Take Your Kid to Work” antidote for screen addiction.
57:55 – The Myth of Passive Income: Real talk on crypto, real estate, and scams.
1:02:50 – Lightning Round: Singing, ancestors, and the definition of success.
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If this episode moved you or gave you a different lens on adversity and growth, I want to invite you to go deeper.
I wrote Step Back and Leap for people exactly like us. People building through chaos. People trying to find meaning inside uncertainty. People choosing purpose over comfort. You can get it here:
https://a.co/d/e4nd8RT
And if you want practical tools you can use today to strengthen your resilience, I created a short, tactical guide you can download immediately. It’s called The Mork Guide to Resilience and it is designed to help you build inner strength, recover faster, and lead from a grounded place:
https://aa5c-ea.systeme.io/resilience
Because sometimes the most powerful leaps forward start with stepping back, grounding yourself, and reconnecting to why you are here in the first place.
— Patrick
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