Inspirational People, Inspirational Stories with Doug D Gordon
Doug D Gordon is a 5X award winning speaker, author, coach and healer. He went from Hedge funds to healing or C-level to 'seeing the level' of where people are and the potential of where they can go in life and business. He was "International Healer of the Year" and "International CEO of the Year" for his coaching business in 2022. He aims to "Charge yourself up for Success" (his book title) with interviews with some of the most inspiring and successful people in the world. It is all about understanding the person behind the success and what were the key tactics and strategies that led them there. His guests on his past radio show include film stars, sports stars, top multinational company CEOs, TV Celebs, many NY Times bestsellers and some of the most inspirational people in the world.
Inspirational People, Inspirational Stories with Doug D Gordon
Paschal Donohue, Irish Finance Minister - the man behind the politician. Find out about the true character behind one of Ireland's top politicians
I had the incredible opportunity and honour to sit down with Ireland’s Finance Minister, Paschal Donohoe, inside the Government Buildings for an inspiring, insightful, and deeply personal conversation.
We went beyond politics to explore:
✅ His childhood dreams (spoiler: it wasn’t politics!).
✅ The key turning points that shaped his journey.
✅ The biggest lesson from a failure that helped him in his life.
✅ His favourite hobbies and favourite footballer.
✅ Mental well-being, energy management, and stress in high-pressure roles.
✅ What he’d do as another job or pursuit after politics—and it’s NOT what you’d expect!
💡 Plus, I asked him: If you could go back and speak to your younger 18 year old self and give him advice—what would it be?…
🎥 Let me know what you would have asked him!
Paschal Donohoe TD is the Minister for Finance.
He previously served as Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery, and Reform from 2022 to January 2025 and was the Minister for Finance also from June 2017 to December 2022, having been re-appointed to the role in June 2020.
Minister Donohoe was elected President of the Eurogroup on 9 July 2020, taking up his first two-and-a-half-year term in July 2020. He was re-elected on 5 December 2022, beginning his second mandate in January 2023.
He has served as the Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. He also held the position of Minister for European Affairs at the Department of An Taoiseach and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Paschal was first elected as a TD in February 2011 for the Dublin Central constituency. Prior to this he was a member of Seanad Éireann and also served as member of Dublin City Council.
Before entering political life he worked in Sales and Marketing for Procter & Gamble.
Paschal is a graduate of the Trinity College Dublin, with a degree in Politics and Economics and has attended St. Declan’s Christian Brothers School.
He is a lifelong supporter of Tottenham Hotspur and Bohemian FC and NaFianna in Dublin.
Doug is a 5X award winning international speaker, coach, consultant, trainer, radio presenter, healer, journalist and international bestselling author.
He is the CEO of the Leadership and Life Mastery Summit and CEO of D&S Performance Optimisation Ltd.
Doug was a C-level executive in the investment management industry for 21 years. He grew an asset management firm from €50m per annum sales to €1.75Bn per annum. This led to him being recognised in the national press for success in the Financial Services industry. The Times comparing him to a Manchester United football star and The Independent calling him “Heavy City hitter”. Doug was a keen sportsman himself playing the equivalent of Premier league in field hockey where he coached and captained international players.
After leaving the corporate world (which followed a life changing near death experience) he became a national radio presenter on Dublin City FM for 5 years with the show “Inspirational People, Inspirational Stories” interviewing NY Times bestsellers, sports stars, film stars, top CEOs and other amazing guests.
Doug has also won 5 humanitarian awards, and written an international bestselling book called “Charge Yourself Up For Success - Energizing your life, work and relationships” which is published with Beyond Publishing in the USA and has 3 NY Times Bestseller testimonials and a testimonial from an Emmy award winning Star Wars actress.
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