The Action Catalyst
The Action Catalyst interviews top leaders and achievers, sharing hard-earned tips and advice to help you uncover your inspiration and gain valuable insights to overcome setbacks, defeat mediocrity, and reach your goals in life, business, and beyond. Southwestern/Great American, Inc., dba Southwestern Family of Companies, for itself and its related entities and their assigns, reserves and retains all rights to their copyrighted materials and trademarks contained in this podcast.
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CLIP: Remembering Lessons / Staying Curious / Restoring Faith
<p>Action Catalyst hosts Adam Outland, Stephanie Maas, and Dan Moore share an early blunder in hosting, reflect on the critical nature of staying curious, and explain the profound personal impact of the podcast.</p><p>Hear the full roundtable discussion in Episode 500 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
REMASTERED: Breaking Through the Barrier of Busy, with Elizabeth Saunders | (Time Management, Productivity, Business, Decision Making)
<p>Best-selling author and time management coach Elizabeth Saunders explains why more input doesn’t equal more busy, and shares ways to expertly manage email, use text expanders, define "time investment", and get clarity from your calendar, plus breaks down techniques like the I.N.O. method, and priority-based decision making.</p>
CLIP: Relaters & Bottom-Liners
<p>Hall of Fame speaker, author, and human behavior expert Connie Podesta breaks down the differences between relaters vs bottom-liners, and how those differences manifest in everything from a sales relationship, to a marriage.</p><p>Hear Connie's full interview in Episode 34 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
Celebrating 500 Episodes - Action Catalyst Host Roundtable
<p>Action Catalyst hosts past and present unite to mark a major milestone; the 500th episode of The Action Catalyst. The trio of Adam Outland, Stephanie Maas, and Dan Moore gather and reflect on their favorite guests, lessons learned, mistakes made, and the impact, both personal and professional, that the podcast has had on them over the years.</p>
CLIP: Pulling People Out of "The Matrix"
<p>Tom Bilyeu, co-founder of unicorn company Quest Nutrition and CEO of Impact Theory, explains what "The Matrix" is for him, and how his life's purpose is to help pull people out of it.</p><p>Hear Tom's full interview in Episode 198 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
REMASTERED: How To Get People On Board, with Connie Podesta | (Influence, Sales, Relationships, Business)
<p>Hall of Fame speaker, author, and human behavior expert Connie Podesta explains why EVERYTHING is sales, breaks down the difference between relaters vs bottom-liners, and shares how the person doing the selling should be the person to have to shoulder any discomfort in a situation….but why people are reluctant to do so.</p>
CLIP: Work-Life Balance / Work-From-Home
<p>Internationally renowned psychologist and author Dr. Guy Winch reveals the biggest misconceptions about work-life balance, and how the pandemic presented an opportunity that didn't quite pan out.</p><p>Hear Dr. Winch's full interview in his special bonus episode of The Action Catalyst.</p>
REMASTERED: Impact Theory and Rising Above Limiting Beliefs, with Tom Bilyeu | (Nutrition, Startups, Mindset, Leadership)
<p>Tom Bilyeu, co-founder of unicorn company Quest Nutrition and CEO of Impact Theory, lays out the impact of acting for ONE vs many, talks about making their own manufacturing equipment, pulling people out of The Matrix, becoming the new Disney and adopting a Jedi mindset, and waxes poetic on the impossibility of impossibility.</p>
From Podium to Podcast - Olympians Johnny Quinn, Vince Poscente, & Scott Hamilton
<p>With the 2026 Olympic Games underway, we dug into The Action Catalyst archive for three guests who have represented Team USA on an Olympic level; Vince Poscente, who is now an in-demand speaker and expert on resiliency, explains how he used determination and innovation to rise to the ranks of an Olympic skier in just four short years, Johnny Quinn, a professional speaker and former professional football player with the Buffalo Bills and Green Bay Packers tells the story of his unbelievable journey from the NFL to the United States Olympic bobsled team, to competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in...
CLIP: Trust and Purpose
<p>Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation, examines the emotional and practical implications of trust, both in personal relationships, and also inside of organizations, including a cautionary tale from Uber.</p><p>Hear Jimmy's full interview in Episode 499 of The Action Catalyst.</p>
