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The Action Catalyst
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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.
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REMASTERED: Are You Fully Charged, with Tom Rath | (Wellbeing, Science, Author, Leadership)
2d ago00:17:22Tap to summarizeBestselling author and researcher Tom Rath shares insights from his book "Are You Fully Charged?" on how to improve performance, well‑being, and engagement at work and in life. Rath explains that meaning—not happiness—is the key to fulfillment, emphasizing that focusing on helping others, leveraging strengths, and connecting daily work to a larger purpose leads to higher productivity and better outcomes. He explores how personal energy, including sleep, movement, and health, directly impacts cognitive performance, leadership effectiveness, and workplace success, while warning against the dangers of distraction, especially from smartphones, which reduce attention and relationship quality. The episode also highlights how emotions and behaviors spread through social networks, influencing teams and organizations, and why leaders must prioritize well‑being and purpose to build stronger cultures.
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1w ago00:01:46Tap to summarizeDr. Barb Rembiesa, founder and CEO of the International Association of IT Asset Management, shares how a small act of kindness on her part led to an enormously outsized impact on the residents of a small Kentucky town.Hear Dr. Rembiesa's full interview in her special bonus episode of The Action Catalyst.
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I Bottled My Mother, with Monica Nassif | (Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Startup, Business)
1w ago00:20:50Tap to summarizeMonica Nassif, founder of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day and Caldrea, reveals hard‑earned lessons on entrepreneurship, leadership, and building a successful consumer brand from the ground up. Nassif emphasizes the importance of simplicity, resilience, and belief—highlighted through her “plant, water, weed, believe” philosophy—as well as the mindset that failure is simply learning. She explains how successful entrepreneurs must commit fully, embrace risk, and develop bravery over time while pairing self-awareness with a big, disruptive business idea. The conversation explores key startup principles including preparation, market research, financial discipline, and having “skin in the game,” along with practical advice on raising capital, overcoming fear, and executing with urgency when opportunity strikes, as well as the value of creativity, hard work, and perseverance as essential “superpowers".Mentioned in this episode:Click here to get your copy of the Problem-First Method.Kevin Dias / Problem First MethodClick here to get your copy of the Problem-First Method.Kevin Dias / Problem First Method
Transcribe →CLIP: Success Doesn't Mean Being Liked
2w ago00:05:50Tap to summarizeNew York Times bestselling author Darren Hardy explains how, in truth, EVERYONE is an entrepreneur, but how being a TRUE entrepreneur means leaving the “herd,” which often generates criticism, isolation, and resistance from peers.Hear Darren's full interview in Episode 93 of The Action Catalyst.
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Nothing Is Everything, with Dr. Barb Rembiesa | (Kindness, IT, Business, Leadership)
2w ago00:16:10Tap to summarizeDr. Barb Rembiesa, founder and CEO of the International Association of IT Asset Management, shares how small, intentional acts of kindness can create outsized impact in leadership, business, and everyday life. Drawing on her experience building IAITAM into the world’s leading authority on IT asset management and guiding organizations through technology compliance, AI governance, and digital transformation, Dr. Rembiesa explains how “nothings” — simple actions that cost little time or money — can strengthen workplace culture, build trust, and deliver real ROI by restoring humanity to business. This episode offers practical insights for leaders seeking to integrate compassion, intentional listening, and purpose‑driven generosity into a sustainable business strategy.
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3w ago00:03:40Tap to summarizeMeg Tuohey, licensed psychologist, author, speaker, and host of the Wisdom Stripes podcast, introduces the concept of "heartprint"—the unique inner blueprint that guides fulfillment, purpose, and growth, and explains how high‑achieving women can feel successful yet emotionally numb, and a bit of the neuroscience behind elite performance.Hear Meg's full interview in her special bonus episode of The Action Catalyst.
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REMASTERED: The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, with Darren Hardy | (Business, Sales, Author, Focus)
3w ago00:19:40Tap to summarizeNew York Times bestselling author Darren Hardy delivers a candid and practical look at why most entrepreneurs fail—and how to beat the odds. Hardy explains that the 66% small‑business failure rate is driven less by external factors like capital or competition and more by internal, emotional unpreparedness, lack of focus, and unrealistic expectations about the entrepreneurial journey. He explores the psychological cost of leaving the “herd,” including criticism, isolation, and resistance from peers, and reframes these challenges as evidence of progress, as well as covers effective sales as a discipline rooted in questioning and listening rather than pitching, the dangers of distraction in the modern digital age, and the importance of developing intense focus, discipline, and personal responsibility.
Transcribe →CLIP: Success Seldom Exceeds Personal Development
4w ago00:03:30Tap to summarizeHal Elrod, bestselling author of "The Miracle Morning", shares the experience that set him down the path to self-improvement, and the snooze‑proof wake‑up strategy that KEEPS him on that path each day.Hear Hal's full interview in Episode 53 of The Action Catalyst.
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HeartPrint, with Meg Tuohey | (Psychology, Self-Help, Leadership, Emotional Intelligence)
Jun 1600:23:41Tap to summarizeMeg Tuohey, licensed psychologist, author, speaker, and host of the Wisdom Stripes podcast, explores why modern self‑help culture often fails women by encouraging self‑override instead of self‑trust, and introduces the concept of "heartprint"—the unique inner blueprint that guides fulfillment, purpose, and growth. Learn how high‑achieving women can feel successful yet emotionally numb, why intuition is a critical emotional survival skill, utilizing emotional literacy and relational intelligence in leadership, the neuroscience of burnout and elite performance, and how self‑attunement enables clearer decision‑making in both personal and professional environments. With insights grounded in psychology and lived experience, this episode offers a powerful reframing of personal growth, leadership, and well‑being for women navigating ambition, identity, and modern self‑help messaging.
Transcribe →CLIP: Experience Vs. Wisdom
Jun 1100:02:24Tap to summarizeDr. Tony Alessandra, founder of Assessments 24x7, addresses the lessons he learned from failure, and how learning when to say "no" is the REAL test of your goals and objectives.Hear Dr. Alessandra's full interview in Episode 504 of The Action Catalyst.
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