Action Catalyst Update – Mike McFall

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On June 23, 2023
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author, Business, CEO, engagement, entrepreneur, focus on giving, leadership, management, productivity

We catch back up with Mike McFall, author, entrepreneur, and Co-CEO of Biggby Coffee, who walks us through his new book, “Grow: Take Your Business from Chaos to Calm“, explains how the best-run business is one you’re not a part of, hips us to the “most powerful productivity hack in corporate America since the microprocessor”, […]

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On June 20, 2023
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aging, author, change, death, entrepreneur, neuroscience, psychology, Stephanie Maas

Steven Kotler, New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, returns in Part 2 of this interview, tackling weighty topics like the denial of death, embracing change as foundational to aging, the illusion of self, the “long slow rot” theory, how aging is a “use it or […]

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On June 20, 2023
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author, biology, entrepreneur, flow, journalist, neuroscience, productivity, science

Steven Kotler, New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, explains the mechanics of getting our biology to work for us rather than against us, the advantages of transitioning from a journalist to a scientist, how to trigger a state of flow, how cell phones are dumbing […]

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On June 13, 2023
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author, Business, coaching, entrepreneur, executive, Harvard, leadership, motivation, overcome adversity, professional speaker, success

Author, professional speaker, and executive coach Chad E. Foster talks about living most of his life outside of his comfort zone after totally losing his sight in college, becoming comfortable with discomfort, how lacking sight made him a better skier and martial artist, taking advantage of your disadvantages, learning to code just to INVENT the […]

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On May 23, 2023
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Business, CEO, COVID-19, education, entrepreneur, leadership, learning, motivation, success, tech, technology

Candice Faktor, CEO and Co-Founder of virtual online learning startup Disco, and a serial tech entrepreneur, explains going from a victim to the agent of our lives, possessing the unique motivational drive of an immigrant, learning to be calm and creating a sense of self, why the pandemic was the single best time in the […]

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On May 2, 2023
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author, Business, CEO, COVID-19, entrepreneur, leadership, security, Southwestern Advantage, Southwestern Family of Companies, success, transportation

Nathan Foy, author, entrepreneur, and the CEO of Fortis, talks about overcoming your “milkshake moments”, how 9/11 almost toppled, then helped rebuild, his business, being relentlessly skeptical, “failing into” things, using their resources to help out during the pandemic, and channeling the Founding Fathers when creating a leadership team. About Nathan: Nathan Foy is founder […]

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On April 25, 2023
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Business, CEO, entrepreneur, founder, hiring, leadership, PR, Time Management, vision, workflow

Siimon Sander, serial entrepreneur, founder of Oscar Hamilton, and CEO of AboutHire, recounts the early days and the new frontier of podcasting, why not to be so patient with things (give it 6 weeks), how to have a vision but keep it flexible, and talks about making friends with ChatGPT, how entrepreneurship = delegation, 3 […]

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On April 4, 2023
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author, Business, CEO, consulting, efficiency, entrepreneur, productivity, success, Time Management

Nick Sonnenberg, entrepreneur, Inc. columnist, guest lecturer at Columbia University, and founder & CEO of Leverage, a leading operational efficiency consultancy, talks about buying time at a discount, getting a 2 minute notice from a partner, effective vs efficient, why every team should think about CPR (Communication, Planning, and Resources), sorting information like laundry, the […]

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On February 28, 2023
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alumni, author, Business, entrepreneur, family, motivation, Southwestern Advantage, success

Magnolia co-founder, TV personality, bestselling author, and Southwestern Advantage alumnus Chip Gaines chats with host Adam Outland about nature vs nurture and chicken vs egg, recalls the best day of his life (which sort of wasn’t so great), shares his Austin Powers moment, reflects on being too broke to declare bankruptcy and how he initially […]

Built Different, with Chip Gaines – Episode 417 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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On February 21, 2023
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alumni, author, Business, entrepreneur, family, leadership, Southwestern Advantage, success

Magnolia co-founder, TV personality, bestselling author, and proud Southwestern Advantage alumnus Chip Gaines talks about his beginnings selling books door to door, his true calling as a “riverboat pastor”, the hybrid of James Dean and the Marlboro Man that he called his grandfather, awakening the grizzly bear of work ethic, what L.U.C.K. really stands for, […]

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Action Catalyst Update – Mike McFall

Growing Old, Staying Rad, with Steven Kotler – Episode 432 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

The Era of Impossible, with Steven Kotler – Episode 431 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Blind Ambition, with Chad E. Foster – Episode 430 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Catching Disco Fever, with Candice Faktor – Episode 427 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

You Can’t Control the Wind, with Nathan Foy – Episode 425 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Be The Leader, Not The Hero, with Siimon Sander – Episode 424 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Come Up For Air, with Nick Sonnenberg – Episode 422 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Believe in Home, with Chip Gaines – Episode 418 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Built Different, with Chip Gaines – Episode 417 of The Action Catalyst Podcast