Always the Outsider, with Alysia Silberg – Episode 445 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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On November 28, 2023
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Africa, AI, author, Business, Canada, CEO, employment, entrepreneur, Hollywood, immigrant, investment, leadership, overcome adversity, Silicon Valley, Stephanie Maas, technology, women in leadership

Alysia Silberg, leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist and CEO / General Partner of the investment firm Street Global, shares the story of making her way from Africa to Canada by way of Hollywood, why even a bullet couldn’t stop her, and chats about getting superpowers from a pair of pink roller skates, using AI to […]

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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 April 18, 2023
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author, Business, inclusion, leadership, overcome adversity, psychology, sneakers, trust

Dr. Adam C. Bandelli, organizational psychologist, leadership advisor, and Founder & Managing Director of Bandelli & Associates, discusses overcoming bipolar disorder, emotional intelligence vs relational intelligence, embodying the change he wanted to see, why inclusivity = authenticity, Boomer vs Gen Z leadership styles, groundbreaking definitions of trust, rapport, and influence, and takes a DEEP dive […]

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On January 31, 2023
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author, Business, overcome adversity, publishing, success

Dean Koontz, best-selling author with over 100 novels published and more than 500 million copies sold, talks about the way his alcoholic father shaped his childhood as well as his writing, has a personal realization about his first major character, shares the real life experience that led to creating the character of Odd Thomas, addresses how […]

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On January 17, 2023
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environment, law, leadership, overcome adversity, success, thinkingahead

Courtney Bowie, Managing Attorney for Earthjustice, shares her thanks to ThinkingAhead and her time in the New York Supreme Court, why 50 years in the legal world is just a short time ago, the huge misconception and history-making moment around the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the importance of resting up for a squabble, […]

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On December 13, 2022
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author, Business, entrepreneur, gratefulness, gratitude, investing, karate, overcome adversity, success

Erik Weir is a jack of many trades; principal of WCM Global Wealth LLC, author, movie producer, investor and real estate developer. Erik explains how he considers himself a “farmer of life experience”, why fear and gratitude cannot coexist, the 5 F’s that drive your life, the “rule of 72”, shares his experience with Chuck […]

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On October 4, 2022
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advocacy, Business, Down syndrome, entrepreneur, fashion, leadership, overcome adversity, success

John and Mark X. Cronin, entrepreneurs, advocates for Down Syndrome, and co-founders of the largest sock store on the planet, John’s Crazy Socks, explain the 5 essential pillars of business, the joys and the challenges of working as a father and son team, a small problem they ran into with opening a food truck, making […]

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On September 13, 2022
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Business, human resources, leadership, management, Nicaragua, overcome adversity, security

Patty Hoppenstedt, Chief Operations and People Officer for Southwestern Family of Companies, shares her upbringing in Central America and the natural disaster that helped shape her early life, to her beginnings in security in the 9/11 era, stint in city management, and the influences and determination from her unique background that help her create the […]

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On August 30, 2022
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Business, coaching, leadership, mental science, motivation, overcome adversity, psychology, success, veterans

Author and mental scientist Dr. Hank Seitz explains how he overcame what he was told was a permanent disability, talks quantum science and molecular biology, the conscious mind and the subconscious mind, the 3 steps that create experience, answers of the question of “What ARE beliefs?”, and shares the unbelievable story of his time as […]

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On August 5, 2022
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overcome adversity, relief, Southwestern Advantage, Southwestern Family of Companies, Ukraine

Click here to learn how to make your own donation. To listen to our special bonus episode on leadership lessons from Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, click here or listen below. To listen to our special bonus episode with native Moldovan Pavel Aleabov and his connection to the ongoing conflict, click here or listen below: The Action […]

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Always the Outsider, with Alysia Silberg – Episode 445 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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