

The Action Catalyst
Southwestern Family of Podcasts
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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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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Dec 5, 2023 • 21min
REMASTERED: Operating Out of Greatness, with Lolly Daskal (Leadership, Performance, Executive, Confidence)
Speaker, author, and Founder/CEO of Lead From Within, Lolly Daskal, digs into filling in your gaps, standing in your greatness, owning who you are, the need to R.E.T.H.I.N.K., how capabilities + competence = confidence, the need to give up control to lead more effectively, and realizing that greatness is not a destiny only granted to a few.

Nov 30, 2023 • 4min
CLIP: The Manual Process of Perception
Superstar podcaster and creator Jordan Harbinger touches on the weird ways perception changes across groups (and even in people you know quite well), and the difficulty of gauging progress in largely unquantifiable areas.Hear Jordan's full interview in Episode 94 of The Action Catalyst.

Nov 28, 2023 • 24min
Always the Outsider, with Alysia Silberg (Entrepreneurship, AI, Immigrant, Mindset)
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 be big where you feel small, geeking out over DaVinci, and why being “unemployable” doesn’t make you…unemployable.

Nov 24, 2023 • 3min
CLIP: Why People Leave and Saturday Morning Cartoons
Entrepreneur, author, and Founder / CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, William Vanderbloemen, explains the 3 main reasons people leave their jobs (4 for Millennials), and what Saturday morning cartoons have to do with job retention.Hear William's full interview in Episode 235 of The Action Catalyst.

Nov 21, 2023 • 18min
REMASTERED: Harbinger of Success, with Jordan Harbinger (Podcasting, Confidence, Personal Development, Networking)
Superstar podcaster and creator Jordan Harbinger touches on the toxic evolution of men without role models, the weird ways perception changes across groups, the difficulty of gauging progress in unquantifiable areas, and how charisma is a learnable skill, which can make you a better networker, increase confidence, and lead to deeper relationships.

Nov 17, 2023 • 17min
REMASTERED: Creating Healthy Workplace Culture, with William Vanderbloemen (Faith, Executive, Jobs, Career)
Entrepreneur, author, and Founder / CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, William Vanderbloemen, explains the dynamics of creating an irresistible workplace, the 3 main reasons people leave their jobs (4 for millennials), what Saturday morning cartoons have to do with job retention, why most cultural problems boil down to hiring problems, the difference between culture and core values, how to assess the 8 key areas of workplace health or toxicity, and gives several quick exercises for pinpointing what your culture is.

Nov 16, 2023 • 3min
CLIP: The Zen of Detachment
Mike Lee, founder of MindShift Labs, talks about separating your passion from yourself as a person, and the virtues of detachment and nonjudgement as tools for managing expectations and maximizing outcomes while staying centered.Hear Mike's full interview in Episode 444 of The Action Catalyst.

Nov 14, 2023 • 14min
Update: William Vanderbloemen and Being the Unicorn (Faith, Executive, Jobs, Career)
Entrepreneur, author, and Founder / CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, William Vanderbloemen, talks about preparing for the Ice Age, why vision is seeing just beyond your feet, what the best of the best have in common, how to respond to the most dreaded interview question ever, why self-awareness is the #1 skill, and who DOES need to fear AI (hint, it's not that many people).And be sure to catch more from William in Episode 235 of The Action Catalyst.

Nov 8, 2023 • 2min
Overtime with Outland: Mike Lee, Episode 444
Overtime with Outland is Action Catalyst host Adam Outland's reflections and commentary on discussions with each of his esteemed and accomplished guests. In this segment, Adam dissects Episode 444, with speaker, author, and founder of MindShift Labs, Mike Lee.

Nov 7, 2023 • 32min
Mind Shift, with Mike Lee (Leadership, Mindset, Personal Development, NBA)
Mike Lee, founder of MindShift Labs, talks about making up his own minor, not getting out of bed for Kobe Bryant, why everything we want exists in the present moment, being pushed by pain or pulled by vision, the advantage of diversifying the portfolio of your identity and self-worth, the virtues of detachment and nonjudgement, why everything is driven from getting crystal clear on vision and purpose, and putting the mission over the medium.Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching