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Author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur Kevin Kruse explains how you can use time travel (at least mentally) to defeat procrastination and get things done.

Hear Kevin's full interview in Episode 109 of The Action Catalyst.

Entrepreneur, professor, and Founder/CEO of Smarty, Denzil Eden, shares the 3 principles of AI, addressing some common fears and concerns around AI, the importance of role models and seeing yourself in the work, and the one tiny word that shifts imposter syndrome to a growth mindset.

Jim Sebenius, a Harvard Business School professor, author, negotiation expert, and host of the new podcast Dealcraft: Insights from Great Negotiators, explains the steps to his novel approach to bargaining known as “3D negotiation”.

Hear Jim's full interview in Episode 472 of The Action Catalyst.

Author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur Kevin Kruse shares advice he extracted from Mark Cuban, the 3-21-0 and 4-D email methods, the importance of making friends with the calendar, the productivity tips supported by Harvard research, taking the "I" out of getting things done, and using time travel to defeat procrastination.

Author, speaker, and leadership strategist Neen James explains why in many cases, YOU, yes YOU, the leader, might be the distraction, and the roadblock to increased productivity for your team.

Hear Neen's full interview in Episode 238 of The Action Catalyst.

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 472 with Jim Sebenius, a Harvard Business School professor, author, negotiation expert, and host of the new podcast Dealcraft: Insights from Great Negotiators.

Jim Sebenius, a Harvard Business School professor, author, negotiation expert, and host of the new podcast Dealcraft: Insights from Great Negotiators, shares what group of people are instinctively the best negotiators, the steps to “3D negotiation”, how sometimes you can win by everyone losing, why internal negotiations are sometimes the hardest part, and the importance of being careful with your gift giving and keeping a deal diary.

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Chuck Runyon, the CEO at Self Esteem Brands including the wildly popular Anytime Fitness, explains the 4 P's of work, and the importance of finding your purpose, combining brain power with HEART power.

Hear Chuck's full interview in Episode 220 of The Action Catalyst.

Author, speaker, and leadership strategist Neen James reveals the thing you touch 2,000 times a day, and breaks down concentric circles of attention, dedicating yourself in increments, the very real economic cost of distraction, and why YOU, the leader, might be the problem.

James Keyes, former CEO of both Blockbuster Inc. and 7-Eleven, explains why 7-Eleven and Blockbuster were really part of the same business, and what REALLY happened to Blockbuster (and why you may not have seen the last of it).

Hear James' full interview in Episode 471 of The Action Catalyst.