The Action Catalyst

Christy Wright, both entertaining and inspiring, presents messages that educate and give hope to audiences nationwide. As the creator of Business Boutique and through her podcast and sellout live events, Wright has equipped thousands of women to successfully run and grow a business so they can make money doing what they love. Wright is a Certified Business Coach and Ramsey Personality. Since joining Ramsey Solutions in 2009, she has spoken to audiences across the country at women’s conferences, national business conferences and Fortune 500 companies. Her new book, Business Boutique, releases April 2017.

Show Highlights:

When people know what selling really is, they can sell with confidence. @ChristyBWrightWhen you’re meeting people’s needs and solving their problems, the sale is natural. @ChristyBWrightMany people don’t have sales simply because they aren’t asking. @ChristyBWrightIt’s easy for us to look in the rearview mirror of our life instead of through the windshield. @ChristyBWrightThe best way to shift guilt is to focus on wherever you are at the moment. @ChristyBWrightMy mom didn’t teach me persistence, she lived it. @ChristyBWrightMore is taught than caught. @DaveRamseyYou’re not harming your kids by working hard, you’re helping them. @ChristyBWrightThe number one thing that will hold you back is fear. @ChristyBWrightFear isn’t a sign you’re doing something bad, it’s a sign you’re doing something bold. @ChristyBWrightThe antidote to fear is action. @ChristyBWrightYou always take the next affordable step. @TheSharkDaymond

Let Christy know you were listing by tweeting her at: @ChristyBWright.

Connect with her online at christywright.com or facebook.com/OfficialChristyWright.

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Christy Wright, both entertaining and inspiring, presents messages that educate and give hope to audiences nationwide. As the creator of Business Boutique and through her podcast and sellout live events, Wright has equipped thousands of women to successfully run and grow a business so they can make money doing what they love. Wright is a Certified Business Coach and Ramsey Personality. Since joining Ramsey Solutions in 2009, she has spoken to audiences across the country at women’s conferences, national business conferences and Fortune 500 companies. Her new book, Business Boutique, releases April 2017.

Show Highlights: 

When people know what selling really is, they can sell with confidence. @ChristyBWrightWhen you’re meeting people’s needs and solving their problems, the sale is natural. @ChristyBWrightMany people don’t have sales simply because they aren’t asking. @ChristyBWrightIt’s easy for us to look in the rearview mirror of our life instead of through the windshield. @ChristyBWrightThe best way to shift guilt is to focus on wherever you are at the moment. @ChristyBWrightMy mom didn’t teach me persistence, she lived it. @ChristyBWrightMore is taught than caught. @DaveRamseyYou’re not harming your kids by working hard, you’re helping them. @ChristyBWrightThe number one thing that will hold you back is fear. @ChristyBWrightFear isn’t a sign you’re doing something bad, it’s a sign you’re doing something bold. @ChristyBWrightThe antidote to fear is action. @ChristyBWrightYou always take the next affordable step. @TheSharkDaymond

Let Christy know you were listing by tweeting her at: @ChristyBWright.

Connect with her online at christywright.com or facebook.com/OfficialChristyWright.

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Tom Merritt is a branch manager at Summit Funding, Inc. As a privately owned residential mortgage company operating across the country, their customers enjoy the benefits of working with a mortgage banker that is powerful enough to be a direct endorsed seller/servicer with GNMA & FNMA. This means they process, underwrite, fund, and service your loans - all in house. This enables Summit to speed up the lending process in a more make sense process so our customers close on-time!

Steve Reiner is an expert at helping people remove the emotional hurdles that prevent them from excelling in business and in life. Having personally delivered over 2,500 1:1 sales and leadership consulting calls, he understands how to get the most out of his clients, helping them to break personal belief barriers and achieve their maximum potential. Steve begins this life-changing journey with his clients by helping them to identify their purpose, crystallize their vision and reinforce their desired behavior change with the right self-talk. As an author of the upcoming book Fearless Selling, Steve will equip you to pursue your goals with greater joy, resolve, and effectiveness.

Show Highlights:

When you understand the why, you figure out the how. – Steve ReinerPurpose is your mission for how you invest your life. – Steve ReinerPurpose is bigger than the obstacle. – Steve ReinerPurpose is the person you want to be and the impact you want to have. – Steve ReinerThe more you focus on results, the fewer results you get. – Steve ReinerWhen you focus on purpose, results are the byproduct.The biggest reason we have anxiety is due to trying to control things we can’t. – Steve ReinerYour purpose must be grounded in service. – Steve Reiner

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Tom Merritt is a branch manager at Summit Funding, Inc. As a privately owned residential mortgage company operating across the country, their customers enjoy the benefits of working with a mortgage banker that is powerful enough to be a direct endorsed seller/servicer with GNMA & FNMA. This means they process, underwrite, fund, and service your loans - all in house. This enables Summit to speed up the lending process in a more make sense process so our customers close on-time!

Steve Reiner is an expert at helping people remove the emotional hurdles that prevent them from excelling in business and in life. Having personally delivered over 2,500 1:1 sales and leadership consulting calls, he understands how to get the most out of his clients, helping them to break personal belief barriers and achieve their maximum potential. Steve begins this life-changing journey with his clients by helping them to identify their purpose, crystallize their vision and reinforce their desired behavior change with the right self-talk. As an author of the upcoming book Fearless Selling, Steve will equip you to pursue your goals with greater joy, resolve, and effectiveness.

Show Highlights:

When you understand the why, you figure out the how. – Steve ReinerPurpose is your mission for how you invest your life. – Steve ReinerPurpose is bigger than the obstacle. – Steve ReinerPurpose is the person you want to be and the impact you want to have. – Steve ReinerThe more you focus on results, the fewer results you get. – Steve ReinerWhen you focus on purpose, results are the byproduct.The biggest reason we have anxiety is due to trying to control things we can’t. – Steve ReinerYour purpose must be grounded in service. – Steve Reiner

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Behind the fancy job titles, the awards, the TV appearances, and the $1 billion-dollar-business that her company’s service brands do each year, Dina Dwyer-Owens equates her success to having a living by a proven Code of Values. Her first book Live RICH: How to build success in your company and your life with a proven Code of Values has connected with thousands of readers by offering a simple message that in a world of constant change, values can be ever-present. Now in Values, Inc., named one of the Top Ten Business Books from 2015 by Forbes, Dina aims to help inspire more hope for the future by taking the spotlight and shining it on those doing the things she loves to cheer about: living and leading with integrity.

Show Highlights:

Live R.I.C.H: Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus and Have fun in the process. @DinaDwyerOwensPeople create the systems and then we coach those systems. @DinaDwyerOwensWe teach our principle and system to people. Franchising is our vehicle. @DinaDwyerOwensFocus on re-earning your position every day in every way. @DinaDwyerOwensContinuously strive to maximize customer loyalty. @DinaDwyerOwensWe always think about systems. If something isn’t working, there isn’t a system or something is broken. @DinaDwyerOwensAnytime there is a meeting of 3+ people, in the beginning we are reading our values. @DinaDwyerOwensValues driven leadership is not for the faint of heart. @DinaDwyerOwensEnforcing vision requires constant vigilance. @DinaDwyerOwensThe rewards of operating by values are too great to ignore. @DinaDwyerOwens

Download your free copy of the Create Your Culture workbook by visiting: dinadwyerowens.com

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Behind the fancy job titles, the awards, the TV appearances, and the $1 billion-dollar-business that her company’s service brands do each year, Dina Dwyer-Owens equates her success to having a living by a proven Code of Values. Her first book Live RICH: How to build success in your company and your life with a proven Code of Values has connected with thousands of readers by offering a simple message that in a world of constant change, values can be ever-present. Now in Values, Inc., named one of the Top Ten Business Books from 2015 by Forbes, Dina aims to help inspire more hope for the future by taking the spotlight and shining it on those doing the things she loves to cheer about: living and leading with integrity.

Show Highlights:

Live R.I.C.H: Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus and Have fun in the process. @DinaDwyerOwensPeople create the systems and then we coach those systems. @DinaDwyerOwensWe teach our principle and system to people. Franchising is our vehicle. @DinaDwyerOwensFocus on re-earning your position every day in every way. @DinaDwyerOwensContinuously strive to maximize customer loyalty. @DinaDwyerOwensWe always think about systems. If something isn’t working, there isn’t a system or something is broken. @DinaDwyerOwensAnytime there is a meeting of 3+ people, in the beginning we are reading our values. @DinaDwyerOwensValues driven leadership is not for the faint of heart. @DinaDwyerOwensEnforcing vision requires constant vigilance. @DinaDwyerOwensThe rewards of operating by values are too great to ignore. @DinaDwyerOwens

Download your free copy of the Create Your Culture workbook by visiting: dinadwyerowens.com

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Behind the fancy job titles, the awards, the TV appearances, and the $1 billion-dollar-business that her company’s service brands do each year, Dina Dwyer-Owens equates her success to having a living by a proven Code of Values. Her first book Live RICH: How to build success in your company and your life with a proven Code of Values has connected with thousands of readers by offering a simple message that in a world of constant change, values can be ever-present. Now in Values, Inc., named one of the Top Ten Business Books from 2015 by Forbes, Dina aims to help inspire more hope for the future by taking the spotlight and shining it on those doing the things she loves to cheer about: living and leading with integrity.

Show Highlights:

Live R.I.C.H: Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus and Have fun in the process. @DinaDwyerOwensPeople create the systems and then we coach those systems. @DinaDwyerOwensWe teach our principle and system to people. Franchising is our vehicle. @DinaDwyerOwensFocus on re-earning your position every day in every way. @DinaDwyerOwensContinuously strive to maximize customer loyalty. @DinaDwyerOwensWe always think about systems. If something isn’t working, there isn’t a system or something is broken.  @DinaDwyerOwensAnytime there is a meeting of 3+ people, in the beginning we are reading our values. @DinaDwyerOwensValues driven leadership is not for the faint of heart. @DinaDwyerOwensEnforcing vision requires constant vigilance. @DinaDwyerOwensThe rewards of operating by values are too great to ignore. @DinaDwyerOwens

Download your free copy of the Create Your Culture workbook by visiting: dinadwyerowens.com

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Tom Rath is a researcher, author, and filmmaker who studies the role of human behavior in business, health, and well-being. He has been described by business leaders and the media as one of the greatest thinkers and nonfiction writers of his generation.

Tom has written six New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers over the past decade, starting with the #1 New York Times bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? In 2016, his book StrengthsFinder 2.0 was listed by amazon.com as the top selling non-fiction book of all time. Tom’s bestsellers include Strengths Based Leadership, Wellbeing, and Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes. In total, his books have sold more than 6 million copies and have made more than 300 appearances on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list.

Tom’s latest bestseller, Are You Fully Charged? The Three Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life is receiving acclaim as “Rath’s best book yet”. Tom also hosts Fully Charged, a feature-length documentary film which explores the key elements of energizing one’s work and life through personal stories and interviews with the world’s leading social scientists. He has also written two children’s books, How Full Is Your Bucket? for Kids and The Rechargeables.

In addition to his work as a researcher, writer, and speaker, Tom serves as a senior scientist for and advisor to Gallup, where he previously spent thirteen years leading the organization’s work on employee engagement, strengths, leadership, and well-being. He is also a scientific advisor to Welbe, a startup focused on wearable technology.

Show Highlights:

Often companies don’t pay attention to the contribution they make in their employees lives. @TomCRathWe have to find ways throughout the day to connect what we’re doing with why we’re doing it. @TomCRathThe best way to find happiness is to focus on the things you can do for other people. @TomCRathMeaning is something you get from any effort you make for another person. @TomCRathYou must be able to meet your own basic needs to be of value in serving other people. @TomCRathOne of the single most valuable thing a leader can do is simply ask a question and genuinely listen to the response. @TomCRathYou can’t be fully effective as a leader if you don’t see the growth of your employee as an end In and of itself. @TomCRathSleep is probably the most underestimated critical business element. @TomCRathOne thing we all have within our power is to make better choices beginning today. @TomCRath

To find more information or grab a copy of one of Tom's books, visit: tomrath.org

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Tom Rath is a researcher, author, and filmmaker who studies the role of human behavior in business, health, and well-being. He has been described by business leaders and the media as one of the greatest thinkers and nonfiction writers of his generation.

Tom has written six New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers over the past decade, starting with the #1 New York Times bestseller How Full Is Your Bucket? In 2016, his book StrengthsFinder 2.0 was listed by amazon.com as the top selling non-fiction book of all time. Tom’s bestsellers include Strengths Based Leadership, Wellbeing, and Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes. In total, his books have sold more than 6 million copies and have made more than 300 appearances on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list.

Tom’s latest bestseller, Are You Fully Charged? The Three Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life is receiving acclaim as “Rath’s best book yet”. Tom also hosts Fully Charged, a feature-length documentary film which explores the key elements of energizing one’s work and life through personal stories and interviews with the world’s leading social scientists. He has also written two children’s books, How Full Is Your Bucket? for Kids and The Rechargeables.

In addition to his work as a researcher, writer, and speaker, Tom serves as a senior scientist for and advisor to Gallup, where he previously spent thirteen years leading the organization’s work on employee engagement, strengths, leadership, and well-being. He is also a scientific advisor to Welbe, a startup focused on wearable technology.

Show Highlights:

Often companies don’t pay attention to the contribution they make in their employees lives. @TomCRathWe have to find ways throughout the day to connect what we’re doing with why we’re doing it. @TomCRathThe best way to find happiness is to focus on the things you can do for other people. @TomCRathMeaning is something you get from any effort you make for another person. @TomCRathYou must be able to meet your own basic needs to be of value in serving other people. @TomCRathOne of the single most valuable thing a leader can do is simply ask a question and genuinely listen to the response. @TomCRathYou can’t be fully effective as a leader if you don’t see the growth of your employee as an end In and of itself. @TomCRathSleep is probably the most underestimated critical business element. @TomCRathOne thing we all have within our power is to make better choices beginning today. @TomCRath

To find more information or grab a copy of one of Tom's books, visit: tomrath.org

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Andy Andrews, hailed by a New York Times reporter as "someone who has quietly become one of the most influential people in America," is the author of the New York Times bestsellers How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, The Noticer, and The Traveler's Gift, and is also an in-demand speaker for the world's largest organizations. The Noticer and The Traveler's Gift were featured selections of ABC's Good Morning America and continue to appear on bestseller lists around the world. His books have been translated into over 25 languages.

Andy has spoken at the request of four different United States presidents and toured military bases around the world, being called upon by the Department of Defense to speak about the principles contained in his books. Arguably, there is no single person on the planet better at weaving subtle yet life-changing lessons into riveting tales of adventure and intrigue — both on paper and on stage. He lives in Orange Beach, Alabama, with his wife, Polly, and their two sons. His latest book, The Noticer Returns, is available everywhere books and ebooks are sold.

Show Highlights:

Most of society is after the big picture. @AndyAndrewsEvery big picture you ever create is made up of tiny little pieces. @AndyAndrewsThe Mona Lisa was created with the smallest brush a master had ever used to paint a painting. @AndyAndrewsWhether you create a masterpiece or a disaster it's made one tiny brush stroke at a time. @AndyAndrewsWe all compete the same way. @AndyAndrewsYou have to be good from the snap to the whistle. @AndyAndrewsNo matter what industry you’re in, you have to be good at the fundamentals. @AndyAndrewsLearn how to compete in a way that your competition doesn’t know there’s a game going on. @AndyAndrewsNo matter the industry, YOU are the product. @AndyAndrewsUltimately it comes down to the value you bring to people. @AndyAndrewsThere are little things you can do every day that can make your business flourish. @AndyAndrews

Find more about Andy and get your copy of The Little Things by visiting: andyandrews.com.

The Action Catalyst is a weekly podcast hosted by Dan Moore, President of Southwestern Advantage, the oldest direct-sales company in America, and Partner with Southwestern Consulting. With more than 45 years in sales leadership and marketing management, Dan has a wealth of knowledge to share on how to make better use of time to achieve life, sales, and other business goals. Each week, he interviews some of the nation’s top thought leaders and experts, sharing meaningful tips and advice. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!