The Action Catalyst

Jordan Harbinger has always had an affinity for social influence, interpersonal dynamics and social engineering. He is the host of The Art of Charm – one of the most popular podcast in the world, with 1.3 million downloads every month. Through his podcast and his website, www.theartofcharm.com, Jordan primarily helps men to become more charismatic, better networkers, increase their confidence, and have deeper relationships.

Show Highlights:

• Before you ever open your mouth people are making assumptions about who you are. @Rory_Vaden

• There is no right of passage into manhood like there was decades ago. @TheArtofCharm

• Guys aren’t investing in the transition between being an ordinary guy and becoming an extraordinary man. @TheArtofCharm

• Most guys aren’t ready to address any of the responsibilities manhood demands. @TheArtofCharm

• Charisma is learnable. It’s a nurture, not a natural kind of process. @TheArtofCharm

• When you change your nonverbal communication to be more confident people start to treat you differently. @TheArtofCharm

• Are you disciplined enough to work out your body, but not willing to work out your personality? @TheArtofCharm

• Outgrowing our past isn’t automatic, it’s manual. @TheArtofCharm

• Charisma and confidence are the outward display of how we perceive ourselves @Rory_Vaden

• It’s very difficult to be outwardly charismatic if you have trouble being inwardly confident. @TheArtofCharm

• Truly confident men are honest about what they’re afraid of because they can be vulnerable and authentic. @TheArtofCharm

• Rory shares the secrets of C.H.A.R.I.S.M.A.

If you are interested in charisma, non-verbal communication, networking skills, and more, go to The Art of Charm podcast to learn more.

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Darren Hardy is the publisher and founding editor of SUCCESS Magazine and the New York Times Best Selling Author of The Compound Effect. Darren has mentored tens of thousands of entrepreneurs and other achievers through private programs and has done one-on-one mentoring with several top CEOs, world-class entrepreneurs and other high-performance individuals. In his new book The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, he will prepare you for the wild ride of entrepreneurship. From it, you will learn the best strategies Darren has ever collected from the most successful people on the planet, covering the four essential skills necessary for entrepreneurial success: Sales, Recruiting, Leadership, and Productivity.

 

Show Highlights:

• Darren believes that in the coming years, the amount of entrepreneurs will grow immensely, but most of them are not ready. They will try, but they will fail.

• 66% of all small businesses fail.

• The reasons why entrepreneurs fail are not external factors, but internal. Not technical, but emotional. @DarrenHardy

• Everyone is an entrepreneur. They create and design the life they want to live. @DarrenHardy

• When you separate from the herd, you expect everyone around you to be excited. They’re not. @DarrenHardy

• When you stop being like other people, other people stop liking you. @DarrenHardy

• First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. – Mahatma Gandhi

• How many people didn’t like Jesus of Nazareth? People couldn’t stand him. Yet he made a world changing impact. @DarrenHardy

• Sometimes your ambition calls out the fear in others, making them resist you. @Rory_Vaden

• Dogs don’t bark at parked cars. Once you begin shaking things up, people will notice. @DarrenHardy

• Sales is not pushing and prodding, it’s questioning and listening. @DarrenHardy

• We live in an era of epic distractions. All these tools we built for productivity have advanced far faster than our human capacity can mange them. @DarrenHardy

 

If you are interested in reading Darren’s new book The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster, visit www.rollercoasterbook.com.

 

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Nishant Kasibhatla is a Guinness Record Holder in Memory, the 1st and only Grandmaster of Memory, and International Master of Memory in Singapore. He is a popular speaker and trainer with over 15 years experience in conducting training in areas such as Peak Mental Performance, Memory Improvement, Enhancing Productivity and Motivation for multi-national companies, schools, students & individuals of all walks of life around the globe. Click here for full client listing and testimonials.

Some of his major achievements in the field of memory include:

1. Memorized a 1944 digit number.

2. Memorized a 1200 digit binary number.

3. Memorized the sequence of 7 decks of shuffled playing cards (364 cards)

4. Memorized the sequence of 1 deck of playing cards in 1 min 50 seconds.

5. Became the best Asian memorizer at the World Memory Championship 2003.

In this episode, Rory and Nishant discuss: how memory works, how to improve one’s memory, and the informational capacity of the human brain.

Interview Highlights

• Want to increase your memory? Listen to the Daily Discipline podcast to hear the Guinness Record Holder’s memory techniques. @MemoryNishant

• Memory is something that you can train by using techniques. @MemoryNishant

• The three stages of memory are: registration, retention, and recall. @MemoryNishant

• Can we run out of memory? No. There’s no limit to how much information we can store in our brain. @MemoryNishant

• Scientists estimate that our brain stores up to 2.5 million gigabytes of information. @MemoryNishant

• The first step to improve your memory is to get out of the trap of believing your memory is bad. @MemoryNishant

• Don’t say your memory is bad. Say you have a good memory and look for the areas in your life where your memory is good. @MemoryNishant

• All memory is based on how well we pay attention. Use Nishant’s “V-A-P” to pay better attention:

• Visualization. We remember pictures better. Think of ways to convert information into a picture and your brain will reward you. @MemoryNishant

• Association. Whatever information you want to learn, associate it with something you already know. @MemoryNishant

• Pleasure. Try to find ways where you can have fun in the learning process. When learning is fun, learning is easy. @MemoryNishant

• Whatever is bizarre or stands out will stay in your memory for a longer time. @MemoryNishant

• Does memory get worse with age? You have a choice. As you age, your memory goes down if you don’t do anything about it. @MemoryNishant

• Rory gives his 7 techniques (“tions”) to remember people’s names.

Pickup Nishant’s new book Maximize Your Memory Power on Amazon.com. If you want more information on how to improve your memory, visit Nishant’s website: remembernishant.com/

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

As of 2014, Forbes estimated Shari Arison’s fortune at US $4.9 billion, making her the 312th-wealthiest person in the world, and the fourth-wealthiest in Israel. Shari is an American-born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist, She is the owner of Arison Investments that comprises several business companies, and has several philanthropic organizations that are subsidiaries of The Ted Arison Family Foundation. She is also the founder of “Good Deeds Day” which is one of the largest philanthropic movements in the world.  In 2013, Arison published her book Activate Your Goodness: Transforming the World through Doing Good, an instant NY Times bestseller, and a bestseller in Israel. Her new book is called The Doing Good Model and was just released. Last year Shari was also deemed the 64th most influential woman in the entire world. In this week’s episode, Rory and Shari discuss what is means to be “good” while running a successful multi­billionaire business model.

Interview Highlights:

• Shari’s whole philosophy is doing the right things for humanity, the world, and the environment actually creates profits.

• Do good for people and for the planet, and you can still profit in everything that you do. #ShariArison

• By caring for people, employees, customers, and the planet­ you will prosper. #ShariArison

• Caring cannot stop at any level. Caring for each individual is equally important. #ShariArison

• We have one planet that we live on. We need to care for that one planet as well. #ShariArison

• If you do the right thing, it always comes back to you. Not only in karma, but profit. ­@Rory_Vaden

• You cannot tell people to be value­based, it has to be educated, engaged in, and enrolled in. This takes time. #ShariArison

• You can have a successful business and still be value­ based.

• Connect to your heart and see what you are passionate about. If you are passionate, you can create amazing things. #ShariArison

• You don’t need to go into dark places and turn on the light. Instead, you can grow the goodness and grow the light. #ShariArison

• The issue is the future, and all of us are the collective future. We all have a responsibility to do good. #ShariArison

Mark your calendars for “Good Deeds Day,” April 10th. Join 61 International countries in a day of celebration about the goodness of life. This cross culture event includes people of all ages and backgrounds. Add to the ever growing number of 3 million hours of volunteer work in 11,000 projects with 930,000 people in this one glorious day.

You can also visit doinggoodmodel.com to purchase Shari Arison’s books and get more information about Shari’s business model.

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Erin has a bachelor’s in journalism from Sam Houston State University with a focus in advertising and photography. The combined study of words and imagery has proven beneficial to her career as a writer, editor and book coach. She has written hundreds of articles and interviewed local folks, celebrities and successful entrepreneurs. She has written articles on topics ranging from faith and religion, to entrepreneurship, as well as celebrity and business profiles. Her work has been featured in national newsstand publication including SUCCESS Magazine, Empowering Women, Live Happy, and Success from Home among others.

Today Rory and Erin Casey talk about the power of telling a story. In this show, they will discuss the critical elements that make up a great story and the most common mistakes people make.

Interview Highlights

• Through history, story tellers were respected because they were able to share information while entertaining people. -@ErinKCasey

• While we forget the majority of information we are exposed to everyday, we tend to remember stories. -@ErinKCasey

• Context is what enables readers to see how your information relates to their lives. -@ErinKCasey

• People don’t tell stories because it’s easier to just stick with facts and figures. -@ErinKCasey

• People don’t buy based on facts. Buying is largely an emotion decision. -@ErinKCasey

• I don’t know a better way to get over fear than to just do it. -@ErinKCasey

• People want authenticity and connection. Stories create that connection. -@ErinKCasey

• If you’re writing, you need to have a hook–something that draws people in. -@ErinKCasey

• To be effective, you have to be relevant. -@ErinKCasey

• Tell an “I” focused story with a “you” focused message. -@Rory_Vaden

• If you’re going to go through the effort of writing a book, get an editor or a book coach to challenge it. -@ErinKCasey

• 3 Takeaways to become a better story teller:

1. Pay attention. Don’t forget to look up at the world. Everyday we see something that could make a good illustration or good story. People relate to every day stories.

2. Write down what you see and experience. Revisit these notes on occasion to find inspiration.

3. Take some time to listen to your readers. Connecting is a two-way street.

Buy your copy of Erin’s new book Get Personal: The Importance of Sharing Your Faith Story at Erin-Casey.com to learning how to tell your story better. You can also find resources from Erin at mywritersconnection.com.

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Scott Halford, CSP, CPAE is an Emmy Award winning writer and producer, an engaging presenter and a long-time consultant to Fortune 500 executive teams. His expansive knowledge in the areas of achievement psychology, which includes brain-based behavioral science, emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and the principles of influence add richness and depth to his programs. His workshops and keynotes are filled with humor, wit and depth.

In this episode, Rory digs into behavioral neuroscience with expert achievement psychologist and award-winning writer Scott Halford. They delve into questions surrounding the brain, how much its composition dictates the direction of our lives, and what we can do to shape our brain to operate in a way that creates success.

Interview Highlights

• When we understand our biology, we are able to understand what drives our body. -@BeAShortcut

• The era of “do more with less” is gone. Doing fewer things better is what works in congruency with the makeup of the brain. -@BeAShortcut

• When you apply what you’ve learned your memory strengthens and your life becomes different. -@BeAShortcut

• We remember what we hold to be important. -@BeAShortcut

• Our brains are glad to do what we want them to do as long as we intentionally attend to the things we find important. -@BeAShortcut

• There are three parts to the brain: 1) Reptilian brain 2) Mammal brain 3) Human brain. -@BeAShortcut

• The human part of the brain this is the part of the brain that we can discipline to act in such a way to create success. -@BeAShortcut

• We must sleep well and eat well to successfully discipline our brain and achieve success. -@BeAShortcut

• We must be purposeful in our brain activity and give our brain down time throughout the day. -@BeAShortcut

• Cardiovascular activity and trying new things will keep our brain actively growing as we grow older. -@BeAShortcut

• It is important that we understand how to properly treat our brain in order to maintain a healthy flow of such chemicals. -@BeAShortcut

Look for Scott Halford’s new book: Activate Your Brain: Understanding Your Brain Can Improve Your Work and Your Life online or at your local bookstore. Make sure to check out Scott’s blog at http://completeintelligence.com/ in order to keep up with him!

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Author, entrepreneur, chef, musician, host, adventurer... Southern Gentleman. These are just some of the words used to describe Nashville, TN based Matt Moore. Moore's work has garnered critical acclaim as far reaching as the BBC and CBC to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Southern Living, Esquire, Men's Journal, TODAY, FOX, The Art of Manliness, and countless others.

As a chef, Moore specializes in updated Southern cuisine with Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences. His next work, A Southern Gentleman's Kitchen is out now.

In this show, Rory and Matt discuss the questions:  What is manliness? What does it mean to be a “southern gentleman?” How can being a southern gentleman increase the ROI on your business and personal relationships?

Interview Highlights

• A Southern Gentlemen is an adventure seeking man that values hospitality, generosity, intellectual curiosity, and chivalry. -@hhofd

• The kitchen offers a chance for us to pursue understanding of our partner’s heart. -@hhofd

• Sharing a meal is that common meeting ground we can all relate to. -@hhofd

• Cooking is one of those strange environments where you are always curiously learning through the process of making a new dish. -@hhofd

• There’s an increasing awareness and “want-to” from young and middle-aged men to learn how to be a better man. -@hhofd

• If you’re sacrificing quality, that’s something that’s going to catch up to you in the long-run. -@hhofd

• We live in a society today where people are trying to capitalize a little too much on every opportunity. -@hhofd

• Our focus in life and business should be to “kill people with kindness” and create long-lasting relationships. -@hhofd

• If you stay true to yourself and you’re an earnest and humble individual, it continues to pay future dividends beyond what you’d ever hit on a one-time deal. -@hhofd

• Relationships matter most. Invest in the long-term of a relationship, not the short term of the dollar. -@hhofd

• There’s intrinsic value in being genuinely kind that is hard to measure in our results-oriented world. -@hhofd

You can buy Matt’s new book, “A Southern Gentleman’s Kitchen” on Amazon. To find more on Matt, visit his website: http://www.mattrmoore.com/

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Christine Hassler left her successful job as a Hollywood agent at 25 to pursue a life she could be passionate about… but it did not come easily. After being inspired by her own unexpected challenges and experiences, she realized her journey was indeed her destination. In 2005, she wrote the first guidebook written exclusively for young women, entitled 20 Something 20 Everything. Christine’s second book, The 20 Something Manifesto written for men and women stems from her experience coaching twenty-something’s.  Her newest book Expectation Hangover: Overcoming Disappointment in Work, Love and Life is the guidebook for how to treat disappointment on the emotional, mental, behavioral and spiritual levels.

In this podcast, Rory and Christine discuss how to deal with disappointment and overcome “expectation hangovers.”

Interview Highlights

• Expectation hangovers happen when we have too many expectations and are left with a feeling of disappointment. -@christinhassler

• Most people have their biggest leaps in growth when something bad happens in their life. -@christinhassler

• Disappointment can be internal (emotional) or external (results).

• Feelings > form. Focus on the feelings of what you want in life, then the form takes care of itself.

• Live a life of values and vision–not expectations.

• Both complacency and overdoing come from a place of insecurity and inadequacy. -@christinhassler

• Reorient yourself from an “outside-in” perspective to an “inside-out” perspective. -@christinhassler

• Leverage your disappointments by milking them for what they’re worth. You miss out on gold when you try to bypass disappointment. -@christinhassler

• When you argue with reality, you only lose 100% of the time.

• Vulnerability is not weakness. It’s authenticity. -@byronkatie

• If we don’t experience the emotions of anger, shame, and guilt, then we don’t get to experience the emotions of love, passion, and creativity. -@christinhassler

Visit christinehassler.com to find more about Christine. You can purchase her new book “Expectation Hangover” on Amazon or expectationhangover.com

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Shon Kokoszka is president of Empire Builders – one of the leading training organizations in the world. A John Maxwell-certified coach and highly regarded presenter, Shon has committed his life to motivating others to succeed. With more than 20 years of business experience, including hundreds of millions of dollars in closed sales, Shon knows what it takes to set big goals and exceed them. As a small-business owner, he has compiled an impressive record of growing businesses, developing teams and delivering exceptional client service. As a coach and mentor, he has inspired thousands of top performers through his insights, experience and energy. Shon and his wife, Rosy, have three children, Armando, Danté, and Marybella. They live in Austin, Texas.

In this episode Rory and Shon discuss the final two lies holding people back from success found in the book, “The ONE Thing.” The lies discussed in this episode are: “A Balance Life” and “Big is Bad.”

Interview Highlights

• Balance does not exist. Success isn’t about balance, it’s about balancing.

• “Go long” out of balance for success at work. Apply four undisturbed hours towards the ONE Thing that matters most.

• “Go short” out of balance in your personal life. Don’t be away too long from the things that matter personally.

• Switching tasks causes a 28% loss in productivity. If you focus solely on what matters and don’t switch tasks, you can achieve in four days what used to take five. What would you do with an extra day every single week?

• We want to focus on the 20% of activities that give us 80% of the results.

• When you build your organization strategically, it will get big all on its own.

• When you engage empire builders into your organization, they will leverage, scale, and grow your company with and for you.

• GPS = Goal, Priorities, Strategies

• Every level of achievement requires its own combination of: what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with.

• Life doesn’t line the dominoes up for us, but when there’s a vision we can line the dominoes up appropriately.

• Your thinking sets your trajectory. Bigger thinking requires: bigger actions, bigger relationships, and bigger habits.

• “People do not decide their future. They decide their habits and their habits decide their future.” -F.M. Alexander

Visit the1thing.com to find the 66 Day Habit Calendar. Go to ’resources’ and click on the ‘tools and forms’ link. Once printed, post it on the outside of your door for accountability!

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!

Joshua Medcalf is an entrepreneur who founded Train to be CLUTCH (T2BC), a business and life consultancy through which he works with top performers all over the world from many different professions. He is also the author of the book Burn Your Goals: The Counter Cultural Approach to Achieving Your Greatest Potential.  He is also the director of mental training for UCLA women’s basketball. And when time permits, he travels around the country doing workshops for a variety of business, sports and school groups.

Learn more about Joshua Medcalf at http://t2bc.com/

Is it just writing down your goals that leads to achieving them, or is there more to it? In this episode we will explore the significance of goals and learn how to focus on what matters to transform you into the person you want to become.

Interview Highlights

• Heart-first leadership means putting people’s hearts first. - @joshuamedcalf

• Being a transformational person instead of transactional person.

• What are you committed to doing with your 86,400 seconds every single each day to close the gap between who you are and who you want to become? - @joshuamedcalf

• Focus on True Mental Toughness: give your very best, treat people well, have a great attitude, and have unconditional gratitude regardless of our situation. - @joshuamedcalf

• Don’t focus on far off ‘goals’ to bring you to the person you want to become. Instead, focus on ‘every day things’ you have control over.

• Greatness isn’t sexy; it’s dirty hard work. - @joshuamedcalf

• If you just focus on results, then it’s easy for you to forget working on your foundation. You’ll crumble without a foundation.

• The difference between religion and Jesus: Religion = do. Jesus = done. - @joshuamedcalf

• Work is a form a worship. It’s not working for something, it’s working from this place of knowing who you are and whose you are.  - @joshuamedcalf

• Love changes us. Rules and regulations have never brought up the best in people. - @joshuamedcalf

Joshua Medcalf: http://t2bc.com/

Judah Smith’s book, “Jesus Is” http://jesus-is.org/

Please leave a comment letting us know what your goal plan is on http://roryvadenblog.com. How do you manage goals? Do they matter?

The Rory Vaden show is a weekly podcast that Rory hosts every Wednesday, which is regularly in the Top 25 of Business News Podcasts and has listeners from all around the world. The show shares “insights and inspiration for movers and shakers in the world of business”™. Each week Rory shares ideas on how to increase your self-discipline and make better use of your time to help you achieve your goals in life. He also interviews one very special expert guest and thought leader every week. Subscribe on iTunes and please leave a rating and review!