The Action Catalyst

Best-selling author and counselor Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, explores how his foundational relationship framework helps couples, families, and leaders communicate love and appreciation more effectively, and why mismatched love languages often cause emotional disconnects. He also shares practical strategies for nurturing quality time, recognizing children’s emotional needs, and translating the languages into the workplace. Chapman also clarifies the circumstances that may cause someone's language to shift, and which aspects remain stable over time.

Speaker, author, and adventurer Rob Lilwall explains what he means by having the "attitude of adventure", and how those principles map onto tasks or goals in everyday life.

Hear Rob's full interview in Episode 127 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 502 with "America's Career Coach" and best-selling author Ken Coleman.

"America's Career Coach" and author Ken Coleman discusses parenting, curiosity, and the evolving workplace in the age of AI, emphasizing the value of human connection, soft skills, and relationships, and reflecting on challenges facing younger generations—especially diminished curiosity and difficulty asking good questions—while advocating for major reforms to the U.S. education system to focus more on critical thinking, creativity, experiential learning, and reduced standardized testing. Coleman also explores the importance of overcoming limiting personal narratives, building self‑awareness, and embracing mitigated risk in career development, and shares insights on coaching, the role of technology in gathering data, his own personal growth and reading habits, and the lifelong tension between progress, patience, and controlling what one can control.

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Tax strategist Carlotta Thompson explains how the IRS TRULY operates, what they actually ARE and ARE NOT looking for, and highlights the most common audit triggers to avoid.

Hear Carlotta's full interview in her special bonus episode of The Action Catalyst.

Speaker, author, and adventurer Rob Lilwall shares hard-earned lessons from decades of outrageous expeditions, including tips on assessing risk, why there's more fear in anticipation than execution, having the attitude of adventure, and the mental importance of forward momentum.

Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute, Dianna Booher, explains the one question leaders MUST have an answer for, and how to respond to it.

Hear Dianna's full interview in Episode 203 of The Action Catalyst.

Tax strategist Carlotta Thompson explores her unique early start in tax law, her years as an IRS enrolled agent, and what it taught her about helping business owners legally reduce their tax burden through smarter planning and compliance. Thompson explains how the IRS TRULY operates, and highlights the most common audit triggers, and how tools like cost segregation, opportunity zones, family‑office‑style investing, business acquisitions, and real estate tax strategies can significantly reduce tax liability when implemented correctly, and discusses the limits of AI in accounting, as well as key red flags to watch for when hiring accountants.

Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute, Dianna Booher, explains how, when it comes to building credibility with someone, people tend to average rather than add.

Hear Dianna's full interview in Episode 73 of The Action Catalyst.

Speaker, author, and the CEO of the Booher Research Institute, Dianna Booher, explains the difference between a leader and a manager, the one question leaders MUST have an answer for, what is meant by “spray painting” on social media, how to talk to millennials about career development, why you fire people to be fair, the ideal format for communicating with the C-Suite, and the essence of leadership communication.