What if the biggest thing holding your business back is you?

In this episode, Dr. Nazif talks with Steve Barton, an executive coach, author and creator of the Game of Ten, an awareness-based framework that helps leaders work with clarity, confidence and purpose. Steve brings more than 47 years of business experience, including growing his family’s small flower shop from $200,000 to $2 million in annual revenue.

Steve explains how fear, self-doubt, guilt and shame quietly shape everyday business decisions, from hiring and delegation to pricing and hard conversations. He also explains why founders who can’t let go of control are often struggling to trust themselves. He shares the idea behind the Game of Ten, why positive thinking alone won’t get you to your highest level, and how to treat your mind, your identity and even AI as tools rather than who you are.

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What You’ll Learn:

• Why your business can only grow as big as your awareness as a leader
• How fear, self-doubt, guilt and shame show up in hiring, pricing, delegation & difficult conversations
• Why founders struggle to delegate, and how that links to self-trust
• What the Game of Ten is, and why “you are already ten” is the starting point, not the goal
• Why positive thinking has limits, and what letting go of thoughts makes possible
• How to set healthy, loving boundaries with people who “anchor” you.
• Why you should hire people who are equal to or better than you
• How to turn a big idea into reality with proof, such as purchase orders and letters of intent, before going to the bank?”
• How to use AI, your mind and your skills as tools without letting them use you

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What does it really mean to go "beyond potential" in your career? In this episode of the Active Action Podcast, Dr. Nazif talks with Kate Kayaian, a career strategist, author, and former professional cellist who rebuilt her career from the ground up.

Kate shares the three R's framework from her book Beyond Potential: reassess, redefine, and reignite. Along the way they cover how to tell when it's time for a change, why reinvention is usually evolution, how to make the leap without burning the ships, and her 90-day approach to turning intentions into real progress.

Whether you feel stuck, are eyeing a change, or want to grow within work you already love, this is a practical, encouraging roadmap for your next move.

What you'll learn in this episode

• What "beyond potential" actually means, and why your potential is something you get to redefine rather than a fixed target set for you
• How to recognize the signs that it is time to reassess your career, and why the nagging feeling usually tells you more than the people around you
• The three R's framework for career change: reassess, redefine, and reignite, and what work each stage asks of you
• Why the first step most people skip is unearthing the old stories that keep them stuck, and how to rewrite them
• How to reconnect with who you are now (even questions as simple as your favorite color or ice cream flavor) to redefine what you want
• Why 90-day goals turn intentions into real progress, and how to set a realistic goalpost instead of a five-year plan you never start
• Why reinvention is usually evolution: you carry every skill and bit of wisdom from past versions of yourself into the next one
• How to make a career change without burning the ships, using a financial runway, living on less, and small trial-run goals
• What sustainable excellence looks like, and how to hold a high standard across work, rest, and relationships without chasing perfection

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Host Dr. Nazif sits down with Kurt Uhlir — CMO of EZ Home Search and a leader known as "the king of scaling companies." Across 11 industries and 60+ funding rounds and exits (including an $880M IPO and an $8.1B exit), Kurt has built a reputation as the person VCs call when revenue stalls or spending spirals.

The topic: how leaders cut waste and build revenue in the AI era.

Kurt breaks down the real difference between authoritative and servant leadership, why outdated growth playbooks quietly drain companies, and where AI genuinely helps versus where it silently burns money and damages your brand. Practical, hype-free advice for anyone who leads a team or manages a budget.

What Listeners Will Learn:

• The clear difference between authoritative leadership and servant leadership — and why servant leadership uncovers problems three to eight times faster
• Why so many companies are still using growth playbooks built for an outdated market
• How outdated leadership habits quietly waste money, time, and team energy
• Where AI genuinely adds value in marketing and SEO — and where it silently creates "unbounded risk" for your brand
• Why you should never trust AI output without human checkpoints, even when YouTube says a task takes 15 minutes
• The three time horizons every revenue-building company tracks — and why you shouldn't mix them in the same conversation
• Why 79% of B2B buyers default to a top-three brand, and what that means for your sales and marketing spend
• How to move teams from scattered effort to focused action by segmenting time and protecting long-term work
• The three biggest myths about servant leadership — including the misconception that it's "soft" or slow
• Why servant leadership teams hold themselves more accountable than authoritative ones
• How serving your team leads to faster, better decisions — cutting strategy-correction time from 24 months down to six

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