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Catalyst: Ignite Your Spark Within

"You were born for more, and you know it."

This book is written for all fellow restless achievers: those who are ready for change, ready to explore their full potential, and who know deep down they still have a burning desire to contribute more.

Josh McLean draws from his own journey: from a traumatic brain injury and the crippling effects of fear, to deliver a 6-step framework that doesn't just push you to start. It gives you the roadmap to finish.

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What Readers Are Saying

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"Josh does an incredible job of directing hard-working achievers into authentic spaces that stimulate tangible goals aligned with the why in your life. Catalyst is a refreshing and practical read, one I'm certain I will come back to again."

Edupreneur, YEBW

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"Knowing Josh is to see change lived out, a catalytic event happening in human form. He is a living example of someone who has chosen to 'put pen to paper' as a continuation of his life journey and a living catalyst."

Senior HR Professional

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"Josh's transparency with his own personal journey is incredibly impactful. His experiences are relatable and moved me to reflect deeper than I have in the last 2 years. Feeling refocused and reignited!"

Business Development

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"Josh McLean's Catalyst not only gives you the push to start on your next big project but outlines a framework to accomplish it. His positive attitude and personal stories motivate you to take the next step and begin taking hold of your future."

Finance Professional

Who This Book Is For

Are You a Restless Achiever?

If people around you think you're successful, but deep down you still have a burning desire to contribute more - this book is for you. Restless achievers fall into four types:

Continual Learner Motivated by growth, but feeling stuck despite constant effort.

Dead Dreamer You've dreamed of more but temporarily given up. Each day on autopilot.

Externally Impacted A past event put your life on tilt. You're rebuilding your true north.

Silently Fearful Playing small. The idea you've dreamed about for 10–20 years is still waiting.

Inside the Book

Three Outcomes You'll Have

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A spark of hope and belief overcomes you and propels you into a new trajectory

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You take action on the tools and resources provided along the way, embracing a bias-for-action mindset

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A small seed of change is planted within you and harvests a transformational mindset shift over the coming months and years

The Framework

6 Steps to Powerful Transformation

Each step includes a "Taking Action" chapter, because theory without application is useless.

Create Margin

Creating margin in your life may be the biggest missing piece in your personal routine. Whitespace thinking is where the creative magic happens, and you've been running too fast to find it.

Identify Your Superpowers

Your job title does not equal your identity. Discover what makes you uniquely powerful, your zone of genius, before the world tells you what to be.

Neutralize Your Kryptonite

Fear is a hidden epidemic. Three types (fear of others, fear of self, fear of action) are silently robbing you of your full potential. This step names them and defuses them.

Set Legacy Goals

Goal setting without proper guardrails creates unbalanced focus and causes unnecessary setbacks. Learn to build goals that are aligned with your deepest why, not just the next milestone.

Create Success Sparks

Small, consistently repeated actions compound into unconquerable results. Build the momentum habits and environmental design that keep you in motion, even when motivation runs out.

Feedback Loop

The journey is never linear. Build the reflection and recalibration practices that keep you honest, keep you growing, and keep your actions tightly aligned to your goals.

"STRENGTH = AUTHENTICITY + VULNERABILITY + TRANSPARENCY"

- JOSH McLEAN, Catalyst

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About the Author

Josh D. McLean

Josh McLean is a Global Finance Director, keynote speaker, and author who looks exactly like what he is, a serious executive, and then says the thing everyone in the room needed to hear but couldn't say themselves.

He survived a traumatic brain injury that left him unable to read without migraines. Spent six months not wanting to live. Came out the other side by following one word whispered in the dark. The man who couldn't read wrote a book.

He spent seven years at Nike, facilitating career workshops, hosting speaker series, and leading finance teams, and is now Global Finance Director at Stanley 1913. He passed three CFA levels consecutively while obtaining his MBA and working full time. He brings the finance credibility. The depth. The humor. And the rare ability to see people before they can see themselves.

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