Win The Day With James Whittaker

Episode 53: How to Unlock Your FULL Potential (and Confidence) with Nada Lena “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Our guest today is Nada Lena, who is the founder / CEO of Rise Up For You, a two-time TED speaker, a #1 bestselling author, and a leadership and career confidence coach. Nada’s time as both a college professor and a former top executive for an education corporation gave her an intimate understanding of how education, empowerment, and leadership fuse together for massive transformation. She has toured the world as a singer, has a Master’s degree in Administrative Leadership, and has coached and mentored 50,000+ individuals around the world on self-empowerment, career strategy, and soft skills. Nada has been featured in media all over the world, has spoken on some of the most renowned stages, and her company, Rise Up For You, has been featured in and worked with brands such as CBS, LA Fitness, and Google. Nada believes that in order to c

Episode 52: How to Find Your Purpose (and Live It!) with Simon T. Bailey “In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” – Eric Hoffer Our guest today is a Hall of Fame keynote speaker, bestselling author of 10+ books, and is in high demand from some of the world’s most recognized companies to help them transform their customer experience. But you probably know Simon T. Bailey from the Goalcast video that went viral in 2018 and has since amassed almost 100 million views. Simon’s SPARK framework is based on 30+ years’ experience in the hospitality industry, which included working as Sales Director for the Disney Institute, based at Walt Disney World Resort. He was recently awarded a Doctorate of Science in Business Administration for his global impact. Simon’s purpose is to disrupt people’s mental habits so they can lead countries, companies, and communities differently. And, as I’m sure you’ll notice (especiall

Episode 51: Your Blueprint to Health and Wealth with Yuri Elkaim “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Our guest today is a New York Times bestselling author, former professional athlete, and the founder / CEO of Healthpreneur®. As one of the world’s top business strategists, Yuri Elkaim has helped more than half a million people to take ownership of their health.   After dealing with a host of health issues as a teenager, Yuri eventually lost all of his hair at 17 years old to an autoimmune condition. This, along with his passion for sports (which led him down the path of playing professional soccer in his early 20s), propelled him into the health and fitness field. Yuri’s authentic and caring approach allowed him to build a successful online health empire, while providing him the platform to write three bestselling books and share his message on major media outlets such as Dr. Oz and The Doctors.  With Healthpreneur, Yuri and his team h

Episode 50: 12 Lessons to Win the Day (All-star Edition) “Each day, if you do not make the decision to win, you have automatically made the decision to lose.” – James Whittaker In honor of our 50th episode, here are the 12 best tips to win the day, every day. Welcome to the Win the Day All-Star Edition! We'll go through: The #1 mistake people make with gratitude How to remain calm and productive in complete chaos The simple method to achieve your financial goals How to manifest your ideal outcome (in your optimal state!), and An important question to 10x your influence, impact, and income. Featured in this episode: Gabby Reece Kerwin Rae John Assaraf Adam Carroll Dr Sonja Stribling Keith Ferrazzi Rob Angel Coss Marte Emily Fletcher And more! GIVEAWAY: What was your favorite tip? Let us know in either the comments on the YouTube video or in a review on Apple Podcasts. We’ll then pick out THREE lucky people to receive a signed copy of Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy delivered to

Episode 49: Fit for Success with Nick Shaw “No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.” – Dr Carol Dweck Nick Shaw is co-founder of Renaissance Periodization (RP), a multi-million-dollar health and fitness company that has improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of clients around the world. Through its leading programs, technologies, and team of PhDs on staff, RP gives its subscribers an easy to follow nutrition plan that fits neatly into your schedule so you can achieve your health / fitness goals.  Nick has also personally coached numerous world-class athletes including CrossFit Games champions, international weightlifters, UFC fighters, Navy SEALs, and Olympians. However, tragedy struck in January 2020 when Nick’s wife, Lori Shaw, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Shortly after the diagnosis, the COVID pandemic swept the world, forcing the Shaw family to juggle homeschooling, chemotherapy treatments, and navigating th

Episode 48: Changing the Game with Pictionary® founder Rob Angel “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs Rob Angel was in his mid-twenties and working in Seattle as a waiter, earning $2/hour plus tips. With no business experience, plan, or money, Rob created the phenomenally successful and iconic board game Pictionary®. Within four years, and with only two employees, Pictionary became the biggest selling board game in the world. For the next 15 years, Rob shepherded Pictionary to worldwide sales of more than 38 million games in over 60 countries and 45 languages. It had also appeared in blockbuster films like When Harry Met Sally and TV shows like Friends, not to mention the countless licensing deals with brands such as The Simpsons and Austin Powers. After an incredible ride, Rob said goodbye to his baby, selling the phenomenally successful Pictionary to toy giant Mattel. Rob just released Game Changer, which is a Wall Street Journal bestselling book that reveals th

Episode 47: The Heart of Humanity with NFL Legend Nick Lowery “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture your heart.” – Native American proverb Nick Lowery is a philanthropist and Hall of Fame athlete, but his entry into the NFL was anything but smooth. Nick was released or rejected 11 times by eight NFL teams before finally given a chance by the Chiefs who, as history proves, made a hell of a return on their investment. Retiring after 18 seasons in the NFL, Nick is widely regarded as the most valuable kicker of all time, achieving records for most field goals in NFL history, most accurate field-goal kicker in NFL history, and all-time leading point scorer for the Chiefs. But Nick is far from the athlete stereotype you might imagine. He attended Harvard University where he graduated with a Masters degree from the Kennedy School of Government. Among his extraordinary list of accomplishments, Nick has: served three US Presidents as an advisor on youth and drug policy in the White House;

Episode 46: Travel, Truth and Transformation with Laura Latimer “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”— Helen Keller Laura Latimer is an international speaker, a leader in healthcare tech, and a pioneer in the no-code / low-code movement of entrepreneurship. Her heart beats for empowering women and improving the lives of travel healthcare workers.  Laura started her company, Nomadicare, without the usual resources people have. She had barely any experience, no training, and certainly no external funding. But the one thing she did have was a lot of heart. And if you’ve read any of my books, you’ll know that the right attitude makes all the difference. While working in the healthcare industry, Laura experienced a problem firsthand and said to herself, “You know what? I’m going to be the one to fix this!” In that pivotal moment, her mission to revolutionize travel healthcare was born.  Today, Laura is part of the 2% of women entrepreneurs who generate over USD $1 million of annual reven

Episode 45: Pain, Passion and Profit with Dr. Steve Sudell “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” – Benjamin Franklin We've got an entrepreneurial superstar joining us on the show today! Our guest will reveal his secrets to: Creating products that people love Raising $1+ million through crowdfunding, and Generating multiple 7-figure exits. That's right, he's done a LOT, despite still only being in his 30s.  Dr. Steve Sudell received his doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2009, and in an accomplished career he’s made it his mission to find non-invasive solutions to get people back to doing what they love. In 2015, he co-founded StretchLab, a revolutionary assisted-stretching facility that helps individuals improve their overall flexibility and well-being through stretching. Steve created the full range of stretching protocols that are still in use today, and also trained hundreds of practitioners – known as “flexologists” – in the process. With Steve’s expertise, StretchLab went from one l

Episode 44: Sleep Your Way to the Top with Dr. Michael Breus  “No day is so bad it can’t be fixed with a nap.” — Carrie Snow Today, we sit down with the world’s foremost authority on sleep. Dr Michael Breus is a 3x bestselling author, clinical psychologist, and sleep educator. He has appeared all over television, including Oprah, The Today Show, and on The Dr Oz show more than 40 times. Dr Breus is also a regular contributor to major publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. When he’s not doing media appearances, Dr Breus works with some of the most successful individuals on the planet who want to perform at their peak with as little sleep as possible. We spend about 30% of our time asleep, which adds up to almost 3,000 hours each year on a single activity, yet when we think about peak performance, we rarely think about ‘sleep’ as an urgent priority to fix. In this interview, we’ll go through: A five-point plan to improve your sleep right now The latest

Episode 43: How to Live, Love and Lead with Gabby Reece “No matter how often you are defeated, you are born to victory.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Welcome to Win the Day with James Whittaker! If this is your first time here, we sit down with some of the world’s true legends to help YOU take ownership of your financial, physical and mental health. And our guest today is the perfect intersection of those three areas. Gabby Reece is a fitness icon, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, mum, wife, host of The Gabby Reece Show, and a New York Times bestselling author. She’s been featured on Dr Oz, The Today Show, and the Joe Rogan podcast, and was the first female spokeswoman for Nike. In September 2020, Gabby and her husband — big wave surfer Laird Hamilton — listed their plant-based food company Laird Superfood on the New York Stock Exchange, just five years after they launched it. Gabby and Laird are also the founders of Extreme Performance Training (known as XPT), designed to stimulate growth in ALL aspects of human perf

Episode 42: Fight for Every Breath with Marcus Smith “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” – Norman Schwarzkopf On this show I like to bring you the real mindset masters, and today we’ve got an absolute superstar, Marcus Smith, who’s been through more wars than most. Marcus is an entrepreneur, an extreme athlete, and a performance coach. Based in Dubai, he’s the founder of InnerFight, which helps everyone – from kids to corporate clients – unlock their peak performance, as well as owner of Smith St Paleo, which provides paleo food offerings to help people make better nutrition decisions. Marcus is fit, and I mean FIT. At age 18, he started playing professional rugby, making it to the 2009 Rugby Sevens World Cup. Since then, he’s completed pretty much anything with “ultra” in its name, including: the Marathon des Sables, a six-day ultramarathon through the Sahara Desert known as “the toughest foot race on Earth”; a 230km (143 mile) self-supported ultramarathon across Kenya; and a footrace o

Episode 41: How to Make 2021 Your Best Year Yet “It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” — Benjamin E. Mays Do you know why most people fail each year, despite the best of intentions?

Episode 40: Putting the Profit in Purpose with Mike Michalowicz “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde Today, we sit down with one of the world’s leading entrepreneurs, Mike Michalowicz. If you’re treading water in your career (or simply have lofty goals), or you’re thinking of going down the entrepreneurial route, this is the episode for you. By his 35th birthday Mike had founded and sold two multi-million-dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became a small business angel investor – but then proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Mike has devoted his life to the research and delivery of innovative, impactful strategies to help business owners succeed. He is the creator of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit. Mike is also a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a business makeover specialist on MSNBC, an

Episode 39: The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for 2020 “When things change inside you, things change around you.” – Buddha (This will be the last episode for 2020, but if you’re new to the show there’s 30+ other episodes for you to check out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you listen to podcasts. For exclusive video content to make 2021 your best year yet, remember to subscribe on YouTube.) Welcome to my 3rd annual holiday gift guide! Each year, I outline the items that have made the biggest impact in my life throughout the year, and I know they’ll do the same for you. This holiday season – rather than squandering money on gifts with little long-term value – consider giving something practical, like a life-changing book that gets the recipient excited about taking ownership of their future. Filling your mind with the knowledge you need is the best way to transcend your circumstances so you can achieve whatever you want in life, regardless of what’s happened in your past. Every book I have read has chan

Episode 38: Winning the Wealth Game with Adam Carroll “Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” – P.T. Barnum Ready to master the money game!? In this episode, we chat with one of the world’s foremost personal finance experts, Adam Carroll. Adam has spent 15+ years helping people do more with the money they make.  He is an internationally recognized financial literacy expert, a 3x bestselling author, host of the Build a Bigger Life podcast, and a 2x TED Talk speaker with 10+ million views online. He is also the creator of the documentary Broke, Busted and Disgusted, which aired on CNBC and is shown in hundreds of high schools and colleges across the country. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about how you can achieve financial freedom. We’ll also go through: How parents set their kids up for financial failure; How to get out of debt, no matter what age you are; What you can to do to raise strong children in the digital world; and How a simple (and I mean simple) action got Ad

Episode 37: The Road to Resilience with Dr Sonja Stribling “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." - Helen Keller Before we begin, I want to make something very clear: how you respond to adversity when it inevitably strikes is what separates ordinary people from extraordinary achievers. That’s right, none of us are immune to adversity – and, in fact, the most successful people use the adversity they’ve faced as fuel to move forward stronger and more resilient than ever before. Today we sit down with Dr Sonja Stribling who has faced enormous adversity her entire life. She was born into a family as the youngest of 12 children, to parents who only had a second-grade education. At age 15, she gave birth to her first child. And just two years later, at 17 years old, she was raped and left for dead. Sonja went on to college, but just prior to graduating, she joined the US Army for what would become a 21-year career, including combat tours in war-torn countries like Iraq and reaching t

Episode 36: Lose Yourself to Find Yourself with Bruce Kirkby “My biggest fear is that when I die the person I am meets the person I could have become.” – Author Unknown Our guest today is a truly extraordinary individual and one of the world’s leading wilderness experts.  Bruce Kirkby grew up in Toronto as an engineering physicist by trade, but he had that itch that there was more to life than simply going through the same boring motions each day.  Despite almost failing English in high school, Bruce became a wilderness writer and adventure photographer, and today he’s visited 80+ countries and is renowned for connecting wild places with contemporary issues.  Some of his most notable accomplishments include the first modern crossing of Arabia’s Empty Quarter by camel, a descent of Ethiopia’s Blue Nile Gorge by raft, a sea kayak traverse of Borneo’s northern coast, and a coast-to-coast Icelandic trek. Bruce is the author of three bestselling books, winner of multiple National Magazine Awards, an

Episode 35: The Power of Now with Brandon T. Adams “I’m in a battle every single day. A war. People who succeed have the burning desire to win, and the persistence to get up and fight every day.” - Brandon T. Adams Today we're stepping it up! For the first time EVER, the Win the Day show has been filmed in a professional recording studio in Los Angeles, California. Check it out here

Episode 34: 5 Ways to Stay Productive During a Pandemic “We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.” – Archilochus Is it possible to stay productive, happy and healthy during a pandemic? Absolutely! You just need the right plan.  In this episode, I'm going to share with you the five changes I've made during the pandemic to help me succeed in life and business. The most important is how I've changed my morning routine, because we win the day based on what we do in the morning. I’ll also share with you a story that I’ve never mentioned before about a particularly challenging day earlier this year.  These are the exact changes I’ve made in the last few months that have enabled me to fill my cup at a time when I really needed it, and hopefully they work for you too. _ YouTube version: https://youtube.com/c/JamesWhittaker1/videos Blog version: https://jameswhitt.com/newsletters/ _ Show links: