236. Lead with Vision with Namit Malhotra (CEO of 8x Academy Award-winning studio DNEG) 🎬

"Your work is to discover your work, then with all your heart to give yourself to it." — Buddha

Namit Malhotra started with just one Apple Mac in a Mumbai garage...

Today, his company, DNEG, powers the entertainment industry with over 10,000 employees and eight Academy Awards for films like Inception, Interstellar, and The Dark Knight.

In this episode:

• The formula for dominating at the highest level.

• How to excel in high-stakes environments.

• Practical tips for nurturing motivated kids.

• Lessons from the world’s most visionary filmmakers.

• How to scale a garage startup into a global powerhouse.

Let’s WIN THE DAY with Namit Malhotra!

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🎬 Episode website (including 4K video, full transcript, best quotes, etc.): ⁠https://jameswhitt.com/236-win-the-day-podcast-namit-malhotra

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Timemarkers:

00:00 Who is Namit Malhotra

1:29 Interview starts

2:27 The value of knowing your weaknesses

3:27 Developing the confidence to launch a business

5:51 Growing up in Mumbai

7:05 The seeds that made the business a success

9:09 Find your calling

10:25 Be curious to find your calling

12:41 Winning Academy Awards (can you handle the pressure of being #1?)

15:19 How Namit built his business to get listed on the stock exchange

18:57 Download your FREE Win the Day Action Plan

19:47 Getting the call to make Avatar

21:48 The genius of Christopher Nolan (and films like Interstellar)

24:41 Turning a director’s vision into a masterpiece

26:40 Start with impossible

27:33 The genius of Interstellar

31:00 Hans Zimmer

32:59 How to keep audiences excited

34:24 How to keep 10,000 staff happy, aligned, and motivated

36:06 Living for yourself or your kids

38:45 The hard truth about privilege — and how to make your life a massive success

42:44 Why someone else will take your dream (hint: they’re hungrier)

44:49 How DNEG made Mad Max in Australia

46:14 New film The Ramayan

48:00 Affirmation

48:58 Rocket Round

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