Achieving Balance for Greater Success with Walt Hampton

Mastering Midlife Podcast

Walt Hampton is a leadership coach, consultant, best-selling author and outdoor enthusiast. Walt graduated from Cornell Law School and practiced law for over thirty years before transitioning to his current role as Founder and CEO of Summit Success International, a personal and professional development firm. Walt’s experience as a single father and managing partner of a law firm inspired him to find balance in his life and create space for personal growth and wellness. He has taken that experience and transformed it into the work he does now as an author and leadership trainer. Walt’s passions take him all over the world with his wife Ann, enjoying ultra-marathons, sailing and high altitude mountaineering.

Today, Walt joins me to discuss how he created balance between his personal interests and his work achievements. He shares his morning routine and why he believes carving out time for quiet and reflection is the key to more success in our work lives. He debunks the myth of the ‘tireless entrepreneur’ and shares his perspective on how to continue growing and creating, even in trying times. Walt discusses how his past experience as a top lawyer and single father inspired him to seek more balance in his life and why he thinks it is the key to true success. He also shares how accountability has been a crucial part of his journey and its role in fueling his passion for extreme sports.

“Our best ideas come to us in the shower. They come to us on a long run, on a walk on the beach, a walk in the woods. And yet so many of us keep our nose to the grindstone.” - Walt Hampton

Today on Mastering Midlife:

• The need for rest days in sports training and business
• How cultivating a sense of curiosity allows us to create and discover more in our professional lives
• The power of using joy and play to battle workplace fatigue and overwhelm
• The danger of “smart person syndrome” and why it holds so many people back
• How creating space for yourself each day can create quantifiable ROI professionally
• How Walt’s morning routine helps him stay focused and productive throughout the day
• What it means to be a highly compensating introvert
• Why momentum is more important than motivation when achieving your goals
• How staying connected to our humanity can bring joy, even during difficult times
• Why wellness is the cornerstone for everything in life
• How the inflection points in our lives transform our journeys
• The importance of having an accountability partner

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
• Julia Cameron's Morning Pages
• Book: Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live by Martha Beck
• Tony Robbins Website

Connect with Walt Hampton:

• Walt Hampton Website
• Book: Journeys On The Edge: Living A Life That Matters by Walt Hampton
• Book: The Power Principles of Time Mastery: Do Less, Make More, Have Fun by Walt Hampton
• Summit Success Website
• Summit Success on Instagram
• Walt Hampton on LinkedIn
• Walt Hampton on Facebook
• Walt Hampton on Twitter

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