Win the Day 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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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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