Take Flight

Use this coaching technique to better understand where you are today, so you can set lofty, more balanced goals for tomorrow. I, Mark Whittle, will guide you through this extremely simple, popular and effective practice so you can take stock of where you are right now. After all, all we ever have is the present and we often don't give ourselves the time. Advice -  Practice this once a month and use your findings to guide you in the actions you take each day. I typically practice this on the first of every month, then use my goal setting practice (coming in a later episode) to set my intention and my goals for the month ahead. ------------------ This new podcast will provide guided sessions of some of the practices we’ve discussed on the podcast delivered by myself and other experts in their field. No longer will you wait for the podcast to finish before taking action, you’ll be acting in the moment while listening. You can expect to be introduced to coaching sessions, guided meditation and breathwork - as well as other personal development practices designed to make you healthier, happier and more fulfilled. We’ll also explain the benefits - and often times science - behind why these practices are important to incorporate into our regular routines. Before we start I want to say a massive thanks to you, for continuing to listen and support Take FLIGHT, but more importantly continuing to want to better yourself - I encourage you to keep searching for the answers to life’s big questions - and I wish you the best on this incredible journey we’re all experiencing. ---------------- Season 1 of PPP is sponsored by Home Run. The sports nutrition bar designed to fuel your post work workout! http://homerunsnacks.com/

Jeff is a presenter and tv personality who has featured on so many amazing programs - and is without doubt a peak performer regarding his career as a presenter featuring on such shows as itv this morning, the xtra factor and the X factor live tour, ITV2’s I’m a celebrity get me out of here now and ok tv. He is also a regular on shows like loose women. He is also a presenter on talk sport radio! And so many more. Jeff’s has been involved in a number of reality tv shows, originally shipwrecked in 2001 - dancing on ice in 2011 and most recently celebrity sas.wdw. He’s also very well known for his relationship and his two sons he had with the very popular Jade Goody which has meant he’s had to endure living a lot of his life in the public eye. Jeff has seen and experienced so much and as much as I’m impressed with his stellar career in tv and everything he has achieved, what I really wanted to speak with him about was what he does away from tv. A lot of people won’t know that Jeff is a life coach. He works with clients helping them to improve their lives in a number of ways - one of which is through NLP as Jeff is a qualified Nuero-linguistics programming coach. A lot of the amazing work he does is around living and managing grief. Jeff’s also written a book about his life and experiences with grief called the ‘grief survival guide’ available on amazon and audible narrated by the man himself. But he’s not just a life coach - he’s also a football coach at West Ham academy working with players and coaching staff. He’s basically a legend. A former footballer like myself - in truth we had so many synchronicities. I called Jeff a few days before we recorded not knowing that we’d still on the phone for 45 minutes talking non stop! There was a lot I didn’t know about him that resonated with me and he helped me out a huge amount on the call and indeed on this podcast too. So I can’t wait for you to hear it.

Nir is an author of 2 best selling books, a lecturer at Stamford and an investor of some of the worlds leading tech companies. As an investor Nir has supported some of the most successful businesses in tech including eventbrite, which I use for the take flight events, anchor, which again I use as my podcasting host - kahoot who have had huge success globally - and many others. As a lecturer Nir teaches marketing at the Stamford business school. The same school he graduated with his Masters in Business Administration. His two bestselling books ‘HOOKED - how to build habit forming products' and ‘INDISTRACTABLE - how to control your attention and choose your life' have had incredible success and you can find them on most bookshelves around the world. Nir's Newest Book: NirAndFar.com/Indistractable The schedule maker we discussed: https://nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/ Summary article: https://www.nirandfar.com/skill-of-the-future/ The distraction guide here: https://www.nirandfar.com/distractions/ Habits vs routines article here: https://www.nirandfar.com/habits/

Thomas is a professional footballer for West Brom & Wales - and the Founder & CEO of The Turmeric Co. His career started as a youth player at arsenal and then reading and in 2007 he made the reading first team going immediately out on loan for two seasons before going back to reading where he had great success - including being part of their 2011-2012 championship winning season. He made his premier League debut in 2012 ! In 2016 he signed for West Brom where he still plays today and is currently having his most prolific season of his career as he settles into his new number 9 role under manager Slaven Bilic. Thomas currently has 336 professional appearances for club with 51 goals. And 42 appearances internationally for wales with 5 goals - including most notably his unbelievable goal against Belgium in the 2016 euros - perhaps his most career defining moment to date. Beyond this, in 2018 Thomas founded the turmeric co . Having experienced 2 potentially career ending injuries he began researching dietary supplements that would help manage his pain, inflammation and immune system - his 15 years of research and developed finally led to the best in class selection of turmeric, ginger and beetroot shots they bought to market.  Thomas is such an incredibly impressive individual. So intelligent and so articulate - his outlook on life and understanding of the internal world vs the external world and how we can best navigate these in order to live a happy fulfilled life is some of the best advice we have ever had on this podcast. We talk all about the power of gratitude and what he believes allowed him to achieve what he’s done so far - and it’s only the beginning. This episode is brought to you by The Turmeric Co - https://theturmeric.co/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzfzdzPmN6gIVMYBQBh2Rrw5kEAAYASAAEgLinvD_BwE - DM me for your unique code to try.

Jack Nowell is a professional rugby player for Exeter Chiefs, England & The British Lions. Mostly as a winger and occasionally a full back or centre - Jack has featured 122 times for Exeter since singing in 2012, getting over the line 33 times! That’s a try nearly every 90minutes of club rugby. An incredible achievement! In 2014, he was called up to the England first team and hasn’t looked back since. Clocking up 42 appearances and 14 tries maintaining his incredible try scoring consistently at club, but for country. In 2017 Jack was called up to what most consider the biggest honor of any pro rugby players career, when he went to Japan as part of the British and Irish lions squad. Scoring twice in his stand out appearance against the chiefs. He’s such an exciting rugby player and clearly the ultimate example of a peak performer. He’s a man after my own heart - covered in tattoos and some questionable haircuts - and is the ultimate example of someone who is completely comfortable being themselves and the exact type of person I wanted to have on the podcast from day one. I love people who don’t care what other people think and are just so happy being themselves. Jack is such a positive person too - I remember I left this conversation with so much energy and that’s thanks to his mindset and the way he articulates himself. It was just such a pleasure to have him on the podcast and I hope you feel the boost in energy I felt after hearing his story. https://www.instagram.com/jacknowell/?hl=en This episode is brought to you by The Turmeric Co. DM me on instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/markwhittle_tf/?hl=en ) for our exlusive Take FLIGHT discount code. https://theturmeric.co/

Adam Gemili is a professional British sprinter. Adam is and has been the fastest Team GB sprinter over the last 8 years. He won gold at the junior athletic championships in Barcelona in 2012 in the 100m - before competing at his first Olympics at London 2012 after training as a sprinter for only 4 months! It’s an incredible achievement where he did himself proud, finishing third in the semi final narrowly missing out in a place in the final with a time of 10.06s. He continued to develop his speed and style and also raced in 200m - he quickly found success winning the silver medal at the 2014 commonwealth games beaten just by Kemar bailey- Cole of Jamaica - and in 2015 back to the 100m Adam became the 100th man ever in history to break the 10 second barrier - clocking a time of 9.97s. He then reached the 200m final at Rio 2016 and had heartbreak when three sprinters crossed the line together and the photo finish showed Adam Missed out for the Olympic bronze medal by 6thousanths of a second! But He then went on to win gold in the 4 x 100m relay in the 2017 world championships and silver in the  2019 world championships when the guys set a European record of 37.36 s. In this episode We talk all about what’s it’s been like to go on this journey as a sprinter and fly the flag for British sprinting - 100m and 200m events in what is certainly the most romantic event in athletics. We also talk about why he started working with prof Steven peters, Author of the book the chimp pradox, and how he helped he to build a stronger mindset. We discuss how he’s coping given the Olympics are cancelled this year due to covid - And of course, we talk about what it’s like to race and compete against usain bolt! Enjoy! This episode is brought to you by the legends at The Turmeric Co. For upto 50% off your first order of Turmeric shots, DM me on Instagram for your unique code. https://theturmeric.co/

Foxy is a former royal marine commando and special forces sergeant. He joined the marines at 16 and served for 10 years before passing the gruelling selection process for the special forces serving with the SBS. In 2012, foxy was diagnosed with ptsd and discharged from the military - something that he speaks very openly and candidly about in his book. He’s an author of two books ‘Battle Scars’ a Sunday times best seller, the story of his battles with mental health and ‘Life Under Fire’ - his new book coming out later this year.  Foxy is an adventurer and was part of ‘team essence’ who rowed across the longest part of the Atlantic Ocean in 2016. He has trekked to the North Pole and last year competed a near 2,000 mile kayak trip along the Yukon river in Alaska. He is a motivational speaker delivering talks in big corporates and possibly what he’s most well known for : foxy is part of the hugely popular tv series SAS.WDW, where he and the other directing staff or DS take recruits through hostile and unforgiving warfare environments to test their physical and mental strength. Foxy is also the co-founder of rock2recovery - a mental health charity supporting former and serving members of the armed forces who are suffering from any trauma they may have experienced. And aside from that he is just an absolute legend. This episode is in support of CALM mental health and suicide prevention charity. If you want to support too, you can. I've teamed up with Manor as part of their strong not silent movement, on a limited edition collaborative t-shirt. All profits go directly to calm, to fund their life saving services. You can buy your t-shirt here : https://www.mymanor.london/shop/sns-tf Foxy's IG : https://www.instagram.com/jason_carl_fox/?hl=en Battle Scars : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Scars-Story-That-Follows/dp/1787631168 https://rock2recovery.co.uk/

Wayne Bridge is one of the best left backs the UK has ever produced! With nearly 400 professional appearances and 40 caps for England, plus 1 x Premier League, 1 x FA Cup and 2 x League cups winning medals in his trophy cabinet, Wayne epitomizes peak performance. We hear about his time at Southampton, Chelsea and Man City and what separated him from every other kid who wants to be a professional footballer. We also hear how coaches and managers such as Glenn Hoddle, Jose Mourihno and Sven Goren-Eriksson helped him become the player he was. Enjoy! This podcast is in support of CALM mental health charity. I f you want to support too, you can. I've teamed up with Manor as part of their Strong Not Silent movement to release a limited edition tee shirt. All profits go to CALM. https://www.mymanor.london/shop/sns-tf

Arlo Parks is the next big thing in British music. Part of BBC sound and hailed as BBC newcomer 2019, she is destined for greatness. A deep thinker who loves philosophy, poetry and of course, writing music. Arlo recently announced she is the newest ambassador of CALM mental health charity.  This is episode is a 4 part series in support of CALM. You can support too by copping our limited edition tee in collab with my friends at manor as part of their Strong Not Silent campaign. https://www.mymanor.london/shop/sns-tf Sponsored by Manor's 'Manor on Demand' remote fitness programme. Use the code 'takeflight' to join the community. https://www.mymanor.london/manor-on-demand

Kevin Mitchell is a former professional British boxer. With 43 pro fights, 39 wins and 29 knock outs - Kev has been described as the greatest British boxer ever to not win a world title. He's had a fair share of battles in the ring and outside of it. This episode is the first of a 4 part series in support of suicide prevention charity CALM (campaign against living miserably). You can support the cause too, by purchasing one of our limited edition t-shirts in collaboration with My Manor as part of their 'Strong Not Silent' movement. All profits go directly to CALM. Thank you in advance for you support. https://www.mymanor.london/shop/sns-tf