CEO and athlete Willy Walker discusses balance, overcoming injury, and managing expectations

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4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Willy Walker turned his company, Walker & Dunlop, into a force in the commercial real estate world. When he took the family business over in 2003, it was valued at $25 million. Now, Walker & Dunlop is worth well over $3 billion and has been public for over a decade. He joins the WHOOP Podcast to share his thoughts on balance, gratitude, and mental well-being. Willy is candid about his experiences and what he’s learned along the way to become the best version of himself. Willy discusse...

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0:00.0	What's up, folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast. I'm your host, Will Amid, founder and CEO of Woop.
0:10.7	And we are on a mission to unlock human performance. If you haven't gotten on WOOP, you can use the code Will Ahmed, W-I-L-L-A-H-M-E-D to get 15% off a WOOP membership.
0:21.7	It comes with hardware, software, analytics, and it's designed to help you be healthier.
0:26.8	Okay, we got a great guest this week.
0:29.2	Willie Walker, businessman, athlete, all around Renaissance man.
0:34.0	Willie is one of the top CEOs in the country.
0:36.3	He turned his company Walker and Dunlop into a force
0:40.1	in the commercial real estate world. When he took over the family business in 2003, the company
0:45.9	was worth $25 million. Now Walker and Dunlop is worth well over $3 billion. And Willie is the face
0:53.6	of the public company. This episode hits on a lot of
0:56.3	themes surrounding balance, gratitude, and mental well-being. Willie is very candid about a lot of
1:01.9	his experiences and what he's learned along the way to become the best version of himself.
1:07.7	We discussed the importance of separating your personal life from your professional
1:11.3	life, understanding expectations and how failing to manage those expectations can lead to
1:16.4	unnecessary anger. Willie really opens up about anger management, which I found fascinating.
1:22.0	What he learned about elite athletes while running the Boston Marathon, he ran his first
1:25.6	marathon in two hours and 45 minutes.
1:28.5	So that gives you a sense for Willie as an athlete.
1:31.0	How injuries affect your body and the drastic affect surgeries and medical procedures can have on your whoop data.
1:37.3	And why Willie never checks Walker and Dunlop's stock price?
1:41.6	I thought that was pretty fascinating because of how it affects his mental health.
1:47.1	So this is a great, great podcast. I really enjoyed Willie. I think he's a terrific CEO and a
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