Jost Capito: The upside of having nothing to prove (E142)

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Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

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🗓️ 12 September 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Jost Capito is a German Motorsport manager and current CEO and Team Principal of Williams Racing Formula One Team. He joined Williams during Covid, in this episode he shares the difficulties that came with joining then and how he cultivates a family feel in a large company, where many employees work remotely.

Jost has an open door policy and chooses not to use an office, he discusses with Jake and Damian how important it is for his employees to feel valued and listened to. In this episode they explore the cost of living a life that is relentlessly driven to find victory, what you have to lose to achieve great things. The objective is always to win, for Jost and his team there is no consideration of the alternative.

Jost discusses the importance of being a boss that has experienced a range of roles, “if you are a good leader, no job has to be too hard for you”.

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0:00.0	Hi there I'm Jake Humphrey and you're listening to high performance our conversation for you every single week.
0:07.0	This is the podcast that reminds you that it's within your
0:13.2	story. story. It's all there.
0:14.2	We just help you unlock it by turning the lived experiences of the
0:17.5	planet's highest performers into your life lessons.
0:20.5	And in a moment you'll hear a conversation with myself and Professor Damien Hughes speaking to a great leader.
0:27.0	And as you know in the last few days we have lost a great leader. Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II. And the reason why she was a
0:35.3	great leader is because she was a great follower. The very best leaders have a
0:40.9	North Star, have principles, have guiding lights which they follow.
0:45.9	Now for Queen Elizabeth that guiding light was religion and it doesn't have to be religion and it doesn't have to be faith.
0:53.0	But all great leaders do need something.
0:56.0	Something they truly believe in,
0:58.0	something that guides their every decision.
1:00.0	And I wanted to share with you a reading that the Queen shared over 20 years ago
1:06.5	because I think it speaks to the power of high performance. Go forth into the world in
1:11.8	peace, be of good courage, hold fast that which is good, render to no man evil for evil.
1:21.0	Strengthen the faint-hearted. Support the weak. Help the afflicted. Honor all men.
1:29.3	So the Queen talks there about peace, about courage, strengthening others, honoring everybody.
1:36.4	And that's exactly what we aim to do here on the High Performance Podcast.
1:39.4	We want you to get peace and courage from these episodes.
1:43.0	We want to support you in your own journey towards high performance and we want to strengthen
1:46.6	you as you walk forwards.
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