Catch The Zenith w/ Nicola Flückiger
Your zenith is your best self. Getting there is hard. This podcast helps. I’m Nicola, a 27-year-old entrepreneur. Here, I share the many mistakes and lessons I’m learning along the way. Expect episodes about high performance and business.
Catch The Zenith w/ Nicola Flückiger
#200: 10 Lessons From 200 Episodes - Professor Sven Voelpel, Dr. Markus Elsässer & Cédric Waldburger
#200: To celebrate 200 episodes of Catch The Zenith, I’ve broken down 10 of my favorite lessons, insights, and quotes from the last few years of building, learning, and interviewing world-class performers.
Get ready to learn why obsession beats balance, how gratitude creates lasting happiness, why there’s no single path to success, what it means to die healthy, how minimalism frees your mind, why work-life alignment matters more than balance, the power of talking to your team, how movement fits into busy schedules, why investing early builds lifelong leverage—plus a lot more.
Timestamps
(00:00) Intro – 200 Episodes & Key Lessons from the Journey
(01:23) Lesson 1 – Be obsessively all-in if you want to outcompete others
(09:25) Lesson 2 – Leadership requires respect, not popularity & There’s no “right path” to success—own your career
(21:16) Lesson 3 – Live with intensity and integrate movement into life
(26:50) Lesson 4 – Die healthy: age with strength, vitality, and purpose
(30:22) Lesson 5 – Start investing early—skills compound like capital
(36:52) Lesson 6 – Minimalism frees your mind for what truly matters
(40:40) Lesson 7 – Gratitude for small things shapes how you show up
(45:00) Lesson 8 – Align work with life instead of separating the two
(51:07) Lesson 9 – Death makes life richer—appreciate the present
(56:35) Lesson 10 – Take life into your own hands. Go where the music plays. Surround yourself with great people
(01:02:30) Bonus Lesson 11 – Leadership starts with asking: “How are you?”
(01:06:50) Outro – Thank you + Join the Zenith Sunday Newsletter
Nicola Flückiger
Contact Me
- Email me with any feedback, ideas, or insights you've gained from the episodes: nicola [at] nicolafluckiger [dot] com
