Winning at Life

Winning at Life

by Luis Valdes & Severin Spagnola

Self-Improvement

Is Ambition Making You Miserable?

Winning at Life is a podcast about everything school left out. Luis Valdes and Severin Spagnola met in a middle school STEM program and have been figuring life out together ever since. Luis was 300 pounds before losing half his body weight and giving a TEDx talk about it. Severin studies aerospace engineering at San Jose State and is building Chipster, a startup automating computer chip verification. Every episode takes one thing that actually moves the needle and breaks it down: finding the work you were born to do, making decisions you won't regret, climbing out of a rut, building habits that hold, and why the people you know shape nearly everything that happens to you. The name comes from the Pareto principle. Roughly 20% of what you do drives 80% of your results, so that 20% is where we spend our time. We share the wins, the failures, and the parts we're still working out. If an episode helps you, leave a rating or a review. It's the fastest way to get this in front of someone who needs it. Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@WinningatLifePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/winningatlifepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@winningatlifepodcast Luis: instagram.com/luis.m.valdes Severin: instagram.com/severinspagnola

Why You Quit Everything You Start

Winning at Life is a podcast about everything school left out. Luis Valdes and Severin Spagnola met in a middle school STEM program and have been figuring life out together ever since. Luis was 300 pounds before losing half his body weight and giving a TEDx talk about it. Severin studies aerospace engineering at San Jose State and is building Chipster, a startup automating computer chip verification. Every episode takes one thing that actually moves the needle and breaks it down: finding the work you were born to do, making decisions you won't regret, climbing out of a rut, building habits that hold, and why the people you know shape nearly everything that happens to you. The name comes from the Pareto principle. Roughly 20% of what you do drives 80% of your results, so that 20% is where we spend our time. We share the wins, the failures, and the parts we're still working out. If an episode helps you, leave a rating or a review. It's the fastest way to get this in front of someone who needs it. Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@WinningatLifePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/winningatlifepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@winningatlifepodcast Luis: instagram.com/luis.m.valdes Severin: instagram.com/severinspagnola

Social Skills, Networking, and How Opportunities Find You

Winning at Life is a podcast about everything school left out. Luis Valdes and Severin Spagnola met in a middle school STEM program and have been figuring life out together ever since. Luis was 300 pounds before losing half his body weight and giving a TEDx talk about it. Severin studies aerospace engineering at San Jose State and is building Chipster, a startup automating computer chip verification. Every episode takes one thing that actually moves the needle and breaks it down: finding the work you were born to do, making decisions you won't regret, climbing out of a rut, building habits that hold, and why the people you know shape nearly everything that happens to you. The name comes from the Pareto principle. Roughly 20% of what you do drives 80% of your results, so that 20% is where we spend our time. We share the wins, the failures, and the parts we're still working out. If an episode helps you, leave a rating or a review. It's the fastest way to get this in front of someone who needs it. Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@WinningatLifePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/winningatlifepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@winningatlifepodcast Luis: instagram.com/luis.m.valdes Severin: instagram.com/severinspagnola

How to Get Out of a Rut and Build Habits That Stick

Winning at Life is a podcast about everything school left out. Luis Valdes and Severin Spagnola met in a middle school STEM program and have been figuring life out together ever since. Luis was 300 pounds before losing half his body weight and giving a TEDx talk about it. Severin studies aerospace engineering at San Jose State and is building Chipster, a startup automating computer chip verification. Every episode takes one thing that actually moves the needle and breaks it down: finding the work you were born to do, making decisions you won't regret, climbing out of a rut, building habits that hold, and why the people you know shape nearly everything that happens to you. The name comes from the Pareto principle. Roughly 20% of what you do drives 80% of your results, so that 20% is where we spend our time. We share the wins, the failures, and the parts we're still working out. If an episode helps you, leave a rating or a review. It's the fastest way to get this in front of someone who needs it. Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@WinningatLifePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/winningatlifepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@winningatlifepodcast Luis: instagram.com/luis.m.valdes Severin: instagram.com/severinspagnola

How to Make Better Decisions You Won't Regret

Winning at Life is a podcast about everything school left out. Luis Valdes and Severin Spagnola met in a middle school STEM program and have been figuring life out together ever since. Luis was 300 pounds before losing half his body weight and giving a TEDx talk about it. Severin studies aerospace engineering at San Jose State and is building Chipster, a startup automating computer chip verification. Every episode takes one thing that actually moves the needle and breaks it down: finding the work you were born to do, making decisions you won't regret, climbing out of a rut, building habits that hold, and why the people you know shape nearly everything that happens to you. The name comes from the Pareto principle. Roughly 20% of what you do drives 80% of your results, so that 20% is where we spend our time. We share the wins, the failures, and the parts we're still working out. If an episode helps you, leave a rating or a review. It's the fastest way to get this in front of someone who needs it. Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@WinningatLifePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/winningatlifepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@winningatlifepodcast Luis: instagram.com/luis.m.valdes Severin: instagram.com/severinspagnola

How to Find the Work You Were Born to Do

Winning at Life is a podcast about everything school left out. Luis Valdes and Severin Spagnola met in a middle school STEM program and have been figuring life out together ever since. Luis was 300 pounds before losing half his body weight and giving a TEDx talk about it. Severin studies aerospace engineering at San Jose State and is building Chipster, a startup automating computer chip verification. Every episode takes one thing that actually moves the needle and breaks it down: finding the work you were born to do, making decisions you won't regret, climbing out of a rut, building habits that hold, and why the people you know shape nearly everything that happens to you. The name comes from the Pareto principle. Roughly 20% of what you do drives 80% of your results, so that 20% is where we spend our time. We share the wins, the failures, and the parts we're still working out. If an episode helps you, leave a rating or a review. It's the fastest way to get this in front of someone who needs it. Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@WinningatLifePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/winningatlifepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@winningatlifepodcast Luis: instagram.com/luis.m.valdes Severin: instagram.com/severinspagnola

How I Lost 150 Pounds and Rebuilt My Entire Life

Winning at Life is a podcast about everything school left out. Luis Valdes and Severin Spagnola met in a middle school STEM program and have been figuring life out together ever since. Luis was 300 pounds before losing half his body weight and giving a TEDx talk about it. Severin studies aerospace engineering at San Jose State and is building Chipster, a startup automating computer chip verification. Every episode takes one thing that actually moves the needle and breaks it down: finding the work you were born to do, making decisions you won't regret, climbing out of a rut, building habits that hold, and why the people you know shape nearly everything that happens to you. The name comes from the Pareto principle. Roughly 20% of what you do drives 80% of your results, so that 20% is where we spend our time. We share the wins, the failures, and the parts we're still working out. If an episode helps you, leave a rating or a review. It's the fastest way to get this in front of someone who needs it. Watch full episodes on YouTube: youtube.com/@WinningatLifePodcast Instagram: instagram.com/winningatlifepodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@winningatlifepodcast Luis: instagram.com/luis.m.valdes Severin: instagram.com/severinspagnola