Protocol One Podcast

About Protocol One Podcast

Protocol One is a podcast for entrepreneurs, experts, and high achievers who want to design a life without compromise. Hosted by James Neilson-Watt, each episode explores the systems, habits, decisions, and personal protocols behind better health, stronger relationships, sharper thinking, and meaningful business growth. What to expect: • Real conversations with high achievers • Practical systems for health, business, and relationships • Lessons from pressure, leadership, and personal growth • Clear protocols for building a life with purpose, discipline, and freedom This is not surface level motivation. Protocol One goes deeper into how successful people operate, what they have learned through pressure, and what they do differently. If you are building something bigger than yourself and want to improve the way you live, lead, and perform, this podcast is for you. Don't Settle.

Publisher

James Neilson-Watt

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 May 2026

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   EP 23: Why Winning at Business Can Still Feel Like Losing

   Complete the Six Vector Diagnostic: https://sixvectorassessment.com/ (https://sixvectorassessment.com/) Join Protocol One: http://skool.com/protocol-one (http://skool.com/protocol-one) Learn more about Laurence: https://drlaurencetham.com/ (https://drlaurencetham.com/) Connect with Laurence: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencetham (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencetham) https://www.instagram.com/laurencetham (https://www.instagram.com/laurencetham) https://www.youtube.com/driveyourpractice (https://www.youtube.com/driveyourpractice) James sits down with Laurence Tham, his original mentor from chiropractic college, for a conversation about why business success can leave you feeling lost, how comparison turns other people's goals into your own, and what it takes to build a life that fits you. From identity after a business exit to the pressure to keep up with AI, they ask a question that another milestone cannot answer: what do you actually want? Laurence is a chiropractor, practice coach and founder of Drive Your Practice. He reflects on working with entrepreneurs after major business exits, choosing family over scaling, and how his priorities changed through his 30s, 40s and 50s. James shares how he built speaking confidence through repetition and how a health scare sharpened his sense of what matters. This is not about giving up ambition. It is about deciding what your ambition is for, what you are willing to sacrifice, and which moments you cannot get back. James and Laurence discuss: Why fulfilment comes from impact, not just the next result The identity gap after selling the business you built your life around Expectation creep and forgetting that you once dreamed of this life Why admiring someone's success does not mean wanting their whole life Information overload, AI FOMO and making room for your own thoughts Recognising the strengths you dismiss because they feel easy Building confidence when a skill does not come naturally Letting your purpose change instead of finding one lifelong passion Fatherhood, changing priorities and creating memories while you can Chapters 00:00 Protocol One: success and fulfilment 00:10 James's first mentor 02:19 Defining success through impact 06:56 When growth pulls you away from purpose 07:44 The identity gap after a business exit 10:16 Expectation creep 13:22 Contentment without giving up growth 17:15 What do you actually want? 21:16 Do we need this in the first place? 22:12 The sacrifices behind success 23:55 Information overload and losing time to think 29:28 Slowing down in the AI race 31:47 Comparison and the life you really want 35:55 Recognising your natural strengths 40:26 Building speaking confidence through practice 44:22 Changing priorities in your 30s, 40s and 50s 47:19 Finding excitement and allowing reinvention 50:47 James's health scare and what matters 51:39 Fatherhood, university and making memories 55:18 Where to connect with Laurence Don't Settle.

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   EP 22: How to Find Peace Without Giving Up Your Ambition

   Complete the Six Vector Diagnostic: https://sixvectorassessment.com/ (https://sixvectorassessment.com/) Join Protocol One: http://skool.com/protocol-one (http://skool.com/protocol-one) Learn more about Dr. Ram Jain: https://www.arhantayoga.org/ram-jain/ (https://www.arhantayoga.org/ram-jain/) James sits down with Dr. Ram Jain, founder of Arhanta Yoga, for a conversation about why achievement does not guarantee peace, how expectations keep moving the finish line, and what happens when your work becomes your entire identity. Ram explains why yoga extends far beyond poses and breathing, and why changing your physical state is only part of the work. Raised in a Jain family in Delhi, Ram came to the Netherlands as a dancer and worked factory and cleaning jobs before building a yoga education business that has trained more than 24,000 teachers. Yet success brought another challenge: students wanted him personally, and stepping back meant confronting his own need to be needed. Together, James and Ram explore how to keep building a meaningful life without attaching your worth to a role, a result, or someone else's behaviour. James and Ram discuss: From teaching seven days a week to training other teachers The human experience and authority that AI cannot simply copy Jain principles, self-responsibility, and the impulse to collect Why physical poses are only one part of yoga Ego as attachment to your ideas, preferences, and expectations Feeling calmer versus changing the patterns that keep you unhappy Why getting what you want can simply reveal the next expectation Choosing which expectations matter and which can be released The cost of a strong career and neglected relationships or leisure Who you are beyond your name, job, and family roles Ram's written exercise: who you are, who you are not, and what remains Enjoying temporary things without making them your identity Chapters 00:00 Cold open and the need for an upgrade 00:23 From dancer and factory worker to yoga educator 02:03 Escaping the seven-day teaching treadmill 05:12 Marketing, AI, and the value of human experience 09:47 Growing up in a Jain family 12:05 Yoga beyond physical poses 12:39 Four paths of yoga and the role of ego 15:08 What yoga teacher training actually teaches 16:27 Classical yoga and Ram's education 18:32 Navigating spiritual traditions and modern yoga 24:04 Movement, breathing, and getting out of your head 25:16 Why expectations keep happiness out of reach 28:24 When your work becomes your identity 29:01 Peace, acceptance, and the pursuit of happiness 31:39 Choosing which expectations matter 33:06 The cost of being indispensable 35:47 Who are you beyond your roles? 38:39 Ram's identity exercise 40:46 Growing without attachment 42:05 Experiences, possessions, and travelling light 44:04 Where to find Dr. Ram Jain 44:26 Six Vector Diagnostic and closing Don't Settle.

3. 

   20 Sept 2026

   EP 21: Why Success Can Still Feel Like Survival and How to Finally Thrive

   Complete the Six Vector Diagnostic: https://sixvectorassessment.com/ (https://sixvectorassessment.com/) Join Protocol One: http://skool.com/protocol-one (http://skool.com/protocol-one) Learn more about Rafael: https://www.rafaelaisner.com/ (https://www.rafaelaisner.com/) Connect with Rafael: https://www.instagram.com/rafael.aisner/ (https://www.instagram.com/rafael.aisner/) https://th.linkedin.com/in/rafael-aisner (https://th.linkedin.com/in/rafael-aisner) James sits down with Rafael Aisner, coach, mentor, student of human biology and psychology, and creator of a Human Flourishing Manual, to explore why outward success can coexist with an internal state of survival. Early experiences, inherited fear, and unconscious conditioning can keep old programs running long after the danger has passed. After reaching the life he thought he wanted in Los Angeles, Rafael sold everything and began again from zero. His journey eventually took him to Thailand, where he and his partner Jantra integrated Western science with Eastern practices of awareness, movement, stillness, and self-regulation. Their framework helps people move between survival, living, thriving, and flourishing with greater choice. James and Rafael discuss: Why achievement does not automatically create fulfillment How childhood experiences become adult survival programs The difference between surviving, living, thriving, and flourishing Why the mind needs to stop before it can update How inherited trauma can remain active across generations The financial thermostat that controls fear and self-sabotage Why Rafael deliberately reduced his resources to zero How money can hide fear without resolving it Why personal responsibility should come before fixing the world How lifelong learning challenges the idea of inevitable decline The difference between a real threat and a mental projection Why breath, hydration, movement, food, and blood sugar affect judgment Chapters 00:00 Cold open and the need for an upgrade 00:11 Rafael's journey from success to starting again 01:43 The childhood question that shaped his life 03:02 Meeting Jantra and integrating East with West 05:23 Building a Human Flourishing Manual 05:53 Meaning, suffering, and choosing a response 08:31 Why humans begin in survival mode 10:50 The unfinished programs running in the background 12:16 Why the mind must stop before it can update 16:26 Survival, living, and thriving as different gears 19:12 How money changes our definition of enough 20:54 The mental-bank thermostat 23:24 Why money covers fear instead of removing it 23:46 Rafael's decision to go to zero 27:35 Flourishing with whatever resources you have 29:05 Fixing yourself before trying to fix the world 33:25 Put on your own oxygen mask first 37:03 From chronic pain to chronic wellness 39:38 How to recognize when survival mode takes over 42:10 Breath, hydration, and stabilizing the body 46:16 Rafael's practical morning regulation routine 50:56 Why physiology comes before strategy 52:24 Where to find Rafael 53:42 Six Vector Diagnostic and closing Don't Settle.

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